Country Discussion: England

[Rob17896]

Lovely land, fascinatingly diverse scenery in a compact area due to diverse geology. Superb climate.

Irrational, anally retentive, badly educated, broken people, the result of a feudal class system based on a lucky win by William I and his gang of Norman chancers. Absolutely deluded that the British bulldog spirit gets them through, when really all they do is blindly patriotically and unthinkingly hold up a system that has repressed and exploited them for a millennium for the benefit of the few - led by the aristocracy established silent upper echelons of society - William's mates' land owning tory descendants.

Just off the top of my head like.

Yet so accurate.

 

[TheBigIguana]

From a footballing perspective they're very much Newcastle

 

[Rob17896]

Two world wars, a world cup and captain tom

Good at fighting sometimes, benefit from home refs and get wound up by breakfast TV celebrating a decent but deluded old timer walking in his garden or something.
Arrogant, stupid nation who believe winning WW2 made them special whilst forgetting being on same side as America AND Russia may have helped.
We learn little and are little. An educated population would still be in the EU and not have such a government. Red Wall deserve all they get. Falling for the immigrant blame game yet failing to see the corrupt cesspit we live in. The UK is mostly still populated by thick racists. If it was not for some of the countryside the entire place could explode and the world would be better for it.

 

[Rita_Poon]

A LOT to answer for.

 

[Charlie Sweet]

England is two countries.

Screwed by the Tories or the Home Counties.

Wannabe celts / generally bad teds

 

[slipstream86]

Lovely land, fascinatingly diverse scenery in a compact area due to diverse geology. Superb climate.

Irrational, anally retentive, badly educated, broken people, the result of a feudal class system based on a lucky win by William I and his gang of Norman chancers. Absolutely deluded that the British bulldog spirit gets them through, when really all they do is blindly patriotically and unthinkingly hold up a system that has repressed and exploited them for a millennium for the benefit of the few - led by the aristocracy established silent upper echelons of society - William's mates' land owning tory descendants.

Just off the top of my head like.

So untrue Chris, life in England was (and always before had been) the very definition of utopian perfection before Thatcher!

 

[chrismpw]

So untrue Chris, life in England was (and always before had been) the very definition of utopian perfection before Thatcher!

Oh come on.... utopia if you were the arstocracy or the mill or mine owner. Practically everybody else- no education, no vote, no land, no wealth, no say.

 

[carlos21]

A LOT to answer for.

I know you are from the UK.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Chit'ole.

Everything dead expensive, getting ripped off wherever you can, a government that favours the rich over the poor, dog poo all over the streets, awful roads and appalling airports.

Basically, not very pleasant.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Chit'ole.

Everything dead expensive, getting ripped off wherever you can, a government that favours the rich over the poor, dog poo all over the streets, awful roads and appalling airports.

Basically, not very pleasant.

Thought we were discussing England, and not the US?

 

[GoldenToffee]

Thought we were discussing England, and not the US?

Same difference. US = much more dangerous but better food and more varied nature and weather.

 

[tommye]

Some bits are ok.
Pity they whole island is infested with knobheads.

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Drinking tea is so far enshrined in English culture it crossed all social classes and is now seen as the quintessentially British brew against other hot beverage options.

However a huge reason for this involved British trade and taxes, the East India Company having a monopoly on tea and a cut on tea tax to make tea smuggling unprofitable. Tea fell in price, people drank more, government earned more money and encouraged people to drink tea.

Now I happen to love a cup of tea but my point is this. It's only seen as British because it made the Government and rich people a lot of money for people to think that way.

England's obsession with social classes is it's biggest problem in my opinion.

 

[Billy Dean]

From a footballing perspective they're very much Newcastle

Been saying this for 20 years. England are the Newcastle of international football. One trophy won in the 60s, massively over inflated expectations, mostly crap apart from the odd mild flare up here and there.

@Kurt. calls us international kopites but international Geordies is probably closer

 

[Bluerover]

Good at fighting sometimes, benefit from home refs and get wound up by breakfast TV celebrating a decent but deluded old timer walking in his garden or something.
Arrogant, stupid nation who believe winning WW2 made them special whilst forgetting being on same side as America AND Russia may have helped.
We learn little and are little. An educated population would still be in the EU and not have such a government. Red Wall deserve all they get. Falling for the immigrant blame game yet failing to see the corrupt cesspit we live in. The UK is mostly still populated by thick racists. If it was not for some of the countryside the entire place could explode and the world would be better for it.

I love going to England - mostly for Everton matches mind you. My first visit was 1980..

I have never found prejudice as an Irishman or latterly my wife and daughter, but obviously I have never lived there. My late father absolutely loved the 7 years he worked in Harrow from 1955, and (mostly) English people have been happy to welcome Irish people to live amongst them. Let's ignore the minority who had the infamous signs in their boarding house windows.

The past is a distant country, and I would love to see England and indeed the UK coming back into the EU if only because it would make things easier in terms of trade and travel.

As a family we have driven around Cheshire, Lancashire, Somerset, Warwickshire and Yorkshire. We met wonderful people and saw beautiful countryside. We particularly enjoyed Stratford, Bath, Wells Chester and the Peak District.

I can't really warm to London, not because of the people, probably because it is just too big. I am a Dubliner, but 32 years living in Kilkenny has spoiled me in terms of no traffic jams and so much less stress. TBH going back to my native city for matches, flights etc is a pain in terms of how long everything takes.

For the same reason I found going regularly to Brussels in my previous life as a chore - Belgians are fine but in Brussels they seem to be always in a hurry, and haven't time to chill. Brugge is very different.

I want to see more of England, particularly the historic places.

The Lake District. Devon and Cornwall would be particularly on our list,

Still, nothing beats a pint in the Winslow before going across Goodison Road !!