Europe to the world: ‘Canada is with us’ as it joins defence alliance in historic first

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        I’m from the UK. I remember when it happened. I think so many people underestimated how stupid and lost people felt and decided that this was a good action to use.

        Childhood friend of mine said something like, my dad had his own house, granddad had his own house … these immigrants come and live two families to a house … I don’t want that for my kid.

        I was like, I get it … but this doesn’t solve the problem you’re looking for … he needed more Gary’s Economics than Nigel Farage.

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          ah…but 10 years later the millions who voted Brexit are somehow blaming politicians. It was a referendumb.

          What was most hilarious was the top Google search the next day after the referendumb in UK was “what is brexit?”

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        Why would EU let them back, it costs billions to split and join and if let back, they would likely try and split again when another Right Winger is chronically elected.

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      I don’t get how we aren’t. We share a land border with Denmark and we’re closer to France than the Netherlands are.

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        technically, we’re closer to France than we are to any other EU contry besides Denmark… there’s a little island just off of Newfoundland that’s still French.

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          That’s what I was referring to, the distance to travel from Canada to France is less than it is to travel from the Netherlands to France

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        Imagine being able to live and work anywhere in the EU, and them here. It would be like finally joining the world.

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      Technically we didn’t really as we where not a country. We had to join cause the UK joined.

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          Wait, are you saying Auli is getting downvoted even though they’re right? Because what they are saying is NOT true for WWII.

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            They are just saying the UK pulled us into war when it was within their jurisidiction to do so. They arent passing any judgement on the valor or sacrifice of our forces.

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              Sorry if I’m still understanding.

              We had the right to choose to join or not in WWII. The OP is saying we didn’t, right? That isn’t true.

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          Also because so many young Canadian men died in that war, so it’s hard to say “we didn’t” and it actually be true.

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        Tell that to all the young Canadian men who never got to grow old. Many of our highschools have huge war memorials b/c entire generation of teenagers who used to attend highschools - died in WW2.

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        “We went up the ridge as Albertans and Nova Scotians. We came down as Canadians!” Talking about Vimy ridge