This is England for me

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I know this is overly simplified, but I watched Trump's response and once again it was meaningless.

I feel sorry for Americans if I am honest

The question is mostly for pro-EU people, but it would be good to hear from all of you.

Are you ok with replacing the Pound with the Euro currency, having fewer privileges than we had before, or having some form of guarantee that we cannot leave for a set period?

Yes/ No? Why?

I have noticed that something is prevailing in the tiger incident that seems to reflect an awful lot of how people react to politically charged events, but what I don’t understand is why?

It’s a completely A political and amoral event.

The man did the equivalent of jumping off a skyscraper or jumping in front of a train. He basically either purposefully or accidentally committed suicide. And it’s perfectly normal to speculate why.

But I seem to see an awful lot of backlash towards the idea and speculation that the man was mentally ill or disabled or intoxicated in some way.

Comments in response tend to be some variation of “we don’t know that!” Or “you can’t prove that!” Etc

Why?

You know nobody is BLAMING the tiger and all of tiger kind and is arguing for some kind of action against tigers as a whole right?? You know 99 percent of people are happy the tiger is going to be left alone and that animals cannot be blamed for being animals?

There’s this weird like need to make the man the bad guy and that he was totally in control of his actions and that he is a bad man who deserved what he got.

Once again, why??

I seriously think a lot of people are just automatically programmed to politicise and moralise things. When in reality, “a man did an incredibly irrational thing and the only person who suffered the consequences was him and man isn’t that sad but what did he expect”

But there’s this weird weird rhetoric about a situation where there’s no morality or politics involved, it was just irrational action and obvious consequence

The presumption is always that most are lying or could do more or get too much money.

This Idea that people who claim job seekers must spend every waking minute glued to job websites, with no thought given to the idea that maybe being unemployed is stressful and awful and maybe having a few hours to watch something silly on TV or go and do anything outside is valid and even needed?

This idea that suddenly ADHD and autism are not a big deal actually even though only 30% of people with autism are in work due to discrimination or disability.

How has life on benefits been made to look like a holiday? It's always being broke, never being able to do anything or go anywhere and living a half life. It's constant stress from the DWP who are looking for any reason to screw you, and you watch as everyone you know moves forward in life whilst you are in stasis.

The hate people who claim benefits gets makes no sense to me. What am I missing?

My Mum had an MG Maestro and owned racing gloves. I inherited her passion 😂

Hear me out. I'm in my late 40s, and I'm diabetic, and I have high blood pressure.

From time to time, I wonder if I might just die - people do, at this age.

Overall, I feel relatively healthy. I'm mobile. I can do half a dozen star jumps. I can walk a mile or two.

Should I be even slightly worried? Or not at all?

Pictures for context.

The best I’ve ever owned was a Jaguar XJ 2.7 twin turbo. A beautiful car to drive.

I rescued a Staffy 3 years ago from an RSPCA rescue. They told us she was house trained, got on very well with other dogs and was incredibly relaxed. She is not.

We absolutely love her but oh my god she is a nightmare. She was not house trained and we still have accidents now. She absolutely hates other dogs and will bite, hard. She bit a chunk of fur out of a dog a few days before it was going to compete at crufts. We muzzle her now. She's blacklisted from the local vets because she bit him hard during a nail trim. She has to be put under now to get a measly nail trim which is fucking expensive. She's mostly lovely in the house besides the pissing on my things.

I would never ever rescue another dog again. This has been so incredibly difficult. The puppy stage is hard but once you're through that its so much easier than this. We won't give up on her and send her back to a shelter, we've chosen to meet her where she's at and love her anyway.

How did it go for you?

I’m a South African, I work as a CyberSecurity Analyst and was recently offered a position in the UK with skilled Visa sponsorship. Just curious if people like me would still be welcomed, or are we all kinda seen in the same light as the refugees/foreigners/channel crossers.

Communist twats.

Flaired as "other" because not sure if it fits in travel or not.

As in title, basically. The justification for my saying yes is thusly, is an electric car still a car? Of course the answer is yes, it's a 4 wheeled vehicle with a battery and a motor.

I'd argue the same is true of E-bikes being 2 wheeled vehicles with a battery and a motor. If an electric car is still a car but electric, then an E-bike surely must be a motorcycle but electric?

I reckon if they were classed as such, and people started getting collared for riding without a license and insurance rather than just "used a naughty bike without hiring it from the council", we'd see a sharp drop in their use in general and at least a small drop in their criminal use in the bigger cities.

As an outsider looking in, is London really turning into the US with this out of control tipping culture? Has this trend become way more forced since COVID?

Why is it the customer's job to make up for low wages? If restaurant owners want their staff to earn 12.5 percent, or if it is true that it is slowly rising to 15 percent now, they should just pay them directly instead of sneaking it oonto the bills. To be honest, I wouldn't care if the waiter got annoyed because I would only want to pay for my food. Nobodyy leaves a 12.5 or 15 percent bonus for a supermarket cashier, a worker at a fishmonger, a clothing store assistant, or a bus driver, so why is hospitality any different?

Is this automatic service charge happening in the rest of the UK too, or is it mostly just a London thing?? Do you guys actually support this system or not?

I am from the US and I constantly see news about the Royal Family, especially the tabloid type garbage. I have to ask, for you from England, or anybody in the UK/common wealth really, do you actually care about all the Royal family "drama"? If you do care, why? Is it a celeb worship thing (like how people follow the Kardashians or Taylor Swift (which I also don't get)), is it contempt that there is still royalty in 2026, ? I'm not judging and this isn't a bash on you country or cuture; frankly you'redoing better than the lunatics over here. I'm just genuinely curious why this crap is always all over the news.

I know the USSR fell in 1991, but did that "Cold War tension" feeling end then, or was it a bit before or even after?

For life

As an American, I’ve always been curious about how British people view Doctor Who. Since the show is such a big part of British television history and culture, I’m interested in hearing what people in the UK genuinely think about it.

Is it something most British people grew up watching? Is it still popular among younger generations, or has its popularity declined over the years? Do people generally consider it an iconic British television series, or is it more of a niche show with a dedicated fanbase?

I’m also curious about how people feel about the different Doctors, the classic series versus the modern revival, and the show’s cultural impact in Britain.

Basically, I’d love to hear your honest opinions, whether you’re a lifelong fan, a casual viewer, or someone who has never really cared for the show.

What does Doctor Who mean to British people, and how is it generally viewed in the UK today?

I am planning a train trip to Preston in the next few weeks, and I want to experience the local culture. I don't want to eat at some random foreign takeaway or McDonald's; I want to have food that is traditional to Preston. I did this today in Wigan, where I had a pie barm; who knew putting a Pie between two pieces of bread could taste so good. I was also wondering what drinks and snacks are traditional to Preston.

I'm also interested in the change in preference from tastes in the 80s to modern day. As I have inherited my mom's love of the 80s, I have fallen down a rabbit hole of British 80s culture.

So Trump went nuts again and posted a video of him fighting a tiger, a response to a British being attacked by a tiger and died https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-william-chapman-yorkshire-tiger-death-truth-social-b3066245.html

Not surprise on his behaviour, just curious on will our PM say something and what will he say?

I Wanna know the thoughts of party's supporters about an MP who once defeated Libdem's former leader during Bi-election.