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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Why is the forsaken UK still on the map ?

[–] Damage@feddit.it 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

'cause we know this relationship has its ups and downs but isn't over yet

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Right, like the UK is a sibling that you hated growing up, but as adults it's not so bad and you know you're going to be friends again once they go through their binge drinking phase.

[–] Fabian@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] Damage@feddit.it 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Still too close. The mistake of Brexit was taking such an important decision based on a slim majority, you need at least an absolute majority, 66%.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 days ago

I would put it more that there should have been an agreement on what Brexit would be pursued. The pro-Brexit camp promoted all forms of Brexit while there wasn't a good idea on how Brexit would be implemented.

The UK still hasn't solved the trilemma.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Interesting. Are those poll results sampled amongst the general population, or something more specific like from the parliament ?

[–] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 days ago

Not only EU beurocrats are slow to process informations 😖

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Our island is full of idiots but I swear we can make this up to you

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

The continent is full of idiots too. Their are no reasons for us to feel superior about this on this side of the pond.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

France, Germany and Italy are giving it a good go too. I think our position on Ukraine has made the UK a lot of friends in Europe. That and voting out the Tories.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Switzerland and Liechtenstein are also not member states, and Estonia's islands are not shown.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 3 days ago

Scotland has islands on this map, but in a really weird way: all of the five biggest ones are missing, and I'm 95% sure that one of the two depicted is actually a peninsula that the map has chopped off from the mainland

Alternatively we can just assume Norway took the islands back

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

They bothered to remove the non-EU Balkan states and Norway, but filled up Switzerland. This map is just terrible.

[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago