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

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  • 10-09-2018 6:05pm
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    MikeyTaylor
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    What if the UK government left London and headed north to the most central city in the UK?


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    Odhinn
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    MikeyTaylor wrote: »
    What if the UK government left London and headed north to the most central city in the UK?


    .....why would they though?


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    BrianBoru00
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    We'd give an equal amount of f***s as we do about London being their current capital


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


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    per aspera ad astra
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    This question needs so much more context...


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    Franz Von Peppercorn
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    What if God were one of us?


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    pleas advice
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    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...


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

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    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.


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    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    mikemac2
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    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


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    Harry Palmr
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    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.


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    Folkstonian
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    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!


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    [Deleted User]
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    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


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    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    Aegir wrote: »
    Derby lasses man less.

    There's a name for a band.


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    Anesthetize
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    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.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Why not just fukc things up completely and move it to Edinburgh? Or Derry? :)


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    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    road_high
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    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....


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    Odhinn
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why not just fukc things up completely and move it to Edinburgh? Or Derry? :)


    Ballinasloe


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    Anesthetize
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    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.


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    Fighting Tao
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    Have I been drinking?


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    wexie
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    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    What if God were one of us?

    What if god smoked cannabis....



    Robin Williams thought he does



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    Marcusm
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    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.


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    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    wakka12
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    Derby? Why derby?


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    TheValeyard
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    oh-my-god-who-the-hell-cares.jpg

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    Franz Von Peppercorn
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    mikemac2 wrote: »
    That’s Nottingham

    Just across the way

    The odds are good but the goods are odd.


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    odyssey06
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    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!

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    Lemming
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    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.


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