You’re correct about the current world we live in. I went to war to help our economic trading partners whose economies affected our own. Kuwait’s occupation did not directly affect us and despite the peaceful embargo threats, Saddam continued to assert his claim of rightful conquest. It was also our military stance after the ceasefire that prevented Saddam’s expansion and the embargoes embittered the Iraqis against us when we finally decided to dethrone him. History does not only consist of WW2 as an example. the same thing has been happening for millenia. Tibet and Kosovo are polar opposites of bellicose decisions. Rome fell from internal dissension and civil war when those energies could have been better spent keeping the borders secure in offensive actions. The problems we face now have always plagued empires. We just happen to be lucky enough to be somewhat isolated an our economic empire is falling apart due to our society’s inability to adapt to the fact that the world is changing.
We have to protect that empire and a soft and weak military will cause that economic empire to be taken advantage of. You can use post war Germany and Japan as examples of weak military and economic growth but remember that their economies were heavily subsidized by our military might protecting their trade from others who would take it from them. I’ll just mention the Ukraine for a contemporary example and you can research the history, both economically and politically and come to your own conclusion.
Design a new flag for UK and Scotland.
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What’s wrong with Saint Andrew’s cross?
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…and for great Britain.
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I think the new Flag should represent what Scottland stands for and this means that the Union Jack sign should be smaller.
Something like Blue for the Sky, Green for the Country and People and White for it´s Freedom or something like that.
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I guarantee they’ll use the Saltaire.
The Union flag will probably still be used by the remaining UK, since Scotland still wants to be tied the Queen’s apron strings.
Remember that is is essentially the flag of the crown, and so unless Scotland became a Republic there’s no need for new flags.
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braveheart
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Sworn partisan of John Baliol and bitter enemy of Robert Le Bruce.
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Should be Fergie and Sean Connery kicking back enjoying some cocktails and crashing an Andy Murray press conference.
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Should be Fergie and Sean Connery kicking back enjoying some cocktails and crashing an Andy Murray press conference.
I’m always cracked up by the scene in The Longest Day in which Sean Connery makes the following comment about Lord Lovat’s Scottish-Canadian bagpiper: “It takes an Irishman to play the pipes!” I wonder how much they had to pay him to deliver that line.
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The referendum is coming up and I saw the Rock again last weekend, so it’s a good time to bump this.
“Your best? Losers always whine about their best, winners go home and **** the prom queen.”
That should be plastered all over the airwaves right before voting day.
In the interim the remaining UK members should fly their own flags until a decent compromise can be made, there’s some pretty funky stuff here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/03/will-this-be-the-uks-new-flag/284234/
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Won’t be happy until we’re a Republic outside the EU.
http://party9999999.deviantart.com/art/British-Republican-Flag-202774203
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb}rep.html
http://englishrepublican.blogspot.co.uk/
Not that I’m a lefty, you understand…
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Well Scotland was the left tilting part of the island, wouldn’t separation strengthen the Tories in England?
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I consider all 3 old parties to be the same; they are all essentially under the thumb of a centre-left European commission.
Two more flag possibles;
simply drop the Scottish blue;
or add black and yellow for the St David’s flag.
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