To think eventually, UK could become a part of the USA?

Can we pick and choose citizens when the US does our British Empire impersonation and takes over the UK?

I’m going to vote no on @Crazybaby123 she doesn’t seem like a good fit. 😜

Nothing snarky. Looking at the figures from the poll, the people you meet socially and professionally are unusual if they all like Trump. That’s just maths.

Canada is also a member of the Commonwealth, with the King as the head of state. They would never consent to become the 51st state of the US.

80s there were sold off in England idea being private investment money would upgrade.

I was surprised moving to wales to find Welsh water a non profit company - we've found them good. I don't know what N.I or Scotland have done.

Water is unlike electric and gas companies in UK you can't change who the supplier so water companies are regional monopolies.

Water companies tend to hit the news cycle when they have problems - often due to lack of investment - when the are hose pipe bans in hot weather and when the regulator deals with companies wanting to put the bills up.

Tap water in the UK is drinkable and very safe unlike in large areas of the USA.

Some people do have private bores holes /wells.springs is the UK - they tend to be less common.

So you don't believe that any politician acts with integrity?

God no thanks. Have you read the US's terrible employment and maternity/paternity laws. Have you actually been to Miami and seen the poverty and deprivation and drug issues. Have you read about the problem with gun violence. Have you understood the US constitution. Do you worry about the abortion laws and what that means for womens rights. Do you understand the racial issues in the US. Do you even know that the US and UK are built on entirely differrnt governmental and legal systems and the two are not interchangable. Please educate yourself before you promote this insanity. I am sure trump and Elon would love to 'buy' the UK, if you want to understand what an oligarch looks like then just look at Russia.please research all the above points in detail and then update us in a year in your views.

Just to be clear, Liz Truss - and Rishi Sunak - became PM without being elected by the public as the leader of their party.

The unwritten British Constitution allows this, but maybe shouldn't.

However, let's talk about President Ford. Who became President without being elected President or Vice President as he replaced that other presidential crook, Nixon.

What planet are you on to think there's a lot of support here from Donold Trump? And moreso that no-one would object?

Give over you dafty! You really need to open up from whatever circles you're mixing in.

We didn't vote for Liz Truss as PM.

Greenland will have a choice, as they should.

Is it "choice" with a gun at your head ? remember this is a site where the vast majority are very aware of issues around consent.

Yes and I'm responding to yours as your take on it is defensiveness whereas actually you wouldn't take to kindly to being told to relinquish your nationality, your cultural identity would you?

Shall we discuss politicians the UK has voted for? Liz Truss? Bojo? The problem with political power is that the worst people want it.

Pot, kettle

The US isn't going to invade Canada. Or Greenland. And of course we wouldn't want to be forced to be British. Nobody is forcing anyone to do anything. Greenland will have a choice, as they should. But already overtures are being made and young Greenlanders, especially, love the idea of being able to freely travel to the US, get jobs, go to uni, etc. Also, none of our territories pay taxes to the federal gov't, so it's a great deal for them. All of the benefits of statehood without the taxes.

@MissConductUS it's even more pronounced on mn. The US will withdraw funding and we'll find stuff harder, the US won't

It's odd to see as the U.K. has far less clout and pretty much bends to the US

Not really. There are of course nuances.

Several states have laws (just) on concealed carry. But that isn't "banning" guns by any stretch of the imagination.

And in TX it seemed it was the law you had to carry a gun 😀

The US always come miles below the UK in world rankings of healthcare systems.

'According to the 2024 Mirror, Mirror report, Australia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have the best healthcare systems, though the differences in overall performance among most countries are relatively small. In stark contrast, the United States ranks last, with its healthcare system performing dramatically lower than the others.'

What about the issue that countries like Russia and China to name but two may begin to feel threatened by an America that is absorbing other countries like Canada, Greenland and the UK, and thus is increasing its reach and power?

Wow such nastiness. Why?

A. I don’t live in the UK
B. I was asking whose water is private, not who has privatized the water companies
C. According to others it’s not all of the UK

It’s not protection, it’s a racket. Start wars to plunder other countries resources and then act like the world’s policeman.

US and UK are flip sides of the same corrupt coin.

I'm not sure why this is all that unreasonable. We became part of Europe, and then weren't again, so what's the difference? There's already intelligence cooperation with the anglosphere, five eyes.

I don't think he could "buy" a country (although the US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark, so it's not without precedent), but we could certainly be "as good as" in the same way Germany, France etc are in a union with Europe. Culturally I think it's a better match in some ways than Europe.
I don't think it will happen but I didn't think we'd leave Europe either.

Not really very funny. DH has just cancelled his subscription to this lame rag.

Excellent summary of Trump character from Nate White, above. Well observed, Mr White.

It must be - this month has already been 90 days long.