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Cities of Culture
« on: 23 November 2017, 22:20:08 »

The EU has banned British cities from taking part in 2023's Cities of Culture competition, despite allowing other European cities that are not in the EU to take part in the past!  ::)

I didn't know we had any culture in any of our cities!  :-\  Maybe 'ull.... Didn't they win once?  :-X   :D
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #1 on: 23 November 2017, 22:35:59 »

I saw that. My take is the EU now has the monopoly and use of the word European and despite geography saying otherwise, Britain no longer is part of Europe. Doesnt bode well for trade and security. Definitely heading for a no deal and a hundred years of red tape.

What non eu country cities are being allowed to take part? Istanbul perhaps?......

I wonder if we will be allowed to play in European football tournaments. G ;D
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #2 on: 23 November 2017, 23:25:49 »

If it is an EU project for EU member states then they are perfectly correct to say we cant be involved.
If it is an EU project, how could anyone take seriously a project on culture, originating in Brussels, which is in Belgium.  ::) ;D
If it isn't, we should fight them on the beaches..... :D
I couldn't be less interested in the subject tbh, but the kind of people who love that kind of crap will, I'm sure, be heartbroken.  ::)
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #3 on: 23 November 2017, 23:30:19 »

As long as they kick us out of that awful song contest thing I can put up with everything else. ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #4 on: 23 November 2017, 23:34:54 »

I saw that. My take is the EU now has the monopoly and use of the word European and despite geography saying otherwise, Britain no longer is part of Europe. Doesnt bode well for trade and security. Definitely heading for a no deal and a hundred years of red tape.

What non eu country cities are being allowed to take part? Istanbul perhaps?......

I wonder if we will be allowed to play in European football tournaments. G ;D

Yes Istanbul, also Reykjavik, Krakow, and Prague.  The last two were in 2000 before their countries joined the EU in 2004.  ;)

There are between 44 and 51 countries in Europe depending on whether you think countries like Turkey, Georgia or Azerbaijan are European or not.  :)

Maybe we'll get banned from Eurovision next!  ;D
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #5 on: 24 November 2017, 01:20:22 »

Bloke from Dundee sounded suitably pissed..

Got told on Wednesday and were due in Lundun to do their presentation today.

Two years of organisation down the pan.

The EU are taking their divorce settlement in advance by indirectly costing people time and money... >:(
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #6 on: 24 November 2017, 04:48:22 »

As long as they kick us out of that awful song contest thing I can put up with everything else. ;D ;D ;D


 ;D    ;D    ;D    ;D

I wish. But there are so many other Non-EU counties in it. But we are so bad at it anyway, I'm not sure that anyone in the UK ever wants to actually win  ::)
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #7 on: 24 November 2017, 07:23:30 »

  Perhaps the bloke from Dundee can take his committee's case to the European court of Justice as , as yet, we have not left so are still a member

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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #8 on: 24 November 2017, 07:48:47 »

The EU say this is a concrete show of the consequence of our decision to leave.Seems to me it's more like they're chucking their toys out of the pram.Does anyone really,really care?The sun will still rise and the world will continue to turn,they're not the be all and end all of life.
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #9 on: 24 November 2017, 09:20:12 »

Just a bit of modern-day French taunting.  ;D
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #10 on: 24 November 2017, 09:38:29 »

Just a bit of modern-day French taunting.  ;D

Old style French taunting . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yjNbcKkNY
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #11 on: 24 November 2017, 11:21:39 »

If it is an EU project for EU member states then they are perfectly correct to say we cant be involved.
If it is an EU project, how could anyone take seriously a project on culture, originating in Brussels, which is in Belgium.  ::) ;D
If it isn't, we should fight them on the beaches..... :D
I couldn't be less interested in the subject tbh, but the kind of people who love that kind of crap will, I'm sure, be heartbroken.  ::)

Agreed.  Anyway, what did people expect would happen given Brexit.  A majority voted to leave the club and be a power outside Europe, so we can hardly now say we want to be involved in these European "promotions".  The UK lobbying cities apparently have already spent upwards of £1 million to put their case together; what a waste!! :(

As others have said, hopefully we will also be out of the Eurovision song contest! :D :D
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #12 on: 24 November 2017, 11:27:57 »

Pets unable to travel abroad, no European capital of culture, no Eurovision Song Contest. I’m sorry I voted leave now, bastards.  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #13 on: 24 November 2017, 11:33:03 »

I had to chuckle a few weeks ago when at our International Committees 93rd annual gathering (guest speaker was Tom O'Connor).

One of the old boys there was doing a talk and he now volunteers in the Portsmouth historic dockyard.

Told a great tail how he was showing a group of visitors around HMS Victory and a French lady asked if 'the stacks of cannon balls were from the Battle of Trafalgar', his reply was 'no, your navy still has those ones'

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Re: Cities of Culture
« Reply #14 on: 24 November 2017, 11:33:52 »

Pets unable to travel abroad, no European capital of culture, no Eurovision Song Contest. I’m sorry I voted leave now, bastards.  ;D ;D ;D

I am more concerned they will send Varche home
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