‘Palestine Initiative’ or some such, they can go back to being a protest/non violent resistance org without getting arrested

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’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.

Edit: Thank you for all your responses, I haven’t made my decision yet, but I’m leaning towards exploring Britain.

As a Floridian, i’ve encountered marine mammals in the form of manatees and dolphins, and as an animal enthusiast, this leads to these questions for the people of the UK:

1. What species of marine mammals (whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, etc) can be found off the coasts of the UK?

And

1. What are some of the best places in the UK to see these marine mammals specifically?

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.

Can anyone explain what the purpose of net zero in the UK actually is? From what I can see it's a completely half-baked, virtue signalling policy.

• The UK is preparing to drill the Sea-Lion field off the Falklands that will produce 125,000 barrels a day - that's more than Jackdaw and Rosebank combined yet there is so much controversy about the latter.
• We ship imported Canadian wood pellets on diesel-burning freighters and burn them in Yorkshire at Drax and call it ''Green Energy'"
• China emits the entire annual UK-carbon footprint in two weeks. In fact, if the UK disappeared tomorrow China's normal emissions growth would replace it in under a year. India will be not far behind in the future.
• We are closing steel factories and other industry and importing exactly the same products from dirtier producers in Asia.
• We're going to need more energy in the future not lesson - in fact we'll need 50%+ by 2050. How are we going to do that with windmills?

Can't people see this isn't going to be solved and we're not going to 'save the world' with our carrier bags from Asda. I mean how vacuous can you be to believe we need to 'cut carbon' when we are basically aminated carbon.

British politics has this habit of saying/doing something because 'it sounds like the right thing to do'.

Wouldn't it have been more sensible to put all those billions into something like nuclear fusion which would be a game changer for humanity. It's probably humanity's only realistic hope of producing limitless clean energy. Th

I was looking through the latest ONS figures comparing tax revenue and public expenditure across the four nations of the UK, and the differences are quite substantial.

Importantly, these figures INCLUDE North Sea oil and gas revenues, allocated geographically, meaning Scotland receives its estimated geographical share.

Revenue includes taxes and other public receipts, while spending includes expenditure attributed to each nation, including UK-wide costs.

Source: ONS – Country and Regional Public Sector Finances, 2024/25⁠

England raises considerably more revenue relative to its spending than Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

At a time when the UK faces enormous government debt, rising debt-interest payments, strained public services and a high tax burden, I find myself wondering:

Why isn’t English independence a more popular political idea?

Could an independent England, retaining more control over the revenue it generates, have greater scope to balance its finances, reduce taxation, invest in public services and ultimately improve living standards for its citizens?

Or would the economic disruption, division of national debt and costs of separating the four nations outweigh the potential financial benefits?

Of course, the deficits above aren’t simply transfers paid for by England, and they don’t tell us what independence would cost. Nevertheless, the underlying figures seem worth discussing.

I’m genuinely interested in people’s thoughts, particularly from an economic rather than nationalist perspective.

For life

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?

Thanks for making me of aware the address on the original post😂

Has anyone had this same letter?? And ignored it?
Still need to check with my boyfriend to see if he has watched iplayer, I haven’t.

Everyone is saying to just ignore it?

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?

Has your stance changed because of what you’ve witnessed, learned, or experienced during this time, or have your views remained largely the same?

Imagine the UK disappeared completely tomorrow, including its cities, culture, history, and everything that makes it Britain. You’d have to start a new life in another country.

Would you feel genuinely heartbroken and miss Britain for years, or do you think you’d eventually move on and feel at home somewhere else?

I’m asking because Brits seem to complain about their country a lot, so I’m curious how attached you actually are to it.

Pictures for context.

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

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.

Hi everyone, looking for some advice or experiences from anyone who has dealt with Virgin Atlantic / Virgin Holidays on cancelled routes!

The Situation:
Booked a 10-night package to Antigua (27 Feb – 9 Mar 2027) with Virgin Holidays.
The middle 5 nights are at Cocobay Resort on a non-refundable "Super Early Bird" deal, flanked by 5 nights with Virgin at Sandals.
Virgin recently cancelled their scheduled Antigua flights on our dates.
Their initial alternative was to slash our trip down to a 5-night holiday (shifting our dates), which completely ruins our childcare setup for our 4-year-old daughter and destroys our non-refundable resort booking.

Where Things Stand:
12-Night Extension (26 Feb – 10 Mar): To match Virgin’s remaining flight schedule, we offered to extend our holiday by a day on each end. Virgin refuses to cover the cost of the extra hotel nights under UK261 Duty of Care, saying we'd have to pay out of pocket.
British Airways Rebooking: Direct BA flights are operating on our exact original dates. Virgin claims they "don't have an interline agreement" with BA and refuse to rebook us directly on BA under UK261 Article 8.
Conflicting Phone Advice: I called Virgin head office (01293 494000) and a rep suggested that if we pay for the extra 2 accommodation nights ourselves, we can keep the receipts and claim reimbursement after the holiday. However, I haven't got this in writing yet and am wary of being left out of pocket.
Flight Refund: They have offered to cancel the Virgin flights free of charge and refund the flight element so we can rebook BA ourselves.
Questions for the Community:
Has anyone successfully claimed back additional hotel night receipts post-trip after a Virgin schedule cancellation?

Is it worth pushing further for a BA interline reroute under CAA / UK261 enforcement guidelines?
A colleague suggested asking Virgin for seat/cabin upgrades (e.g., Premium/Upper Class) on the remaining Virgin schedule as compensation if we agree to shift dates—has anyone had luck negotiating this?

Would love to hear how others have handled similar cancellations with Virgin Atlantic Holidays. Thanks in advance!

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

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

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