Should Sussex become an independent country

[Brovion]

Yes! It's high time that Sussex, one of the ancient Saxon kingdoms of the Heptarchy became an independent sovereign state again. Hands off our oil Wessex!

Long live the SNP!

(Sussex National Party)

 

[Postman Pat]

We wouldn't be very high on the FIFA rankings though - somewhere between Azerbaijan and Zimbabwe is my guess

Why on earth would we want to join FIFA?? We could start our own organisation and declare Sussex as champions of the world, a la the world series in baseball.

 

[Brovion]

Some sort of border creep then?

In that case I'd push up to Guilford, Redhill, Tonbridge and Tenterden just to create a bit of a buffer.

Obviously the first thing we'll have to do is liberate the Sussex enclaves of Surrey (and possibly parts of Kent and Hampshire as well) where ethnic Sussexians are smarting under a foreign yoke. Vlad can give us some tips.

 

[Hampster Gull]

We are on the front foot here with all the talk talk about land grabs. Whilst I have some sympathy I think we need to establish our new norms before we liberate those living in the dark ages. I suggest we start with a PR system so it's a full democracy. Then we vote on the key policy initiatives. This will include EU membership and wether to join up in a British Union.

 

[Hamilton]

We wouldn't be very high on the FIFA rankings though - somewhere between Azerbaijan and Zimbabwe is my guess

I'd imagine we could beat England. Everybody else tends to.

We'd be bigger in size than Iceland, Luxembourg and Estonia.

 

[RandyWanger]

Yes! I'll run the French embassy, you can buy our garlic instead of I.O.W and we can do a deal for your Marmite and Cheddar cheese.
Happy days.

 

[Brovion]

We are on the front foot here with all the talk talk about land grabs. Whilst I have some sympathy I think we need to establish our new norms before we liberate those living in the dark ages. I suggest we start with a PR system so it's a full democracy. Then we vote on the key policy initiatives. This will include EU membership and wether to join up in a British Union.

Naa, sod all that, let's just go and KILL people!

 

[Hampster Gull]

Naa, sod all that, let's just go and KILL people!

Ok fair point. Shall we do it with or without nuclear bombs?

 

[GreersElbow]

Disagree about land grabs, Sussex only has a population of 1.5m. We could ask Vlad for "Volunteers" like he has in Ukraine and had in Abkhazia in 1991.

We shouldn't spread north bound, the influence of London has been damaging for our culture and identity, so we must refrain from more influence from those heathens North of Gatwick.

 

[Giraffe]

As a minimum we should be reclaiming the land we had in 800AD then we can think about expanding if required.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sussex

 

[atfc village]

Would your gates remain at 28k after winning the Sussex Prem for the 16th year running over your closest rivals East Preston?

 

[Megazone]

The Isle of Wight was originally a part of Sussex. I've never understood why we've never tried reclaiming it?

The legends holds that the devil was digging a trench to allow the sea to flood the many churches in the Weald of Sussex. The digging disturbed an old woman who lit a candle, or angered a rooster causing it to crow, making the devil believe that the morning was fast approaching. The devil then fled, leaving his trench unfinished. The last shovel of earth he threw over his shoulder fell into the sea, forming the Isle of Wight.

GET IT BACK!

 

[Postman Pat]

The critical question is will we allow people to wear colanders on their heads when taking their photo for their driving licence?

 

[GreersElbow]

As a minimum we should be reclaiming the land we had in 800AD then we can think about expanding if required.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sussex

Isle of Wight will be our Crimea, it's the same shape and everything else is. The Sandown people's Republic and people's Republic of Ryde have requested support from Sussex to fight against the Fascists in Pompey.

 

[Frutos]

Would we (as in the Albion) still be able to/want to compete in the English league structure as per Swansea/Cardiff?

 

[Napier's Knee]

We've already got our anthem, introduce compulsory Sussex Dialect lessons in schools, we've got vineyards! Let's do it!

 

[Don Quixote]

That's our oil that. So yes we should be our own country.

 

[Gwylan]

We've already got our anthem, introduce compulsory Sussex Dialect lessons in schools, we've got vineyards! Let's do it!

We won't be druv

 

[Cosmic Joker]

Now we have the oil, let's go it alone! Discuss.

Disagree about land grabs, Sussex only has a population of 1.5m. We could ask Vlad for "Volunteers" like he has in Ukraine and had in Abkhazia in 1991.

We shouldn't spread north bound, the influence of London has been damaging for our culture and identity, so we must refrain from more influence from those heathens North of Gatwick.

Assuming that the oil people are talking about is this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32229203
http://www.theguardian.com/business...field-could-produce-50-to-100m-barrels-of-oil
I should point out that despite that Gatwick Airport is in Sussex and all the talk of Sussex in the Grauniad article, Horse Hill where the drilling site is, is actually in Surrey to the west of Horley. So if there's land grabs to be made, despite [MENTION=23005]GreersElbow[/MENTION]'s suggestion otherwise, that should be the first one to be made. But given the resources at stake, there may be some resistance from the Slurreyites.

 

[Frutos]

We won't be druv

wunt, shirely?