[Politics] Brexit

[Pretty pink fairy]

Did I say you were the only ****witted nationalist?

..but I will tell you. Its called the Union Flag. The 'Jack' is the pole it flies from, usually made of wood, not unlike the content of your skull.
Whatever is said, calling the Union Flag the Union Jack in the Royal Navy would have been followed by a swift boot up the arse. Apart from scrounging off the State, how have you served it my little 'patriot'?

Get over yourself David you're not in the Navy now ,
As for a patriot you keep on slagging off the country from the Czech republic
Regards
DF

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Yes, I tend not to use apostrophes when using phone walking in the street, I will admit to laziness. Carry on with explaining why my post was wrong, considering I was in the RN?

Because it's not called the Union Jack because of the 'pole' it was flown from. I'm pretty sure you didn't complete your sign on period in the RN anyway - maybe you should have done and then you'd have known why it's called a Union Jack.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

If they were never going to achieve anything why did they so wind up Brexiters at the time?

Because they were a bunch of undemocratic loons the rest is history
Regards
DF

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Because it's not called the Union Jack because of the 'pole' it was flown from. I'm pretty sure you didn't complete your sign on period in the RN anyway - maybe you should have done and then you'd have known why it's called a Union Jack.

He's a turnip
Regards
DF

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

It was fear, what with the marches attracting numbers the Brexiteers could only dream of while the polls from 2017 on were consistently showing that most Britons didn't want to leave the EU anyway... fear that people were starting to see through the tawdry duo who ran the Leave campaign (and who are now destroying our country's reputation for good governance).

Unfortunately for the rest of us, a succession of dozy incompetents spread across the opposition benches meant that the populist chancers got away with it - only now are they being found out, and now is too late.

No hard feelings eh
Regards
DF

 

[daveinplzen]

Because it's not called the Union Jack because of the 'pole' it was flown from. I'm pretty sure you didn't complete your sign on period in the RN anyway - maybe you should have done and then you'd have known why it's called a Union Jack.

OK I never raised or lowered one from the jackstaff. There's plenty of ex RN on NSC I'm sure they will corroborate your theory. I served over 4 years. You? Oh and you're pretty sure I didn't serve longer than my sign on period? You're basing this on?

 

[daveinplzen]

Get over yourself David you're not in the Navy now ,
As for a patriot you keep on slagging off the country from the Czech republic
Regards
DF

I do not 'slag off' the country. I 'slag off' the people damaging it.

 

[daveinplzen]

i'll just leave this here.
https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/british-flags-2/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/

Yep I've read that before, but call it the Union Jack in front of my Warren officer would ended miserably for me

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Yep I've read that before, but call it the Union Jack in front of my Warren officer would ended miserably for me

You're not in the Navy David
Regards
DF

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I do not 'slag off' the country. I 'slag off' the people damaging it.

The only people damaging it are the weasels like yourself David , move on
Regards
DF

 

[Wardy's twin]

Wrong and worrying when someone that claims to have served in the Royal Navy doesn't know !



Our nations flag is called the Unions FLAG not the Union Jack ! But that's the problem when you prefer a fake flag like a blue one with yellow stars on it.

and there was me thinking it was called the UNION flag when all the time it was Unions....

Union Jack and Union flag are synonymous so don't try to be clever and get it wrong.

The point which you ignored was that the flag is supposed to represent the 4 nations yet 2 of those nations don't want to leave the EU hence my comment to the poster why wave it as though representing them.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Because it's not called the Union Jack because of the 'pole' it was flown from. I'm pretty sure you didn't complete your sign on period in the RN anyway - maybe you should have done and then you'd have known why it's called a Union Jack.

I would hope you're sober enough to apologise tomorrow (and I'm not talking about the bloody flag).

 

[vegster]

You will have to show me where its called the Unions flag. I was a signalman in the RN and I was taught Union Flag. The only time I've ever heard of it being called the Unions Flag has been when reading your response

Some people don't know their Onions by the sound of things, its a Union flag, only a Union jack when flown from the jackstaff . I'm not RN but its pretty easy to find out.

 

[beorhthelm]

Yep I've read that before, but call it the Union Jack in front of my Warren officer would ended miserably for me

think its fair to say in the forces you do as the Warrant officer says. otherwise its Union Jack (note capitals) because thats what everyone knows it as, and there is no formal designation to say otherwise.

 

[pastafarian]

Trigger Warning
Another beautiful day in the worlds Greatest nation.
And a good excuse to champion again our Union flag, more commonly and lovingly referred to as The Union Jack by its people.

Haters of their country wont agree of course.....but who cares what they want to moan about

 

[WATFORD zero]

Are you going to put a flag up for each lie ? That's the friction-less, zero tariff trade gone today

Britain did, however, signal for the first time that levies on goods such as milk and lamb had been ‘floated’ in a notable climbdown on demands for ‘zero-tariff, frictionless’ trade with the bloc.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8395213/Britains-trade-negotiators-hit-Michel-Barnier-accused-UK-backsliding.html

 

[daveinplzen]

Trigger Warning
Another beautiful day in the worlds Greatest nation.
And a good excuse to champion again our Union flag, more commonly and lovingly referred to as The Union Jack by its people.

Haters of their country wont agree of course.....but who cares what they want to moan about

Nobody hates their country nitwit. Nice try.

 

[Chicken Run]

Yep I've read that before, but call it the Union Jack in front of my Warren officer would ended miserably for me [emoji23]

When I was in the RN I could have sworn the rank above CPO was Warrant Officer, you even called them sir! [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Bold Seagull]

Trigger Warning
Another beautiful day in the worlds Greatest nation.
And a good excuse to champion again our Union flag, more commonly and lovingly referred to as The Union Jack by its people.

Haters of their country wont agree of course.....but who cares what they want to moan about

Always thought haters of this country were the ones that wanted us to be inward looking not outward, hostile to visitors, not welcoming, deregulating rather than holding the highest possible standards. Reasons we have a Union in the first place, peace, prosperity, good will. The haters want to tear all that down, they can’t possibly love the United Kingdom. Hopefully Brexit can happen without pulling all that apart, without losing our Britishness. Too many do want Brexit and to tear the UK down at the same time, seems very little care or compassion in what will result, only the act of Brexit matters - that isn’t loving your country.

 

[pastafarian]

Always thought haters of this country were the ones that wanted us to be inward looking not outward, hostile to visitors, not welcoming, deregulating rather than holding the highest possible standards. Reasons we have a Union in the first place, peace, prosperity, good will. The haters want to tear all that down, they can’t possibly love the United Kingdom. Hopefully Brexit can happen without pulling all that apart, without losing our Britishness. Too many do want Brexit and to tear the UK down at the same time, seems very little care or compassion in what will result, only the act of Brexit matters - that isn’t loving your country.

I think you are probably right about the champions of EU membership and haters of this country with a preference for a EU political union and a preference for people from mostly white European Countries, a belief that citizens from the rest of the world should be treated differently, an inward looking European protectionist attitude.
Thankfully brexit has come along and the cause being championed is to spread our wings globally instead of being inward looking and to have a non discriminatory immigration policy for those wishing to come here to work and live, equal to EU and Non EU alike.
You can thank us later