darkazana 1,736 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 So close on the heels of a Scottish Independence referendum, Cornwall are now thinking about going it alone! Will the price of pasties be going up? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28824991 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Passport control at Saltash ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Cornwall independents and Lib Dems 'to form coalition' That should screw that up then? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Passport control at Saltash ! The only place where it's free to get into Cornwall but you have to pay to get out. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 We wont need to get back out when we all go down there to seek asylum! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Will we need injections ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Re #4 - yes, unlike Wales, where you pay to get it, but are welcome to leave free of charge any time you like ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Did Northern Ireland leave the U. K.?. Just wondered. When we went on our trip to the U.K. in the Spring, I sent a friend in Phoenix a postcard nearly everyday, 13 in all. She only received 10 of them. I asked her later on to show me what she'd got so I could see which ones are missing. I put them in the order I sent them and could see the 3 missing were the 3 from N.I. I had purchased a strip of 5 Welsh international stamps on the first day and used 2 before going to N.I. Bought 3 cards there, and used the Welsh stamps, as they say on them, good for all United Kingdom. Mailed 1 in a post box and 2 at different hotel desks. In Scotland bought 5 Scottish stamps and used them there and England. No problem with them. Sent 3 cards from hotel desks which they stamped for me. They all came. So, what's with the N.I. not forwarding the cards? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I suspect it may say something for the efficiency of the NI post service rather than anything political. It will be one of those cases where items are delivered several months / years after they were posted. At this moment they are probably in transit through Nepal or Finland. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I'm pleased to report everything's normal in Cornwall and pasties are still reasonably priced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Sad to say katyjay,when it comes to the status of N.Ireland and Ireland ((Eire) a large portion of the British public don't have a clue.I often hear and read people of the Republic refered to as British,and simply they are not. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I can understand foreigners being confused. Ireland is part of the British isles but not Great Britain and only those from part of the island are British and come from the United Kingdom. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I Just knew you would come on DJB, lol.......and yes you quite correct sir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Well with an Irish heritage I, like you, notice when people get it wrong. Of course there are people still alive who were born 'British' in Ireland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yes there are but getting fewer by the year,ive always had a keen interest in Political Geography,which extends at the moment to the ex. Soviet Union states such as The Ukraine and Georgia plus the Baltic states and all the 'Stans'.I just find it all fascinating, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I always considered myself to be English not British. The Scots refer to themselves as Scots not British, like the Welsh too. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 So long as there's an England you are correct 'catfan' but you are also British,and so long as theres a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland this will continue,.............see i'm not just a pretty face ! lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 On my first visit to Belfast some years back, I remarked: "This is the first time I've been to Ireland." The response from my host was: "You haven't been to Ireland yet." It was a business trip and I was also warned not to wear an orange hi-viz jacket - they would provide a yellow one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Behave yersen Paul, if I say I'm English, then I'm bleddy English. I've been called a white English B$%^&*D many times, I have a tradition to maintain ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 #18. They were wrong. Ireland comprises the whole island. Belfast is indeed in Ireland. it is NOT, however, in the Republic of Ireland which is the country, just as saying I'm not in Britain I'm in England would be incorrect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Behave yersen Paul, if I say I'm English, then I'm bleddy English. I've been called a white English B$%^&*D many times, I have a tradition to maintain ! Thats nowt mate,whilst on holiday i was accused of being German !!! i just told him to 'VERPISSEN' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Fetch Iandawson, he will know about this. ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 The SNP (Scottish Nasty Party) are determined to break up the UK. It is their only point in being. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Just catching up on this thread,like Catfan I am totally ENGLISH!!. These days I class a British person as someone who has our passport. On the rocky subject of the 32 counties here in Eire..My belief is that Catholic people in Belfast are in Ireland and Protestants are in the united Kingdom. Not that i'm one to talk..here in Tipperary (for 8 years!!). I was known as " the Englishman with the shiny car". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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