Great Britain is not an Island

[Tribesman]

and yes the UK is an island, no sense of geographical knowledge clearly

Obviously written by somebody who has no sense of geography .

[Incongruous]

Obviously written by somebody who has no sense of geography .

Well it is pretty close, surrounded by water and detached by some distance from the mainland of Europe, it certainly has not stopped countless generations treating it as such. Simply because a Frenchie is having a song and dance about it, is no good reason to change such logic. We are not hurting anyone.

[Tribesman]

Well it is pretty close

No it is not even remotely close unless you define "an island" as over a thousand islands plus part of another island and some more islands for good measure while claiming others lack a sense of geographical knowledge .

[Incongruous]

No it is not even remotely close unless you define "an island" as over a thousand islands plus part of another island and some more islands for good measure while claiming others lack a sense of geographical knowledge .

Sounds about right to me

At least that is the correct summation of what the UK is within the popular mind, and thus the concept which matters most.
This sceptered Isle is a good piece of evidnece which points the belief among the inhabitants of the UK that they live on an Island, conveniently forgetting Northern Ireland and other little bits. Not really an issue though, since its the idea of an Island mentality which is really got at in this definition.

[HoreTore]

Alrighty, let's have a look at that "UK is a cultural island"-thingy:

- Language. How many different ones do you find in the english language?

- Music. How much british music is played in mainland europe? How many of the great continental composers(Mozart, Beethoven, etc) have influenced the musical scene in the UK? How much has music from the UK influenced the rest of europe?

- Architecture. Does the UK reject continental ideas in this area, and does the continent reject british ideas?

- Theatre. Same questions as for music.

etc, etc...

Answer these questions, and I can't see how you can come to any conclusion other than Britain being an integral part of Europe, as much as France, Spain, Germany or Italy.

[Tribesman]

Are Scousers and Geordies cultural islands ?
or should they be sent to an island ?
OK maybe thats a bit harsh but the Brummies definately should be sent to a remote offshore place .

[Furunculus]

Alrighty, let's have a look at that "UK is a cultural island"-thingy:

- Language. How many different ones do you find in the english language?

- Music. How much british music is played in mainland europe? How many of the great continental composers(Mozart, Beethoven, etc) have influenced the musical scene in the UK? How much has music from the UK influenced the rest of europe?

- Architecture. Does the UK reject continental ideas in this area, and does the continent reject british ideas?

- Theatre. Same questions as for music.

etc, etc...

Answer these questions, and I can't see how you can come to any conclusion other than Britain being an integral part of Europe, as much as France, Spain, Germany or Italy.

No. One. Has. Denied. That.

Yesterday it was stated that half of Britons have a foreign ancestry, any my family is French Huegenout in origin, but that is irrelevant.

What matters is the British perception of itself and its place in the world, which leads us to believe that we do not need the EU* whereas many continental countries come to the opposite opinion, both for rational and understandable reasons.

We are european, but we have no desire to become EUropean.



* By which i mean federated future alluded to by the phrase; "ever deeper union".

[Sarmatian]

Yesterday it was stated that half of Britons have a foreign ancestry, any my family is French Huegenout in origin, but that is irrelevant.

I just lost all respect I had for you