Gloucester British Shin-Kicking Championships. Bat-poo crazy locals kick each other in the shins to take victory at the national Shin-kicking Championships.
Thanks for the awnser, I did mean Geographically and the part with policy, I don't think any two contries in the EU thinks alike and that`s why it`s crap.
If you want to look at independent countries look at Norway and Switzerland
"The USA is on the same land mass as Canada - does that mean that the USA is part of Canada?" No, but thay are both part of North America
Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:45:16 PM
"We've more in common with the USA."
Although I totally agree with you, I now fear for your safety, the lemming storm troopers surely will have something to say about that statement. Good luck, and trust no one!
Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:25:17 PM
Cut off by the IAB troll-fake character limit as usual:
Apart from geography and high-level politics forcing us into the USE, the UK is closer to the USA than to Europe. If we have to give up our independence, it might be better to become a state of the USA than a state of the USE. We've more in common with the USA.
Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:23:16 PM
Why ain't England a part of europe? So Japan is not a part of asia either?
It depends on whether you`re speaking geographically, politically or socially.
Geographically, England is part of the biggest island in an archipelago off the coast of Europe, which sort of makes it geographically part of Europe.
Politically, England is part of the UK, which is a mostly independent country being forced into an artificial political union that doesn`t quite exist yet - the United States of Europe.
Socially, England is almost completely seperate from the rest of Europe.
The USA is on the same land mass as Canada - does that mean that the USA is part of Canada? To the average person in the street in the UK, the distinction between UK and Europe is bigger than the distinction between USA and Canada - at least those two countries have a common language.
Apart from geography and high-level politics forcing us into the USE, the UK is