What if Derby was the capital of England and the UK?

MikeyTaylor

What if the UK government left London and headed north to the most central city in the UK?

Odhinn

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

What if the UK government left London and headed north to the most central city in the UK?

.....why would they though?

BrianBoru00

We'd give an equal amount of f***s as we do about London being their current capital

Mint Sauce

It would be like asking the Irish Government to move to Athlone. Its not going to happen.

per aspera ad astra

This question needs so much more context...

Franz Von Peppercorn

What if God were one of us?

pleas advice

Could happen, they could be out of Westminster for 10 years for restoration and refurbishments. And the capital is wherever parliament sits, there is nothing saying it has to be London, it just happens to be there...

Tom Mann Centuria

The people of Coventry would be up in arms asking why they aren't the new capital of England.

Harry Palmr

The Northern Powerhouse would become an actual fact. The Home Counties would vote to leave.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

What if the UK government left London and headed north to the most central city in the UK?

Why?


So what?

What if they moved to Sheffield?

When has the geographic centre of a country been a criteria for the seat of government?

Who in this country would give a tuppenny damn where it is?
What if France moved their government back to the more central Vichy?

The notion is quite bizarre.

Legend has it that Derby has the highest ratio of single women to single men in the UK.

Not sure it’s relevant, but thought I’d throw it out there.

mikemac2

Aegir wrote: »

Legend has it that Derby has the highest ratio of single women to single men in the UK.

Not sure it’s relevant, but thought I’d throw it out there.

That’s Nottingham

Just across the way

Harry Palmr

Aegir wrote: »

Legend has it that Derby has the highest ratio of single women to single men in the UK.

Not sure it’s relevant, but thought I’d throw it out there.

Boris approves.

Folkstonian

mikemac2 wrote: »

Aegir wrote: »

Legend has it that Derby has the highest ratio of single women to single men in the UK.

Not sure it’s relevant, but thought I’d throw it out there.

That’s Nottingham

Just across the way

I think more specifically it was Nottingham University. Probably the university with the highest number of poshos outside oxford and Cambridge too!

mikemac2

mikemac2 wrote: »

That’s Nottingham

Just across the way

Aah, the thing is, all the lads from Derby head over to Nottingham leaving Derby lasses man less.

Apparently

Are Am Eye

Aegir wrote: »

Derby lasses man less.

There's a name for a band.

Anesthetize

Mint Sauce wrote: »

It would be like asking the Irish Government to move to Athlone. Its not going to happen.

We already have the Department of Education and Skills in Athlone. They just need to move the rest of the circus here.

Regarding making Derby the capital of the UK? Nah, clearly Carlisle is where it's at.

Why not just fukc things up completely and move it to Edinburgh? Or Derry?

Chester on the border of North Wales / England was suspected as being built as a base for invading Ireland and as a capital for a province covering Britain and Ireland. It never happened as politics meant the empire stopped expanding and the harbour silted up.

road_high

Anesthetize wrote: »

We already have the Department of Education and Skills in Athlone. They just need to move the rest of the circus here.

Regarding making Derby the capital of the UK? Nah, clearly Carlisle is where it's at.

Athlone is a dreary rundown kip with little appeal and a big shopping centre plonked in the middle. I can see the similarities....

Odhinn

Deleted User wrote: »

Why not just fukc things up completely and move it to Edinburgh? Or Derry?

Ballinasloe

Anesthetize

road_high wrote: »

Athlone is a dreary rundown kip with little appeal and a big shopping centre plonked in the middle. I can see the similarities....

Pretty accurate.

Fighting Tao

Have I been drinking?

wexie

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

What if God were one of us?

What if god smoked cannabis....

Robin Williams thought he does

Marcusm

Folkstonian wrote: »

I think more specifically it was Nottingham University. Probably the university with the highest number of poshos outside oxford and Cambridge too!

St Andrews, Exeter, Durham and Bristol would certainly disagree.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Why not just fukc things up completely and move it to Edinburgh? Or Derry?

Londonedinburgh hasn't got the same ring to it as Londonderry though.

wakka12

Derby? Why derby?

TheValeyard

Franz Von Peppercorn

mikemac2 wrote: »

That’s Nottingham

Just across the way

The odds are good but the goods are odd.

odyssey06

Athlone was the location for Ireland's Cold War nuclear bunker, so yeah, if Dublin was gone, it'd be the capital!

The UK equivalent was in Wiltshire, so Derby's not even the backup...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_of_government#Ireland_(Republic_of)

Winchester was the Anglo-Saxon capital, so no idea where this Derby idea came from!

Lemming

Melany Moldy Wagon wrote: »

What if they moved to Sheffield?

Please no. I don't want those inept, corrupt Tory hoof-w@nking bungle-cvnts near me thanks.

road_high

=odyssey06;108046306]Athlone was the location for Ireland's Cold War nuclear bunker, so yeah, if Dublin was gone, it'd be the capital!

You'd imagine one of the few pluses of a nuclear holocaust would be that Athlone would be wiped off the face of the planet...not elevate it to Capital!

road_high

odyssey06 wrote: »

Athlone was the location for Ireland's Cold War nuclear bunker, so yeah, if Dublin was gone, it'd be the capital!

You'd imagine one of the few pluses of a nuclear holocaust would be that Athlone would be wiped off the face of the planet...not elevate it to Capital!

Beasty

Guess if you are in to your rams, Derby is where you can find some action

Pity Brian Clough is no longer around - could have been an interesting PM, although he may have been more drawn to Head of State status. King Brian certainly has a ring to it

Edgware

road_high wrote: »

=odyssey06;108046306]Athlone was the location for Ireland's Cold War nuclear bunker, so yeah, if Dublin was gone, it'd be the capital!

You'd imagine one of the few pluses of a nuclear holocaust would be that Athlone would be wiped off the face of the planet...not elevate it to Capital!

They still are rebuilding after the last bombing so forgive the state of the place

daheff

odyssey06 wrote: »

Winchester was the Anglo-Saxon capital, so no idea where this Derby idea came from!

duh, the first post. like obvs!

Beasty

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

The people of Coventry would be up in arms asking why they aren't the new capital of England.

Cobblers!

I think Northampton would have a better claim, but for the fact it's not a city and would have to be the Capital Town of the UK....:;)

Hector Bellend

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

We'd give an equal amount of f***s as we do about London being their current capital

No we wouldnt. London is one of the greatest cities in the world. Derby is a pissbox.

Capt'n Midnight

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

What if the UK government left London and headed north to the most central city in the UK?

Let's ask the Ordnance Survey shall we ?
the centre point calculated by OS is in the middle of Morecambe Bay, at map coordinates 341575 466760.

Marcusm

Hector Bellend wrote: »

No we wouldnt. London is one of the greatest cities in the world. Derby is a pissbox.

The parliament of the U.K. doesn’t sit in the City of London, it sits in the City of Westminster as it generally has for 800 years.

Skylinehead

Marcusm wrote: »

The parliament of the U.K. doesn’t sit in the City of London, it sits in the City of Westminster as it generally has for 800 years.

Which is in London.

Ragnar Lothbrok

I'm from Derbyshire. Derby (the city) is a dirty slime hole, full of junkies and prostitutes. Tory MPs would fit right in.

Derbyshire (the county) is beautiful.

My preference would be for an independent northern England, starting just north of Derby city.

MikeyTaylor

Nixonbot wrote: »

Which is in London.

Greater London. Westminster is so called because it is immediately west of London City.

marieholmfan

Mint Sauce wrote: »

It would be like asking the Irish Government to move to Athlone. Its not going to happen.

Why not. Athlone has so much going for it! Waterpark, cinema you name it.

Ragnar Lothbrok

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

I'm from Derbyshire. Derby (the city) is a dirty slime hole, full of junkies and prostitutes. Tory MPs would fit right in.

Derbyshire (the county) is beautiful.

My preference would be for an independent northern England, starting just north of Derby city.

I'm from London and 100% agree with you, although i would move the border down to Milton Keynes

For Forks Sake

Aegir wrote: »

I'm from London and 100% agree with you, although i would move the border down to Milton Keynes

Moving anywhere near MK would be a bad idea, 450 roundabouts don't really suffice as a border wall

MikeyTaylor

Random fact: 90s one hit wonders White Town were from Derby.

As were LostAlone and The Beekeepers (the latter of whom broadcaster/journalist Jamie East was the lead singer.)

monkeysnapper

I've heard Cardiff was being considered for capital .

TheShockmaster

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

What if the UK government left London and headed north to the most central city in the UK?

I'd imagine the UK would be in many more wars. We lived in Derby for a year. Dump of a place with a very aggressive population. My wife has a theory they are insecure about being too northern for southerners and too southern for northerners. Their confusion leads to aggression and over sensitivity.

Also I'd imagine London would become some sort of post apocalyptic nightmare without its capital status

Sal Butamol

Derby is a ****hole

AllForIt

Are ppl seriously taking this question seriously?