Independence for London

[p1stonhead]

turbobloke said:

p1stonhead said:

turbobloke said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

turbobloke said:

Why can't they have the same in Cambridge or Cheltenham or...

They can try if they want, although I guess not many people in those 2 cities would seriously think they had the financial ability to go it alone. But we do.

Surely you can't think that money is all that's needed to be an independent principality?

Out of interest did Obama say where 'you' would be in the queue for a trade deal?



You didn't answer the question though - how much of your own money will you be placing on a bet that London gets a vote and wins independence?

It's pure bluster, piffle and poppycock.

Getting quite wound up by this arent you

You wish, it's hilarious and laughing at the suggestion is good for health as laughter is the best medicine.

The wound up individuals are yesterday's chutzpah merchants who are it seems still looking to see where teddy went. Hope you find yours soon

You seem to be projecting your feelings onto others. Especially considering that my first post was saying this was a mental idea.

Now that I know how much it would wind up people like you though - count me in.

[jshell]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

jshell said:

London should be made independent. Then they'd need a costly 'Berlin Airlift' style operation for food and essentials. They'd be eating each other and drinking their own piss by Wednesday.

Not much farmland within the M25...

How much farming is there in Monaco? Last time I was there, they didn't look like they were starving to death. Quite the opposite in fact, it looked pretty affluent.

Yeah, but this won't be Monaco. Sorry, you're fked. proper fked.

[turbobloke]

p1stonhead said:

You seem to be projecting your feelings onto others.

I seem nothing of the sort. I voted Leave, and sit this morning on the winning side, not wishing to gloat in the same way I wouldn't whine if Remain had won the day. My first post on PH this morning was a cup of tea.

What's happening in reality is that those who thought they were on the winning side yesterday are finding it difficult to come to terms with being as smart as pollsters.

p1stonhead said:

Especially considering that my first post was saying this was a mental idea.

However I wasn't replying to your first post but to a later one with a misjudgement in it.

Still waiting for the OP to let us know how much hard cash they're going to place on London being given a vote and winning independence.

Time for another but purely for health reasons, boosted by knowledge of the fact that we're in violent agreement

[Digga]

turbobloke said:

marcosgt said:

Digga said:

idiotgap said:

As the administrative centre, London leaving the UK would be a bit messy.

I think this is part of the point some Londonders miss; the location of large parts of national infrastructure and admin are, to varying extents, arbitrary and in the capital's favour.

I've long felt we should do as Brazil did and move the administrative capital to somewhere remote and unappealing (Corby is my proposal, but I'm open to suggestions).

Good call. Hull would also do nicely. Good access by road, sea and air.

So we can choose whether to bomb it with our air force or shell it with our navy?

(Before anyone squawks, both my parents are from Hull.)

[jshell]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

JoeMarano said:

Please leave. It's a st hole and about as British as the curry! Good luck finding somewhere to dump all your waste though.

The landfill sites where we dump our waste now won't want to lose the lucrative contract. I'm sure they will continue to take it.

>draws air through teeth< Price just went up, gov'nor! Grand a tonne, toll fee, road use fee, etc

[TwigtheWonderkid]

jshell said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

jshell said:

London should be made independent. Then they'd need a costly 'Berlin Airlift' style operation for food and essentials. They'd be eating each other and drinking their own piss by Wednesday.

Not much farmland within the M25...

How much farming is there in Monaco? Last time I was there, they didn't look like they were starving to death. Quite the opposite in fact, it looked pretty affluent.

Yeah, but this won't be Monaco. Sorry, you're fked. proper fked.

So how much farmland is there in Monaco?. How is the famine and drought in Monaco going? Those poor people.

Justgiving page anyone??

[turbobloke]

Digga said:

turbobloke said:

marcosgt said:

Digga said:

idiotgap said:

As the administrative centre, London leaving the UK would be a bit messy.

I think this is part of the point some Londonders miss; the location of large parts of national infrastructure and admin are, to varying extents, arbitrary and in the capital's favour.

I've long felt we should do as Brazil did and move the administrative capital to somewhere remote and unappealing (Corby is my proposal, but I'm open to suggestions).

Good call. Hull would also do nicely. Good access by road, sea and air.

So we can choose whether to bomb it with our air force or shell it with our navy?

(Before anyone squawks, both my parents are from Hull.)

Or just roll the tanks in.

Noting that your parents are from Hull, I should add that I'm from Grimsby and considered a day trip to Hull as a mini-holiday.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

jshell said:

>draws air through teeth< Price just went up, gov'nor! Grand a tonne, toll fee, road use fee, etc

I'm sure that if you're trying to rip us off, someone else will agree to do it for £900. Then you might come back at £800. Eventually a free market will settle upon the right price.

We're dumping the UK, but we'll hang on to capitalism thanks.

[youngsyr]

Just an old porsche fan said:

youngsyr said:

Just an old porsche fan said:

You may have the bank offices in London however us northerners have their data centers. Therfore due to data protection act you can't access your account outside of the UK.

Enjoy your independent London

8.00am, Day 1 in Independent London: Data Protection Act amended.

8.01am, Day 1 in Independent London: "Hello India, London calling..."

Edited by youngsyr on Friday 24th June 12:31

8:02
Email from India Support team to UK suport team
"Hello Team,
The systems have gone down. How do we fix. this?"
8:05
Twig the wonder kid check balance.
"Sorry we can not process this request at the moment. Please check with your bank"

3 weeks later, The metro reports that London is distute as Indian support team fails to reboot windows 2000 server.

Are you saying that people in India are incapable of running a data centre?

[Digga]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

jshell said:

>draws air through teeth< Price just went up, gov'nor! Grand a tonne, toll fee, road use fee, etc

I'm sure that if you're trying to rip us off, someone else will agree to do it for £900. Then you might come back at £800. Eventually a free market will settle upon the right price.

We're dumping the UK, but we'll hang on to capitalism thanks.

There's that big, redundant tunnel you could shove it all through. That'd clear the camps.

[C70R]

Hosenbugler said:

JoeMarano said:

I hate London. You will never find such a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Yep , the place is a toilet, you only go there when you have too.

Indeed. A "toilet" that enormously subsidises the rest of the UK and without which we'd have an economy comparable with that of Liberia. You could at least say 'thank you'.

A hateful place...

[SPS]

DMN said:

RobGT81 said:

Independence for the north. The rest of you can stay in the EU and remind each other how good you are, while we get on and make stuff happen.

York, Leeds and Harrogate voted to remain, so we'll be joining in with London and Scotland. You can have the slum areas of Yorkshire.

Wow actually comparing Leeds with the "Elite" of Harrogate and York, that's a first

[SPS]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

jshell said:

London should be made independent. Then they'd need a costly 'Berlin Airlift' style operation for food and essentials. They'd be eating each other and drinking their own piss by Wednesday.

Not much farmland within the M25...

How much farming is there in Monaco? Last time I was there, they didn't look like they were starving to death. Quite the opposite in fact, it looked pretty affluent.

True and neither do the farmers and other suppliers who sell to them at extortionate prices

[otolith]

Johnnytheboy said:

I'm quite up for this. Only condition is you fund a big sod off wall just inside the M25, which we get to keep.

Then fill it with water.

[vonuber]

Just enlarge the existing city of London government. Sorted.

[mattmurdock]

I'm loving how democracy is just fine when we want to 'divorce' from the EU, but democracy is not fine if Scotland, London or anywhere else in the UK wants to 'divorce' from the UK. In those cases, apparently it is just fine to send in the tanks and take them by force.

[otolith]

mattmurdock said:

I'm loving how democracy is just fine when we want to 'divorce' from the EU, but democracy is not fine if Scotland, London or anywhere else in the UK wants to 'divorce' from the UK. In those cases, apparently it is just fine to send in the tanks and take them by force.

[turbobloke]

mattmurdock said:

I'm loving how democracy is just fine when we want to 'divorce' from the EU, but democracy is not fine if Scotland, London or anywhere else in the UK wants to 'divorce' from the UK. In those cases, apparently it is just fine to send in the tanks and take them by force.

Deliberately missing the humour? Maybe you're a bit uptight about the referendum result.

Unless I missed it in all the excitement there's still no hint of how may £thousands the OP is betting on London getting a vote then winning independence. Clearly they don't have any faith in their own "idea".

Which shows there's at least one thing they got right yesterday and today

[Blib]

Of course, once we Londoners gain our much needed independence, we in North London will wish to set those south of The Rver adrift.

I predict civil war.

[minimoog]

jshell said:

>draws air through teeth< Price just went up, gov'nor! Grand a tonne, toll fee, road use fee, etc

No more pesky EU pollution prevention regulations to comply with though. Double bubble!