Some thing someone said on here the other day has got me thinking: A 'Republic of North Britain' could work! Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Lancs and Yorks (old borders, of course). All those great cities - Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow & Edinburgh to name a few. Natural resources - North sea oil and gas, shale gas, water aplenty. Industrial centres. We could ask Northern Ireland if they'd like to join too, but I suspect that they would politely decline. What do you think?!
You're taking my "People's Empire of the North, Ireland and Scotland" idea seriously? 😉
We could celebrate the birth of the new Southern monarch by collectively not giving a ####.
Its a fine idea, but practically we'd all have a massive falling out with each other about where the capital was going to be. They'd reject Liverpool, Manchester, and Leeds, and Sheffield, Edinburgh and Glasgow so as not to upset anyone, and it'd end up being on an industrial estate by a series of roundabouts in Warrrington, between Ikea and M&S
And, as everyone knows, that is the very worst place in the entire world
I don't think Scotland would want to be dragged down by the North of England, it would be economic suicide.
I wonder what accent we could all adopt? I favour a George Formby-esque one, But I am a Lancastrian. "Ey up, turned out nice again!"
Capital = Manchester
Parliament = The Velodrome
The Etihad could be flattened and turned into a tank park.
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York or Edinburgh, both have historical claims.
I'd be in, sick of hearing Scots complain about Westminster ignoring them. Westminster ignores everything north of Watford Gap.
I don't think Scotland would want to be dragged down by the North of England, it would be economic suicide.
Plenty of money in North Yorkshire. 😉
hmm why would the north want to join in with Scotland?
It would become a nation where 99% of the population works in call centres and every sports team is sponsored by Asda or Morrisons.
Plenty of money in North Yorkshire.
Aye, and it is staying there. Independence for Yorkshire!
Could we move Cheshire a couple of hundred miles south, as part of the deal? Its there in Spirit anyway
The parliament would be sponsored by Sports Direct and Greggs
Could we move Cheshire a couple of hundred miles south, as part of the deal? Its there in Spirit anyway
Cleared and replaced with a mine field.
I think you'll find this was my idea of swearing an oath to High Chancellor and Supreme Overlord Salmond of SnatPartier, and joining the kingdom of Greater Scotlandshire!
But we can bicker about the name later. Hell yeah I'm in!
Basically we would draw a line from the Humber to the Mersey (or dig a big channel to join them up, but that sounds like a lot of effort tbh).
I'd feel a bit bad leaving Wales stuck with the resulting land of DaanSouf though...
Aye, and it is staying there. Independence for Yorkshire!
No no no, think of the paper work! Can you be arsed with that, I can't, this way the Scots do all the admin...
Basically we would draw a line from the humber to the Mersey
No dice, you have to take Stoke-on-Trent in the deal.
No dice, you have to take Stoke-on-Trent in the deal.
Turn it into a giant fee ball pool.
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No dice, you have to take Stoke-on-Trent in the deal.
I see Stoke as becoming the new Berwick, only this time we both claim it belongs to the other... You could always keep your nuclear penis substitutes there, it would have newly formed coastal access with prime opporunities for developement.
hmm why would the north want to join in with Scotland?
Well my experience of living in Northumberland is that the folk here have a lot more in common with the Scots than they do with southerners.
I'd be all for it by the way (though slightly less keen on the republic bit).
York or Edinburgh, both have historical claims.
Well yeah, but then so does Dunfermline.
Faslane will stay English and it will grow into a land such as Monaco, a population of a few 1000 but where 40,000 odd commute to work every day!
I'd feel a bit bad leaving Wales stuck with the resulting land of DaanSouf though...
We're thinking about building a wall from the Severn up to North Wales and giving the Welsh passports if they want to travel past it. We can reinstate the castles along the Border Marches and have armed garrisons there, in case the Welsh get bolshey. 😉
Well yeah, but then so does Dunfermline.
Add it to the list!
Hang on that would effectively make Yorkshire the South. Im not being a southerner.
Well my experience of living in Northumberland is that the folk here have a lot more in common with the Scots than they do with southerners.I'd be all for it by the way (though slightly less keen on the republic bit).
Thats only because a few too many came south...
National costume of garish, shiny tracksuits.
Could we move Cheshire a couple of hundred miles south, as part of the deal? Its there in Spirit anyway
steady on..there'd be no salt for the chips
FFS
a great big wall, from Bristol to the Wash.
No dice, you have to take Stoke-on-Trent in the deal.
does that mean that Crewe just about scrapes in?
How about Carlisle for the capital? It could do with a few quid spending on it. This won't be popular, but let's adopt the Euro, lose the Monarchy and do away an established religion. Next, we'll nationalise the banks, the railways and the power producers and bring back Grammar Schools. All that lot's going into my first presidential manifesto.
nuclear penis substitutes
😯 Ann Summers has really moved on eh?
I'm all for the independant nation of Yorkshire though.
Capital - York, obvs, with parliament being in the Minster.
Financial centre - Harrogate, as thats where all the money is already.
Primary export - Flat caps, Whippets, rhubarb and Yorkshire tea.
Hale and Pace have already been hard at work promoting our national airline (youtube search Yorkshire airways)
We'd be a great sporting nation, as the olympics showed. Plus we've got t'tour coming next year.
We'd already have a national dish in Yorkshire pudding.
Religion? Yep, got that. Everyone knows that Yorkshire is God's country.
Frankly I'm struggling to spot a downside.
Vive t'revolution!
We'd gladly trade you Basingstoke in exchange for Faslane. And if you have Birmingham we could make the M6 tolls into a border post.
No need for political manifesto's. Ricky Tomlinson has already been appointed PM. Deputy PM: Johnny Vegas
We'd need a flag of some kind.
Something like a pie munching sheep dressed in tartan.
bring back Grammar Schools
He's a southerner trying to derail the plan before it even gets started, BURN HIM!
Hora for minister for cultural affairs.
Binners for minister of pastry.
As a southerner, I'd vote for it.
As a southerner, I'd vote for it.
as a southwesterner i'd vote for the line to be drawn along the M4.
a great big wall, from Bristol to the Wash.
Who is going to be the boss?
If it's Salmond, you can move that western border north to to Cheltenham.
You can take our land but you'll never take our CIIIIDEEEERRRRRR.
as a southwesterner i'd vote for the line to be drawn along the M4.
Are you from south Bristol? Want to divorce yourself from us south Gloucestershirians already? 🙁
We're annexing North Wales too.
Just down to Coed Y Brennin.
And Marc E Smith for the Cultural Affairs job.
National Anthem?
Hmmmmm.
Rusty Spanner - Member
And Marc E Smith for the Cultural Affairs job.National Anthem?
Hmmmmm.
What About Us? by The Fall, hobviously
National Anthem?
Beer,n,sex,n,chips,n,gravy by the Macc Lads
We'd need 2 health ministers...
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Yorkshire could provide the Army, lovers and Poets.
The anthem would be 'John Willie's Ragtime Band' or 'Rawtenstall Annual fair'
I'll go with Hale and Pace's national airline.
Seriously, this has got legs. For one thing it would get rid of Alex Salmond. I'll bet that quite a few Scots would vote for it. The 'South' could elect Nigel Farage and pull out of the EU and we could take our place at the table as a willing participant.
I can hear knees knocking in Westminster ....
Scotland invents.
Lancashire builds.
Yorkshire pays.
What could possibly go wrong?
I give it about 5 mins before the lines need redrawing...
The only logical conclusion is 1 government per household
The elephant in the room of course is, what the hell do we do about Birmingham?
Don't be so pessimistic. A great nation is about to be born. As leader, I will ensure we take our rightful place in the world.
[quote=Cougar ]The elephant in the room of course is, what the hell do we do about Birmingham?
Keeping the elephants there wont work, simple answer is nukes
The elephant in the room of course is, what the hell do we do about Birmingham?
It's yours if you want it?
National Anthem?
Cougar » The elephant in the room of course is, what the hell do we do about Birmingham?
Lets be brutally frank: has anyone ever actually noticed it during their lifetime? Exactly! Let us never speak of this again.
what the hell do we do about Birmingham?
As official spokesperson for the yet to be named newly formed Northern Superpower, I have a statement from the north, addressing this issue.
"Not our problem."
Thank you.
Birmingham has the NEC and Bullring. Erm, thats it. Well and 'that' accent.
kipper tie?
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Re Birmingham - as per my earlier post - just turn the M6 tolls into a border post, the rest can be 'no mans land' like the DMZ between N & S Korea. One side patrolled on foot by men in flat caps with whippets, the other by people called Nigel and their labradors in 4x4s.
Lets be brutally frank: has anyone ever actually noticed it during their lifetime? Exactly! Let us never speak of this again.
I fell over it by mistake once when I was trying to escape back from the south but the M6 and M6T were shut. Can't say I'd want it.
I'm not sure there is an argument for extending the Northern Republic south beyond Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Seems a bit harsh on the Welsh mind you but neatly sidesteps "The Birmingham Question"
[quote=richmtb ]I'm not sure there is an argument for extending the Northern Republic south beyond Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Seems a bit harsh on the Welsh mind you but neatly sidesteps "The Birmingham Question"
Be much easier to just include the north, Cumbria, Northumberland Co Durham and maybe a bit of N Yorks.
Oh, and as a resident of Nidderdale, we could have Janet Street Porter deported as an undesirable alien right?
Be much easier to just include the north, Cumbria, Northumberland Co Durham and maybe a bit of N Yorks.
And where the hell would you get your flat caps and pies from if you did that?
This setup could work:
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import them from out enslaved neighbours in the New Midlands.
I don't care.
North Wales is non negotiable.
I'll show my arse in parliament before I have to show a passport to get to the ice crean shop and chippy in Llanberis.
Just thinking outside the box here... what do Midlanders taste like?
North Wales is non negotiable.
You want north wales, you take birmingham.
Just thinking outside the box here... what do Midlanders taste like?
Jesus, binners do we need to keep you locked up in Canal Street Manchester?
I'll show my arse in parliament before I have to show a passport to get to the ice crean shop and chippy in Llanberis.
That's a heck of a lot of effort to buy ice cream from my SIL 😯
Woah woah woah Mr Spanner we will sell you Gogland much like Russia sold Alaska to the Americans.
Oi! I've been appointed Ministry for Pastry remember. I take my responsibilities very seriously. We have to think of sustainable pie fillings.
I'm just thinking we could potentially solve 2 problems here
Are you lookin' at our Principality, like?
Right that's it, the house is going on the market and i'm moving north, anyone know where i can get a northerners phrase book?
I sell them, but they're aimed at tourists, so utter gash if we're honest.
Excellent Bazz, glad to have you aboard.
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HTH
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We could ask Northern Ireland if they'd like to join too, but I suspect that they would politely decline. What do you think?
Do you not think we have enough problems with a two way choice, another variable would have the place in even more chaos. We are out....
However we can do you a very good lease deal on water canons, armored Land Rovers and a well trained police force. Recently tested in the field and in good going order, as pictured below.
The terms of the lease are that the new Republic of Scotnorth doesn't come into being next July as above resources are likely to be busy. Many thanks.
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Blind Melon is that some kind of wind sock?
No Pigface its a UFO - Unidentified Flying Orangeman
😆
Oi!, who said we could lose Lancashire? Lancashire stays, along with the 'old Lancashire' cities. South Yorks could maybe be lost if the line goes from the Mersey to th'umber. We could give North Wales 'special friend' status, or something. Birmingham cannot be considered North, I'm afraid.
Carlisle's the capital then?