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I think this is one of the few things as late that makes me feel genuinely proud to be British, because, beneath the hostility that feels so rife across our country recently, we’ve so many good people making things like this happen. Bravo.
The hostility is rife across social media. I don't see much of it day to day.
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This is a classic. It occurs in two forms: Wow, logistics to are very expensive! We could spend that money better in the cities! Wow, logistics in is expensive! We could spend that money better in rural areas! I read about a new road tunnel in London last year, a ten-digit price tag for about 1km of road IIRC. I'm 100% sure some people suggested that that money could have been better spent in rural areas.
We shouldn't be wasting a penny on colonies, this isn't the age of Napoleon anymore, get the English out of any country that isn't England.
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We shouldn't be wasting a penny on colonies, this isn't the age of Napoleon anymore, get the English out of any country that isn't England.
The one thing you seem to be missing in your anticolonialist tirades is the fact that Tristan was uninhabited. It’s not like native peoples were displaced by the British colonists, right?
> The plane flew between Inaccessible and Tristan My god there actually is an island called Inaccessible Island! That's fantastic.
Were the ICU nurse and Doctor trained for the tandem jump previously - I've not seen that said in any of the stories published. Or did they just find a random ICU nurse and Doctor who was up for it?
> The plane flew between Inaccessible and Tristan My god there actually is an island called Inaccessible Island! That's fantastic.
In that case, you will probably also be happy to learn about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnecessary_Mountain
If you want something more bleak, there are also islands called Disappointment and Desolation.
Were the ICU nurse and Doctor trained for the tandem jump previously - I've not seen that said in any of the stories published. Or did they just find a random ICU nurse and Doctor who was up for it?
Very nice story. One thing I often ask myself in these situations: What do the inhabitants on these islands actually do? There are 259 of them in this case. Are they self-sustaining? How do they pay for stuff the want to import? Do they live off the cruise ships they supply? And do people generally stay there or do young people generally move to mainland? Edit: For economy, it looks like they live off exporting langu…
The UK built a crayfish processing facility so that they could have income. They also sell stamps and a few handmade crafts such as knitted socks. There are a few government jobs and they must make some money from tourism. And they all grow potatoes for their own consumption.