As I just got back from the UK-specifically England-it's on my mind. As I said in my last piece I'm a dual citizen of America and Britain-was born in England but came over to the US at just 3 years old.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/back-from-mother-country-some-thoughts.html
I do love some things about England-the history of everything. In the US we don't have history in the same way as we're such a young country. While America is about innovation, England is about preservation-this is probably even more true in continental Europe than the UK.
The politics though are not good if you're a liberal like me. People are going crazy over migrants. Cameron is being hailed for saying he'll build a fence-though he's seen as tardy on this and even now he's saying it may take all Summer for Britain to get its arms around this-there are over 1000 migrants crossing the Thames every night and there have been some tragic deaths.
My guess is that Trump would be seen as a lifesaver with what he's saying. In America we've more or less ruled out building a fence but that's a mainstream solution in England-they are just as anti-immigrant if not more in France.
Again, I will say it: America is a lot more liberal than Britain. Consider how this report would go down here:
"UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that he is drawing up plans to help France tackle a spike in attempts by migrants to enter Britain illegally via the Channel Tunnel."
"The situation is not acceptable. Starting with helping the French on their side of the border, we're going to put in more fencing, more resources, more sniffer dog teams, more assistance in any way we can," Cameron said on Friday following a meeting with Britain's emergency response committee 'Cobra'.
"Cameron is under pressure to deter the migrants, many of whom have traveled from Africa and the Middle East, after disruption to cross-Channel passenger and freight traffic."
"This is going to be a difficult issue right across the summer."
"Britain has pledged $34m so far towards improving security at the French end of the tunnel that connects both the countries."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/uk-cameron-sniffer-dogs-fence-stop-migrants-150731181257507.html
What based on this makes you think that Trump would not be well received by Britain? They'd think maybe he's the guy to keep them out. It's not appreciated that there is a lot more bigotry in Europe than in the US.
True the UK and even more so Europe has a bigger welfare state than the US but things are moving there in a more and more Rightward direction and that is not true here.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/back-from-mother-country-some-thoughts.html
I do love some things about England-the history of everything. In the US we don't have history in the same way as we're such a young country. While America is about innovation, England is about preservation-this is probably even more true in continental Europe than the UK.
The politics though are not good if you're a liberal like me. People are going crazy over migrants. Cameron is being hailed for saying he'll build a fence-though he's seen as tardy on this and even now he's saying it may take all Summer for Britain to get its arms around this-there are over 1000 migrants crossing the Thames every night and there have been some tragic deaths.
My guess is that Trump would be seen as a lifesaver with what he's saying. In America we've more or less ruled out building a fence but that's a mainstream solution in England-they are just as anti-immigrant if not more in France.
Again, I will say it: America is a lot more liberal than Britain. Consider how this report would go down here:
"UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that he is drawing up plans to help France tackle a spike in attempts by migrants to enter Britain illegally via the Channel Tunnel."
"The situation is not acceptable. Starting with helping the French on their side of the border, we're going to put in more fencing, more resources, more sniffer dog teams, more assistance in any way we can," Cameron said on Friday following a meeting with Britain's emergency response committee 'Cobra'.
"Cameron is under pressure to deter the migrants, many of whom have traveled from Africa and the Middle East, after disruption to cross-Channel passenger and freight traffic."
"This is going to be a difficult issue right across the summer."
"Britain has pledged $34m so far towards improving security at the French end of the tunnel that connects both the countries."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/uk-cameron-sniffer-dogs-fence-stop-migrants-150731181257507.html
What based on this makes you think that Trump would not be well received by Britain? They'd think maybe he's the guy to keep them out. It's not appreciated that there is a lot more bigotry in Europe than in the US.
True the UK and even more so Europe has a bigger welfare state than the US but things are moving there in a more and more Rightward direction and that is not true here.
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