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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Oct 31, 2021 10:54:27 GMT
Yes - I believe that the "Black Carribean" ethnic group in the census has one of the oldest age profiles. About a third of the community were born in the 1950s or 1960s, and a very low proportion are children. And it's entirely possible that the 2021 census will find more mixed race people of Carribean descent than black people of Carribean descent - it was pretty close in 2011. Which would be a pretty obvious sign of assimilation. It's interesting which islands people trace their family too as well, as it seems to differ heavily in different cities. A surprising number of people I've worked with have parents from St Kitts and they also tend to be based around Leeds. Reading has the largest concentration of Bajans in the UK, although St Lucia plus St Vincent and the Grenadines are also represented. |
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Post by Wisconsin on Oct 31, 2021 11:10:27 GMT
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Post by Richard Allen on Nov 1, 2021 0:14:01 GMT
I saw this tweet the other day and agreed with the response that no one is angry. Then I came here and of course it’s a select group of frequent posters from the blue/light blue/other blue side Nobody on this forum is angry either, even those of us on the right. Some of us are sad that Barbados, having benefitted from the profound wisdom of constitutional monarchy, have now chosen an inferior form of government. Most simply don't care. |
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Post by hullenedge on Nov 28, 2021 9:02:29 GMT
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/regretful-prince-charles-flies-to-barbados-to-watch-his-realm-become-a-republic-c2vnz7k5vThe Queen will feel “sadness” and the Prince of Wales “a twinge of regret” as Barbados cuts ties with the monarchy this week, becoming the world’s newest republic after centuries of British rule. As the curtain falls on the crown in “Little England”, Buckingham Palace said that the Queen, 95, “respected” the decision. Charles, who is travelling to Barbados today at the invitation of Mia Mottley, the prime minister, is said to be “sanguine” about it. Tomorrow night he will take the royal salute as a prince of Barbados for the last time, before giving a speech reaffirming his friendship with the island and praising the “invaluable contribution” of the Barbadian diaspora in the UK.
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Post by johnloony on Nov 28, 2021 11:25:35 GMT
We should force all the republics in the world to join the Commonwealth and to adopt the Queen as Head of State, and destroy those who refuse by dropping nuclear weapons on them.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 28, 2021 12:53:07 GMT
We should force all the republics in the world to join the Commonwealth and to adopt the Queen as Head of State, and destroy those who refuse by dropping nuclear weapons on them. At which point I would seek a refund on my Commonwealth Games tickets for next year. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 28, 2021 12:54:04 GMT
Can we kick the out of the Commonwealth? I'll check with Admin whether we have that power. Or did you mean the U.K. ? |
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Post by rcronald on Nov 28, 2021 12:57:25 GMT
Can we kick the out of the Commonwealth? I'll check with Admin whether we have that power. Or did you mean the U.K. ? Admin of course 😉 😁 |
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Post by johnloony on Nov 28, 2021 14:04:06 GMT
We should force all the republics in the world to join the Commonwealth and to adopt the Queen as Head of State, and destroy those who refuse by dropping nuclear weapons on them. At which point I would seek a refund on my Commonwealth Games tickets for next year. Good point. We don’t want China in the Commonwealth Games because we want other countries to win medals for diving occasionally. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 28, 2021 15:24:55 GMT
At which point I would seek a refund on my Commonwealth Games tickets for next year. Good point. We don’t want China in the Commonwealth Games because we want other countries to win medals for diving occasionally. Nor do we want cheating Russians or arrogant Americans. |
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Post by johnloony on Nov 29, 2021 13:38:06 GMT
Good point. We don’t want China in the Commonwealth Games because we want other countries to win medals for diving occasionally. Nor do we want cheating Russians or arrogant Americans. It was OK when David Boudia won the Olympic gold medal, because he’s handsome and not arrogant- and it stopped the Chinese from winning gold. |
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