Questions for our British friends - Page 558

**KissArmy** · March 19th, 2019, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by KissArmy

Three questions, Gentlemen...

1. My wife is taking a trip to Cornwall and Devonshire next month. Any castles, manors,
palaces in the area? She likes that sort of thing. Failing that, what are the can't-miss
scenic attractions/natural wonders in the Cornwall - Devonshire area.

2. My wife's sister and her English boyfriend will host my wife on this Cornwall -
Devonshire trip. The boyfriend has a paper marriage to a foreign-born woman, but they
don't live together and don't communicate much. Something about she loses her UK
privileges / entitlements if he divorces her. And he loses something if he divorces her.
Does anyone have a guess what's going on here.

3. How bad will the Ryanair round trip be to & from Morocco. This Cornwall-Devonshire trip is the excursion inside her Morocco trip.

Oh, and how cold/wet is Cornwall/Devonshire in the first half of April? God knows she bought enough clothes recently for that kind of weather.

**haroldeye** · March 20th, 2019, 06:30 AM

The Cornish coast is gorgeous with lots of bays, small hidden beaches and magnificent cliffs. Devon likewise though not so grand. The weather in April can be marvellous or rotten depending on your luck and Ryan Air likewise.

**KissArmy** · March 20th, 2019, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by haroldeye

The Cornish coast is gorgeous with lots of bays, small hidden beaches and magnificent cliffs. Devon likewise though not so grand. The weather in April can be marvellous or rotten depending on your luck and Ryan Air likewise.

Thanks. The boyfriend has the three of them staying in Clovelly in North Devon for two nights. Looks like a quaint channelside town.

crinolynne · March 21st, 2019, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by anothercustom

UKIP as a party are finished and if there ever was a second referendum, Farage would still be given a platform by the media. There won't be a second referendum. Despite all the lies, misinformation, fake news, etc. it would be an affront to democracy if there was one. Brexit will take place but as things stand, I can see the exit date being delayed.

An affront to democracy? What about the vote to join the EU in the first place. Wasn't the brexit an affront to that democracy? Silly

**seany65** · March 21st, 2019, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by crinolynne

An affront to democracy? What about the vote to join the EU in the first place. Wasn't the brexit an affront to that democracy? Silly

There was no vote to join the EU. At the time we joined 1972(?) our Prime minister took us into the "European Economic Community" (EEC) without asking us, in about 1975 we were asked if we wanted to stay in the EEC and as those who voted thought it was a loose federation of countries who had got together to make trade a bit easier they voted to remain.

They didn't know that the whole plan was to form a single country probably to be called the United States of Europe with ever closer union.

Other members will know more about this though.

**countjimmoriarty** · March 22nd, 2019, 04:45 PM

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There was no vote to join the EU. At the time we joined 1972(?) our Prime minister took us into the "European Economic Community" (EEC) without asking us, in about 1975 we were asked if we wanted to stay in the EEC and as those who voted thought it was a loose federation of countries who had got together to make trade a bit easier they voted to remain.

They didn't know that the whole plan was to form a single country probably to be called the United States of Europe with ever closer union.

Other members will know more about this though.

You've asked everybody who voted in 1975 have you? I suppose you must have, as you know why they all voted the way they did...

**haroldeye** · March 22nd, 2019, 05:31 PM

I remember that we were specifically told that there would be no loss of sovereignty.

**anothercustom** · March 22nd, 2019, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by crinolynne

An affront to democracy? What about the vote to join the EU in the first place. Wasn't the brexit an affront to that democracy? Silly

You might want to do some reading up before going around calling people "silly", silly.

**seany65** · March 22nd, 2019, 11:22 PM

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There was no vote to join the EU. At the time we joined 1972(?) our Prime minister took us into the "European Economic Community" (EEC) without asking us, in about 1975 we were asked if we wanted to stay in the EEC and as those who voted thought it was a loose federation of countries who had got together to make trade a bit easier they voted to remain.

They didn't know that the whole plan was to form a single country probably to be called the United States of Europe with ever closer union.

Other members will know more about this though.

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You've asked everybody who voted in 1975 have you? I suppose you must have, as you know why they all voted the way they did...

Nope, I've no idea why anyone voted the way they did in 1975.

All I said was they didn't know what the whole plan for the EEC/EC/EU was.

**Rogerbh** · March 22nd, 2019, 11:46 PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthist...m_medium=web2x

So some Brit found a MG42 in his great grandfather's loft. Hope he maximizes the value of it by taking it apart, selling the parts except for the receiver - which should get turned into the authorities. Wonder if the old man just forgot what he stored up there.

Or do Brits get to keep full auto weapons if they registered it after WW2?

March 20th, 2019, 06:30 AM	#5572
haroldeye Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Halfwitistan Posts: 5,721 Thanks: 113,675 Thanked 60,014 Times in 5,713 Posts	The Cornish coast is gorgeous with lots of bays, small hidden beaches and magnificent cliffs. Devon likewise though not so grand. The weather in April can be marvellous or rotten depending on your luck and Ryan Air likewise.

March 22nd, 2019, 05:31 PM	#5577
haroldeye Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Halfwitistan Posts: 5,721 Thanks: 113,675 Thanked 60,014 Times in 5,713 Posts	I remember that we were specifically told that there would be no loss of sovereignty.

March 22nd, 2019, 11:46 PM	#5580
Rogerbh Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Land of the free within reasonable limitations Posts: 10,949 Thanks: 50,675 Thanked 91,501 Times in 10,799 Posts	https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthist...m_medium=web2x So some Brit found a MG42 in his great grandfather's loft. Hope he maximizes the value of it by taking it apart, selling the parts except for the receiver - which should get turned into the authorities. Wonder if the old man just forgot what he stored up there. Or do Brits get to keep full auto weapons if they registered it after WW2?