• 52fighters
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    012 days ago

    The UK might not be able to trust the US but they should be taking advantage of current events to leverage their relatively better trading position, compared to most other nations, to score some solid economic gains. Trump is likely to overlook the UK because the Pound isn’t a threat to Dollar supremacy like the Euro.

  • vegetvs
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    012 days ago

    After Brexit, I’m not so sure the problem is who can Britain trust, but rather who can trust Britain.

    • palordrolap
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      012 days ago

      It may be worth noting that this is in The Telegraph, occasionally referred to as “The Torygraph”, a nickname earned for being the slightly less rabid, but still very much right-leaning newspaper. “Tory” being used in the pejorative sense.

      In that newspaper, the thought of the UK being untrustworthy or that Brexit was a bad idea must be carefully skirted at all costs. Then again, that seems to be government policy no matter who the government is these days.

      • @[email protected]
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        012 days ago

        “Tory” being used in the pejorative sense.

        There is only one way to use that word: perjoratively.

        This is the way.

    • Yerbouti
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      12 days ago

      Lol, they only trust what used to be their colonies.

      • @[email protected]
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        012 days ago

        Their colonies is a much longer list with a lot of nations with good reason to hate them. These are the ones where the colonizers maintained majorities over the indigenous peoples. They never even rejected the monarchy.

    • @[email protected]
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      012 days ago

      Today?

      I like the idea of closer ties with Canada and the UK, we already have very close ties with Aus.

      • @[email protected]
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        012 days ago

        As a Canadian, free migration, even just to live in NZ for a couple years, sounds like a dream.

        • @[email protected]
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          012 days ago

          Welcome, and bring the syrup.

          I would look to expand it to other countries in the future, in an EU style free movement of citizens type of arrangement.

  • @[email protected]
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    012 days ago

    136 upvotes to 6 downvotes for a piece of shit like The Telegraph and a bullshit divisionary piece? I thought Lemmy was better than this