r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 🫖 Mod ☕️ • Sep 14 '26

European Renaissance 🍾 🧀 🍻 🇬🇧The Future?

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u/Top-Strength-2701 Sep 15 '26

England has one of the biggest armed forces in the world with its Navy and airforce, and is the sixth biggest economy... Wales and Scotland would be in enormous debt if they left the Union, nothing like what Slovenia was in early 2000s, and with a much poorer economy. What could they offer the eu

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u/PositiveLibrary7032 Sep 15 '26

Where are you gonna hold all the subs or train your pilots and Navy? England has not had an armed force since before 1707. Last time I checked it was called the British army.

All debts were raised in London and England currently owns over £1 trillion in debt by your logic.
So both Scotland and Wales are going to walk away debt free.

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u/Top-Strength-2701 Sep 15 '26

Yeah that's not how it's going to work 🤣 we are three trillion in debt, you think England will just wave that off?

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u/PositiveLibrary7032 Sep 15 '26

Ireland gave the United Kingdom £1 when it left. We will generously give you two.

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u/Stinky_Pete699 Sep 15 '26

2 more than you should. England should pay
Reparations to both countries for 200 years of exploitation to be fair.