Britian is like America...except better. Although the fact that Tony Blair would be willing to follow our dumb-dumb leader into war worries me a bit, at least he didn't start it.
Britian is like America...except better. Although the fact that Tony Blair would be willing to follow our dumb-dumb leader into war worries me a bit, at least he didn't start it.
lol I dont liv ein the suburbs but I do live in oklahoma citywith about only 1 million people as its population.The closest thing to suburbia here is Edmound and Moore.All teh other towns that surround okc are actually towns lol.They call it the metro area because they are so damn close to each other. its a 100 mile radius over alll.But oklahoma city itself ain't that big.lol I liked LA south central better.They have nice blvds.,.Originally Posted by Rye
What do I think of the British? They are a friendly, but dry bunch. I rather enjoy their accents.
What do I think of Britain? I admit that I don't know a lot about the British, but the mere fact that they are a constitutional monarchy... eh, sounds outdaded/wrong to me. I also understand they have a lot of socialistic policies in place. I prefer America for that reason, but then, Britain's weather and landscape is beautiful.
Oh, and to the person who likes the monarchy so that Tony Blair won't be ultimate ruler: Bush is not our ultimate ruler, and in a constitutional republic neither would Blair (ideally). xD I don't think you should be too concerned.
What does the monarchy actually do?
Even though im not necessarily fond of the british i would have to say i respect them more than any other country
I liked Britain when I went there 7 years ago. very pretty country. People were exceptionally rude to me when I was speaking with my native accent. when I spoke with the accent of the area, I had no problems whatsoever and the people were very friendly. sound like an american, though, and wow! exceptionally rude.
But that was only in England. Scotland was orders of magnitude better. many orders of magnitude better. Scotland is so much better, in fact, that England barely registers on the scale anymore. Once people realize this, I think everybody will be happier. so what if I descend from a Highland clan? Though, I must say, the food in Ireland is better than that in Scotland and England put together.
Didn't like New York, though. too many people. too dirty. got ripped off. negative feelings about NYC. Sorry Cap. I love all those movies where NYC gets destroyed. No bearing on the Captain whatsoever, but I didn't like New York.
Makoto, Honesty.
The role of the royal family (IMO) is threefold;
1. Britain has a varied history, and one that spans back thousnads of years, we have always had a royal family, and until Oliver Cromwell came around, they had total control of our country.
2. It stops our government ruling the country 100%, something that the USA doesn't have the luxery of.
3. Tourism, American, Chinesse, Japanesse, Germans etc. flock to London to see the history of Britian, and the royal family.
But I don't envy the Royal Family, I'd hate to be one of them.
By the way London for 2012!!!
the reson that the british can understand is because we have so many different accents in a small area!! for instant!
yorkshire people speak very broad english, quite hard to understand sometimes....sean bean is from yorkshire!!
lancashire people....bit like yorkshire but a little less
derbyshire people tend to take bits off words, a little luike the quick writing on the net - goin off ta t chippie = i'm going off to the chip shop
south tends to be the posher accents but not that much. my family are origianlly from the south.
welsh.!!!!!! i love the welsh accent!! welllll seeeee!!god bless tom jones!!
and scottland!! you all know how that goes! the guy who played pippin in lord of the rings is scottish!
its fun doing accents!!
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I don't like the Conservatives that much in general, and prefer to lean towards the Lib-Dems, but it's the Euro thing that puts me off the Lib Dems.
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.
yep!! when it comes to voting i'm going for the green party. mainly because they will never win, but they're the only party that arn't full of BS
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What's the point in voting Green, you'd just waste your vote. Labour and Conservatives are the only ones that could ever win, and the only other party that would pick up seats is Lib Dem. I doubt Green have even got a representitive in parliment.
People blew the swastika thing way out of proportion. Of course he shouldnt have worn it But the fact is he apologised sincerley straight away and hes most likely getting a punishment of sorts which wil probably be studying the whole swastika and holocaust events in detail. What else do you want, Blood? Ignore the question mark cause you're not getting it. To call that the future of the British monarchy is a pretty half assed view. Lets face it, theres NO WAY Harrys gonna be king. Odds are 1,000,000 to 1.
You are correct, the Greens have never got into the British Parliament, the only time I'd recommend voting for any party outside the big 3 is in European elections, as the Greens have got MEPs into there.
Unless of course you live in Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland and want to vote SNP, (maybe even SSP too), Plaid Cymru, DUP, UUP, Sinn Fein, Alliance and the other MAJOR party of Northern Ireland that I forgot. Heck, I probably just made UUP up (Although come to think of it, it would probably stand for Ulster Union Party?).
Interestingly, Labour only got 40% or so of the vote last time, and the Conservatives got 30%, and I think the Lib Dems got just under 20%. However, Labour got 60% of the MPs, Con got 20% and Lib Dems got 10%. We have a very unrepresentative system, which makes voting for the lesser parties a wasted vote, whereas in elections for the European and Scottish Parliaments, and Northern Ireland and Welsh assemblies, the votes are proportional, so your vote will mean something. I think the Pensioners' Party once got an MP to the Scottish Parliament :laugh:
What I'd do, if I wanted Labour out and I was in a Labour-held constituency was look at who came second behind them last time, and vote for them. And here, and generally throughout the Midlands where I live, the only party that looks like being able to get anywhere near Labour are the Conservatives.
Where I live, in Hastings on the south coast, Labour get almost every vote, it's unbeilievable how many people vote Labour here. I think Hastings had one of the biggest land-slide results out oif the whole country in the last general election.
What makes things even harder for us is that we live practically next door to our MP.
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