scrubbedexpat091

Well she never got that job, she did work as a nanny once for some rich brit folks somewhere near London or in London.

She can live freely in Switzerland courtesy of her dad. Her mom is from Austria but at the time they married apparently the wife took the husbands citizenship? I don't know how it all works.

Wife and her brother are first generation Canadian born in their family. Wife speaks German*, English, and Portuguese* as she also lived in Brazil for 1 year.


Semi-Fluent now as she has to think sometimes to think of the correct word to use, but she hasn't used either language on a regular basis in a decade or more. Surprised she can still speak as much as she can.

Pizzawheel

Proves my point nicely.

JamesM

Yes. That was a miracle in itself.

I've got much slower living in Canada.

The humour is very one dimensional at Hooters.

Pizzawheel

I'd have said very three dimensional, unless you're on the website...

JamesM

That is not humour. It is silicon!

Steve_

The same sort of people who are for this idea in the UK are Trump supporters in the US.

You can't turn back the clock.

What motive would Canada have for prioritizing trade with the UK, given the recent EU free trade deal?

It's just stupid.

I don't think British people are like Canadians anyway, Canadians are much more laid back because they don't think they're that important in the world, whereas British people seem to think they still are, but they aren't (which is what is driving this whole Brexit nonsense anyway).

Newsflash from 1947 - the British Empire no longer exists. The UK doesn't even rank in the top ten most important countries in the world.

Canadians have a slight inferiority complex because of the US (ooh, but we have free healthcare) but British people have a massive inferiority complex (ooh we're too good to be in the Euro).

Oink

The UK has the fifth largest economy in the world, soonish it'll be fourth. A certain amount of importance there.

Oink

The UK has the fifth largest economy in the world, soonish it'll be fourth. We spend the fourth largest amount on the military. A certain amount of importance there.

JamesM

Britain one of the 5 permanent members of the EU security council?

Where are these rankings you speak of and who are the ten most important countries in it?

beckiwoo

He just likes to put his so called superior point across about how fantastic the USA is

LMAO!

BritInParis

Let's see... Fifth largest economy in the world, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, one of three blue water navies in the world, member of the G7/G8, one of only five countries to meet its UN obligation of 0.7% GDP spending on international aid and the second highest international aid budget in absolute terms in the world.

Which are these other ten countries that are keeping us out?

Pizzawheel

one of three blue water navies in the world

Russia, USA, France (at tleats they have aircraft carriers. Well, carrier.

BritInParis

USA, UK and France certainly, Russia and India are debatable.

Pizzawheel

Wow, I had no idea the russian navy was in that state. I assumed one factor of their support of Syria was the naval base in the med, not to mention Sevastapol.

Gozit

She can live in Switzerland based on her British citizenship, too Switzerland is part of the freedom of movement treaties. But if she has Swiss citizenship that will be good in case the UK leaves freedom of movement.


I would be for a freedom of movement between these countries, although I agree it has nothing to do with the commonwealth.