How British are you?

[Theseus]

Basics of constitution is one thing, exact number of MPs - not so much

Fewer than there are ... It's like the bike formula but the other way round, although I am not sure what the upper and lower limits should be.

MP=MP-1

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm supposedly half-Dutch if you go purely by ancestry, with the other half equal parts of French, Irish, Scottish and Welsh.
But I was born in Australia, lived here my whole life, and can't speak a word of Dutch.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Fewer than there are ... It's like the bike formula but the other way round, although I am not sure what the upper and lower limits should be.

MP=MP-1

It's simple: you just keep "iterating the equation" until no MPs remain.

 

[Profpointy]

It's simple: you just keep "iterating the equation" until no MPs remain.

..... that's how Hitler started

 

[Drago]

Some people think, erroneously as it goes, that possession of a particular countries passport makes them a citizen of that country.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Devisive troll thread.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

..... that's how Hitler started

Just for your information: my previous post was intended to be humorous. If it really offended you that much, feel free to report it to the moderators, or I could just delete it.

 

[Profpointy]

Just for your information: my previous post was intended to be humorous. If it really offended you that much, feel free to report it to the moderators, or I could just delete it.

Just for information, so was mine

 

[r04DiE]

Yellow face things can help here.

To be fair, there was a red face thing. That's as good as a yellow faced thing.

 

[Tim Hall]

Yellow face things can help here.

Drifting off topic, "Today", the flagship news and current affairs radio programme, last week devoted x minutes to the discussion of Yellow Face Things, or more specifically a new range of Yellow Face Things designed for use by older people. I can't give a value for x as I switched off.

 

[iandg]

I'm a British mongrel. My dad's family are from the north east and my mum's family Scottish and Midlands - so there's probably a mix of Dane, Saxon and Scot in there. My wife's got Maltese Jewish ancestry so even more mixed gene pool in my kids.

When we're in foreign countries, we usually get addressed/welcomed/approached in French, and a surprised response when we reply in English (probably my wife's looks rather than mine tho').

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

For everyone disappointed that this wasn't a quiz thread:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/quiz/2014/jun/10/how-british-are-you-values-quiz-michael-gove

Having taken that definitive test I now know who I am:-

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Excellent. Thanks to your comprehensive obliviousness and disregard for others, you’re very British.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

[QUOTE 4535178, member: 43827"]I fully agree with most of your post, but think that if you look at virtually any country in the world then 'seething mass of scum' is a fair description of governing politicians worldwide in this day and age.[/QUOTE]

Which is why I said that everywhere has their problems anyway, so moving wouldn't solve anything, just throw up new problems.


By the way, that

'mainly besides'

Bit was when I went to write one thing, then wrote another and forgot to delete the first thing. I have edited it now.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

When I hear politicians saying they are following the voice of the British people over the Brexit vote I have to conclude that I'm no longer British. Along with almost half the population....

 

[Hitchington]

When I hear politicians saying they are following the voice of the British people over the Brexit vote I have to conclude that I'm no longer British. Along with almost half the population....

It's true. Farage also said Brexit was "a victory for decent people" which must make us Remainers thoroughly indecent as well