Independence for London

[wc98]

MrBrightSi said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I feel I have more in common with Parisians, Berliners etc than I do with the good folk of Burnley.

How sad and petty a thing to say. Congrats, you guys in the city sure do put us countryside folk in our place. Sorry for not understanding the insane complexities of urban life.

exactly, just the sort of person the rest of the country is completely and utterly pissed off with.

[Johnnytheboy]

Can we have a separate PH too?

[Bellatrix]

BlackLabel said:

Perhaps London and Scotland could form one nation - under the leadership of Nicola Sturgeon and Sadiq Khan.

That would make for interesting offspring

[Blib]

Johnnytheboy said:

Blib said:

If we in London leave, who on earth is going to pay for your benefits?

Big sod off toll on the M3 and M4 every Friday PM.

So long as you keep the A12 toll free....

[Mastodon2]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

People are happy to do the rejecting, but get very annoyed at the idea of being rejected.

A mindset exemplified by you and this fking ridiculous sour grapes thread you've started.

[p1stonhead]

Whilst it sounds mental, I actually think that if this was put through as an actual vote, it could be close.

This is just based on the 30 or 40 people who I have spoken to today. They would definitely go for it if it was someting like a Singapore / Monaco type situation.

[DMN]

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.

[AlecT]

I think someone made a film on this very subject, what was it called? Oh yes Passport to Pimlico........

[Blib]

p1stonhead said:

Whilst it sounds mental, I actually think that if this was put through as an actual vote, it could be close.

This is just based on the 30 or 40 people who I have spoken to today. They would definitely go for it if it was someting like a Singapore / Monaco type situation.

We'd get a grand prix too!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

p1stonhead said:

Whilst it sounds mental, I actually think that if this was put through as an actual vote, it could be close.

This is just based on the 30 or 40 people who I have spoken to today. They would definitely go for it if it was someting like a Singapore / Monaco type situation.

Forgetting about the rights and wrongs of the idea, can someone explain to me, in terms of pure democratic process, if Scotland do manage to get another referendum on the basis that their 5 million population are being dragged out of the EU against their will, why not London with a population of not far off double that of Scotland?

[jshell]

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...

[p1stonhead]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

p1stonhead said:

Whilst it sounds mental, I actually think that if this was put through as an actual vote, it could be close.

This is just based on the 30 or 40 people who I have spoken to today. They would definitely go for it if it was someting like a Singapore / Monaco type situation.

Forgetting about the rights and wrongs of the idea, can someone explain to me, in terms of pure democratic process, if Scotland do manage to get another referendum on the basis that their 5 million population are being dragged out of the EU against their will, why not London with a population of not far off double that of Scotland?

I suppose because London isnt a country. I guess its not just done on numbers?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

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.

[afrochicken]

Blib said:

p1stonhead said:

Whilst it sounds mental, I actually think that if this was put through as an actual vote, it could be close.

This is just based on the 30 or 40 people who I have spoken to today. They would definitely go for it if it was someting like a Singapore / Monaco type situation.

We'd get a grand prix too!

I'm happy to be the President of London. I pledge Monaco tax levels, a Grand Prix (we'll be rich enough to make the teams run some old V10s and V12s), bright sunshine and good looks for all

jshell said:

Not much farmland within the M25...

In fairness, I don't think a single piece of the fruit & veg that I bought in the supermarket this morning were grown in the UK anyway

[JoeMarano]

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

[TwigtheWonderkid]

p1stonhead said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

p1stonhead said:

Whilst it sounds mental, I actually think that if this was put through as an actual vote, it could be close.

This is just based on the 30 or 40 people who I have spoken to today. They would definitely go for it if it was someting like a Singapore / Monaco type situation.

Forgetting about the rights and wrongs of the idea, can someone explain to me, in terms of pure democratic process, if Scotland do manage to get another referendum on the basis that their 5 million population are being dragged out of the EU against their will, why not London with a population of not far off double that of Scotland?

I suppose because London isnt a country. I guess its not just done on numbers?

True, but it doesn't seem very democratic. Also, London, in terms of population, is Scotland's 3rd biggest City. Only Glasgow and Edinburgh have more Scots. So Inverness and Ayr etc. get to vote on independence, but the Scots of London who outnumber them don't???

[TwigtheWonderkid]

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. Or we might do a better deal with someone in Northern France.

[Vitorio]

DMN said:

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.

Im starting to think you guys should take a page out of history (Australia, isreal etc..) and just find some nice piece of land to ship the leavers off to

Either that, or go for 18th century Italy with a huge blanket of city states

[p1stonhead]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

p1stonhead said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

p1stonhead said:

Whilst it sounds mental, I actually think that if this was put through as an actual vote, it could be close.

This is just based on the 30 or 40 people who I have spoken to today. They would definitely go for it if it was someting like a Singapore / Monaco type situation.

Forgetting about the rights and wrongs of the idea, can someone explain to me, in terms of pure democratic process, if Scotland do manage to get another referendum on the basis that their 5 million population are being dragged out of the EU against their will, why not London with a population of not far off double that of Scotland?

I suppose because London isnt a country. I guess its not just done on numbers?

True, but it doesn't seem very democratic. Also, London, in terms of population, is Scotland's 3rd biggest City. Only Glasgow and Edinburgh have more Scots. So Inverness and Ayr etc. get to vote on independence, but the Scots of London who outnumber them don't???

An arguable point I suppose.

I do like all of these people claiming that because there are no farms in London, the place would die. They must think all of their food comes from within 10 miles of their houses

Someone I know from Lincolnshire once told me that they could survive without the rest of the UK because they had everything they needed (i.e Farmland) and that they could build a wall around the county.

They seemed to forget they have literally nothing else!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

afrochicken said:

I'm happy to be the President of London.

bks to that. I started the thread, so I get to be President. I have a vacancy for VP, although Liz Hurley is favourite.