The desire for unique spelling variants of very common names is getting out of hand.

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Many on the British right don't want to hear this, but Sadiq Khan is correct here. A majority of the British population supports rejoining the EU, and the left is already picking up this issue. On the right, only @cfdownes_ - to his credit - left the door open by suggesting that if the EU turns rightward then perhaps Britain should be part of it again. It's time for the British right to stop treating Brexit like some kind of epic victory for their side and face the truth. Leaving the EU has not just made Britain poorer, but also - Khan oddly enough failed to mention this - demographically less European, delivering the opposite squared of what it was meant to achieve. Moreover, Britain's foreign policy is now more reliant on the whims of either Washington or human rights lawyers, depending on whether the right or the left is in power, instead of deciding on issues together with its neighbours like before. Meanwhile, on issues that really matter like defense cooperation, Brexit seems to have had little impact as Britain simply keeps following the European line. As for the EU itself, the European centre-right has abandoned its long-held "firewall" against the nationalist right in Brussels, leading to the passing of a series of anti-immigration measures by the European Parliament that are stricter than those of many individual countries, including return hubs outside of Europe. Since EU elections work according to a proportional representation system unlike the UK's own "First-Past-the-Post", a rejoined Britain's MEP's would be overwhelmingly on the right, as they indeed were before the UK left the EU, and they would undoubtedly drag Brussels even more rightward. In short, a strong right-wing case can be made for Britain rejoining the EU, and I urge the British right - most likely to no avail - to start making that case. The left surely isn't waiting and is already making overtures to reverse Brexit, linking it to economic insecurity. The fact that the majority of people in Britain are against mass immigration in no way guarantees that this will always be the most important issue for them during elections. They might just as easily vote for someone who promises Rejoin. Combining those two positions would therefore be a solid electoral strategy, but I am afraid most of the British right isn't ready for this conversation yet.

I'm genuinely so disgusted right now. I'm sitting on the train having to witness as an Austrian girl sullies her genes, and dishonours her father and nation by racemixing... with a German!

Important to remember that in 1940, most of Hitler’s advisors argued against an invasion of France. On paper, the French were stronger in key areas. A few of his staff even threatened to resign. He made the call to invade entirely because he thought they were faggots. And he was right.