Oops, well perhaps all the non-Anglicans could be relocated to there as a 'gift of the monarch'. <giggle>

Scottish Independence shouldn't make any difference.

Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British Royal Family since 1852, when it was purchased by Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert. It remains the private property of the monarch, and is not part of the Crown Estate.

Scottish Independence shouldn't make any difference.

Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British Royal Family since 1852, when it was purchased by Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert. It remains the private property of the monarch, and is not part of the Crown Estate.

It's all a matter of timing. Besides, given the Scots Balmoral as well.

Not a problem, England will send all the non-anglicans up north...

Ah, but "up north" think they are going independent, that might cause a rethink?

Not a problem, England will send all the non-anglicans up north...

Ah, but "up north" think they are going independent, that might cause a rethink?

Demographic projections which go out two generations are very speculative.

Not a problem, England will send all the non-anglicans up north...

...will it be called Islamagood then?

Ooooh good one :-)

Hmmmn, only another 18 years to go.....

...will it be called Islamagood then?

End of England?

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....& there's plenty of those in Westminister.

He-he-he.....

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

We call it Zebra, Yanks call it Zeebra in the phonetic alphabet.

I call it a black and white striped donkey...

....& there's plenty of those in Westminister.

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We call it Zebra, Yanks call it Zeebra in the phonetic alphabet.

I call it a black and white striped donkey...

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Even the yanks could join in on this thread...they have New York, Boston, New England & their main language is English (Albeit Americanised)

AmericaniZed. +Zed for your post due to this error.

LOL....We're talking about England & we use an S to your Z

Sigh. I guess I have to point out I went out of my way to call it ZED for you. :)

Sorry Sarge, I knew that, just having a :)

We call it Zebra, Yanks call it Zeebra in the phonetic alphabet.

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Even the yanks could join in on this thread...they have New York, Boston, New England & their main language is English (Albeit Americanised)

AmericaniZed. +Zed for your post due to this error.

LOL....We're talking about England & we use an S to your Z

Sigh. I guess I have to point out I went out of my way to call it ZED for you. :)

My mother died in 2000, this was her favourite poem.

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam;
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

The Soldier
Rupert Brooke
1887-1915

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When I was a pre-teen, I had a friend called Barry Cleave, who like me now was on the large size. But, he was a farmer's son, and very active despite his size. We used to go out shooting across their farmland.

His nick name was "Boulder Cleave" - why, I cannot remember as I am recalling school days over 50 years ago).

We had a saying, that "Barry, found he wasn't the only pebble on the beach so he became a little bolder (spelt as I mean)!".

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Can't we just be demoted to "small boulder" status instead?

Naw, boulders just sink, but pebbles if used right create very large ripples..... :)

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But if the Union does break up England will have to become a nation or risk becoming a pebble on a beach.

Sirius demotes us to mere pebble status so in my best French accent I reply, "Sirius, I spit in yur' eye"....Anyway, as long as it's a nice sunny beach then
that might no be so bad.

Ah, but pebbles can & do create large ripples on water & I think that all politicians in the UK become fully aware of this.

Can't we just be demoted to "small boulder" status instead?

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

But if the Union does break up England will have to become a nation or risk becoming a pebble on a beach.

Sirius demotes us to mere pebble status so in my best French accent I reply, "Sirius, I spit in yur' eye"....Anyway, as long as it's a nice sunny beach then
that might no be so bad.

Ah, but pebbles can & do create large ripples on water & I think that all politicians in the UK become fully aware of this.

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But if the Union does break up England will have to become a nation or risk becoming a pebble on a beach.

Sirius demotes us to mere pebble status so in my best French accent I reply, "Sirius, I spit in yur' eye"....Anyway, as long as it's a nice sunny beach then
that might no be so bad.

A pebble is better than not existing.

"This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in a silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house
Against the envy of less happier lands

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm

This England"

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flaming balloons

But if the Union does break up England will have to become a nation or risk becoming a pebble on a beach.

Sirius demotes us to mere pebble status so in my best French accent I reply, "Sirius, I spit in yur' eye"....Anyway, as long as it's a nice sunny beach then
that might no be so bad.

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

But if the Union does break up England will have to become a nation or risk becoming a pebble on a beach.

Ah but the United Kingdom will not break up. It will change in the "United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland". Thank you very much, the name "England" will finally officially reappear. But we all have to have a passports reprinted with the new name and show them at the Scottish/England border.

...and after 2016, any port of entry to Ireland as Northern Ireland will no longer exist.

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