Who would like to stay under British rule again ?.

[ECGadget]

I believe that's actually (supposedly) in Somerset, but not far off

This could quickly turn into "where is Camelot?" from voting in to be under British rule xD

Personally I thought it was in Gloucestershire...


Back on topic though, I do not think many would vote to be part of the UK again. I know some Canadians who like the idea, but noone from any other country. Maybe we should return to the time when all the UK was split into teeny tiny bits?

I like the UK as it is, I think under imperialism the Brits did a lot of good but also a lot of damage. If we were to go back to that, I see us doing some good, but probably much more damage... Again. xD

 

[Liquid]

Can I vote for Hong Kong?

I have a friend who has spent time living in Hong Kong. She says the horizon looks ominous and not at all promising when that 50 year "allowance" period of captialism expires, if not expiring sooner. Not long after she said that to me all the civil unrest began.

They might like to rethink that handover.

 

[Dotini]

I vote for city states.

Do you seriously think cities are better able to solve our problems than Washington, DC, or your statehouse?

 

[Omnis]

Do you seriously think cities are better able to solve our problems than Washington, DC, or your statehouse?

I don't give a hoot about your problems. I can handle my own within my city.

 

[Dotini]

I don't give a hoot about your problems. I can handle my own within my city.

I agree. I live in a very successful city. Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore and Ferguson are losers. Even so, I suspect the centralized nation-state has entered an era of inability to handle the problems of large and complex societies, but the city has not.

 

[Liquid]

Monaco certainly seems to flourish.

 

[Dotini]

Monaco certainly seems to flourish.

More importantly, does London flourish? Boris the mayor seems exceptionally popular.

 

[Liquid]

Boris the mayor seems exceptionally popular.

As a Wodehouseian caricature. It's like having Bertie Wooster himself as Mayor. But that's the danger; people don't realise that he's an adept politician, as sneaky and slimy as any other Tory, and uses his buffoonish dandy charm to work his way through to the front and up to the top.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

To complicate things further I'm from Yorkshire... but I hesitate to wish for Yorkshire independence as East Yorkshire (the finest county on Earth) would be overrun with even more Wessies than it is now. They're hairier, hill-dwelling folk most often called "chizzits" here.

Careful.

 

[Omnis]

So to speak.

 

[Dotini]

As a Wodehouseian caricature. It's like having Bertie Wooster himself as Mayor. But that's the danger; people don't realise that he's an adept politician, as sneaky and slimy as any other Tory, and uses his buffoonish dandy charm to work his way through to the front and up to the top.

I assume that means London is flourishing and its voting citizens love Boris.

I reiterate my question, what does it take to become a voting citizen of London?

 

[Tired Tyres]

Being a UK citizen, living there and signing up to the voting register.

 

[jimipitbull]

Who would win a fight between Lewis Hamilton and Jihadi John?

 

[TenEightyOne]

I assume that means London is flourishing and its voting citizens love Boris.

No reason to expect that London flourishes just because they hold elections. Blue Boris only just pipped Red Ken in the last mayoral election. Personally, given the choice between the two, I'd vote to have ebola.

Only 40%-ish of voters turned out so the 2012 voting figures only practically demonstrate Blue Boris as a first choice for 1 in 5 voters.

 

[Dotini]

No reason to expect that London flourishes just because they hold elections. Blue Boris only just pipped Red Ken in the last mayoral election. Personally, given the choice between the two, I'd vote to have ebola.

Only 40%-ish of voters turned out so the 2012 voting figures only practically demonstrate Blue Boris as a first choice for 1 in 5 voters.

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Gratitude for that extensive information.

I suppose you have to vote in person? Must you show ID and proof of citizenship? Has the voting population of London varied much over recent decades?

 

[Tired Tyres]

If it's done the same way as every election I've voted in, nowhere near the evil sinkhole that is London , you receive a voting card through the post, you take this to the poling station and hand it over, they cross you off in the electoral register and you vote.

There are other ways of voting of course.

 

[Dotini]

If it's done the same way as every election I've voted in, nowhere near the evil sinkhole that is London , you receive a voting card through the post, you take this to the poling station and hand it over, they cross you off in the electoral register and you vote.

There are other ways of voting of course.

The popular impression is that London is the Center of the Universe. It's not? Why would it be called an evil sinkhole??

 

[Tired Tyres]

North/South Divide mate.

 

[TenEightyOne]

The popular impression is that London is the Center of the Universe. It's not? Why would it be called an evil sinkhole??

Haha, definitely not. Washington DC is the centre of yours, no?

I lived/worked in Manchester for a number of years, that's becoming t'Capital o't'North... but down-South they speak a different language, the accents are unintelligible and they'd all sell their mavver for a go on the apples-and-pears, or something.