Just curious about how Brexiters feel about this WW2 poster
Lots of people who support Britain's exit from the EU are convinced that being part of a community of nations is a hindrance and not an advantage. Many feel nostalgia for the time when Britain "stood alone" in WW2 and see that period in history as proof that Britain is at its finest when it's "alone", and yet...
Thoughts?
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[quote]Lots of people who support Britain's exit from the EU are convinced that being part of a community of nations is a hindrance and not an advantage.[/quote]
That's largely a load of bollocks. Who has claimed that Britain stood alone, not grateful for the contributions of the Ghurkas, the Poles, the Canadians, the Free French? ..... As @KiwiBird recently pointed out, the UK abandoned its former Commonwealth partners like Australia and New Zealand when it joined the EEC. The deals so far may be small - nobody envisaged a global pandemic - but re-building that trust and forging new alliances was never going to be an instant achievement.
It sounds to me like you're setting up a man of straw to knock down
@ArtieKat There's a lot of 'bollocks' on here, including feigned ignorance of the fact that Britain stood alone, in all practical senses, during the early phases of the war. Why would anyone bother disputing that unless it's to bolster some personal bias?
(And take another look at the poster before you try moaning about the alleged absence of, for instance, Ghurkas or Aussies.)
@ArtieKat Sorry, A.K. - My comments were the result of scanning, rather than carefully reading, a number of posts. They should not have been directed at you.
That said, it seems to me absurdly inappropriate for someone to have likened Brexit to any aspect of WW2.
It's likewise absurd to suggest that the majority of Britons were not grateful for the war support they got from the commonwealth countries, from the free French, From other Europeans and some Americans who made their way to Britain and joined the fight, plus all who formed resistance groups in occupied countries (including Germans in Germany) and ultimately the USA.
