Let us not forget that the British citizens most affected by Brexit,
that is to say ones who didn't live in the UK, were denied the vote.
That was probably illegal, but I don't know if it was ever taken to
court.
On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0000, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:
Let us not forget that the British citizens most affected by Brexit,
that is to say ones who didn't live in the UK, were denied the vote.
That was probably illegal, but I don't know if it was ever taken to
court.
The seems to have converted at least some ex-pats into immigrants.
I know a Brit couple whose work took them to Cyprus, and after Brexit the became Cypriot citizens.
[...] Its sad how peole cannot accept that they were lied to by the EU and the BBC and that actually brexit, *once its taken proper advantage of* will be the saviour of the UK.
On 23/06/2026 09:09, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0000, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:My sister hasn't lived in Britain since 1964. She has a German passport.
Let us not forget that the British citizens most affected by Brexit,
that is to say ones who didn't live in the UK, were denied the vote.
That was probably illegal, but I don't know if it was ever taken to
court.
She expected to be able to vote.
The seems to have converted at least some ex-pats into immigrants.One example doesn't make a trend.
I know a Brit couple whose work took them to Cyprus, and after Brexit the
became Cypriot citizens.
Its sad how peole cannot accept that they were lied to by the EU and the
BBC and that actually brexit, *once its taken proper advantage of* will
be the saviour of the UK.
Ar an tríú lá is fiche de mí Meitheamh, scríobh The Natural Philosopher:
> [...] Its sad how peole cannot accept that they were lied to by the EU and
> the BBC and that actually brexit, *once its taken proper advantage of* will
> be the saviour of the UK.
The real existing Brexit of today is not what Marx^H^H^H^H Farage wanted, clearly Brexiting harder will fix that country.
On 2026-06-23 11:30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 23/06/2026 09:09, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0000, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:My sister hasn't lived in Britain since 1964. She has a German
Let us not forget that the British citizens most affected by Brexit,
that is to say ones who didn't live in the UK, were denied the vote.
That was probably illegal, but I don't know if it was ever taken to
court.
passport. She expected to be able to vote.
The seems to have converted at least some ex-pats into immigrants.One example doesn't make a trend.
I know a Brit couple whose work took them to Cyprus, and after Brexit
the
became Cypriot citizens.
«According to data cited from Spain's Immigration Observatory and
Eurostat, about 2,363 British citizens acquired Spanish nationality
between the 2016 Brexit referendum and 2023.»
<https://www.thelocal.es/20250310/why-its-no-surprise-so-few-brits-have-applied-for-spanish-citizenship-since-brexit>
«Across Europe, more than 120,000 Britons became citizens of European countries after the Brexit vote, but Spain accounted for only a small
share of those naturalisations.»
«The low number is often attributed to Spain's nationality rules, which generally require naturalising Britons to formally renounce their
previous nationality, making Spanish citizenship less attractive than citizenship in countries that broadly allow dual nationality.»
Its sad how peole cannot accept that they were lied to by the EU and
the BBC and that actually brexit, *once its taken proper advantage of*
will be the saviour of the UK.
LOL
About 60% of Britons now would vote against Brexit.
<https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/10-years-brexit-vote-majority-britons-would-vote-apply-rejoin-eu>
<https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/majority-britons-disappointed-by-brexit-according-ecfr-poll-2026-06-21/>
On 23/06/2026 11:00, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2026-06-23 11:30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 23/06/2026 09:09, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0000, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:My sister hasn't lived in Britain since 1964. She has a German
Let us not forget that the British citizens most affected by Brexit, >>>>> that is to say ones who didn't live in the UK, were denied the vote. >>>>> That was probably illegal, but I don't know if it was ever taken to
court.
passport. She expected to be able to vote.
The seems to have converted at least some ex-pats into immigrants.One example doesn't make a trend.
I know a Brit couple whose work took them to Cyprus, and after
Brexit the
became Cypriot citizens.
«According to data cited from Spain's Immigration Observatory and
Eurostat, about 2,363 British citizens acquired Spanish nationality
between the 2016 Brexit referendum and 2023.»
<https://www.thelocal.es/20250310/why-its-no-surprise-so-few-brits-
have-applied-for-spanish-citizenship-since-brexit>
«Across Europe, more than 120,000 Britons became citizens of European
countries after the Brexit vote, but Spain accounted for only a small
share of those naturalisations.»
«The low number is often attributed to Spain's nationality rules,
which generally require naturalising Britons to formally renounce
their previous nationality, making Spanish citizenship less attractive
than citizenship in countries that broadly allow dual nationality.»
Its sad how peole cannot accept that they were lied to by the EU and
the BBC and that actually brexit, *once its taken proper advantage
of* will be the saviour of the UK.
LOL
About 60% of Britons now would vote against Brexit.
<https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/10-years-brexit-vote-majority-britons-
would-vote-apply-rejoin-eu>
<https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/majority-britons-disappointed-by-
brexit-according-ecfr-poll-2026-06-21/>
Brainwashing works
However an overwhelming majority would not vote to return to the EU.
As with the withdrawal from the EU, people in favour of withdrawal
seemed to forget/ignore the fact that EU members had a vote on what happened.
On Do 26 Mär 2026 at 22:38, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
Ar an séú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh Snidely:
Common Lisp is the only language I have had dealings with where I
am happy and convinced that the people making the design decisions
were consistently rational adults making sensible decisions.
+1
On 2026-03-27 13:44, rbowman wrote:
And now almost all come with Python. C still is my goto but if I'm
going to query a REST API, parse out the JSON return, and make it
presentable Python saves a lot of boilerplate.
Surely, that is not due to the LANGUAGE, but due to the fact that
there are better and more intuitive LIBRARIES readily available?
Over the years I used several different Modula-2 compilers for the
IBM-PC.
To which I point out that there is a difference between evolution
and decay.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
Harrison's H1 was a bit bigger, and from the looks of it heavier, than
that.
Certainly, but Harrison's H1 was never intended to go to sea
On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:23:34 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
To which I point out that there is a difference between evolution
and decay.
Like when our ancestors lost the ability to digest cellulose and
and became parasites on those who kept that ability?
On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:23:34 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
To which I point out that there is a difference between evolution
and decay.
Like when our ancestors lost the ability to digest cellulose and
and became parasites on those who kept that ability?
Remember that Perl, as the former biggest example of this, had CPAN
years before Python came on the scene. So it had a big head start in
being able to accumulate lots of similarly useful libraries.
Yet Python not only caught up, but it surpassed Perl.
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