Hug A Brit Campaign, Are There No Lengths They Will Go To?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-europeans-in-london-launch-hug-a-brit-campaign-to-love-bomb-uk-into-voting-remain-a6975801.html

[douglas9401]

Delusional, soya latte sipping knobs.

[steg]

Well they've no flooded the answerbank with posts on the subject...

[viv41]

They'd better not try and hug me .....!!

[anotheoldgit]

Strange that this German chose a Nigerian/British fellow to illustrate her Hug A Brit Campaign?

[THECORBYLOON]

Is he not British?

[retrocop]

Had a laugh at this comment below the link
//"Mug A Brit" would be more appropriate for what the EU does to us.//

[bazwillrun]

Not as far as im concerned he isnt, Im white british, in the majority, I dont identify with him...

[anotheoldgit]

THECORBYLOON

/// Is he not British? ///

No he has chosen to call himself Nigerian/British.

[jourdain2]

As I keep saying, I love Europe and many European friends -
but NOT the EU!

Giving me a hug won't change that.

[Togo]

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive"
Sir Walter Scott.

"But when we've practiced for a while
How vastly we improve our style!"
J.R.Pope.

[Old_Geezer]

:-)
From the OP it sounds like some is still unaware of the typical British character even after being here for a while ;-)
Vive la différence

[THECORBYLOON]

Ah... the "can't be British if you're black" then?

[naomi24]

What nonsense.

[Peter Pedant]

Had a laugh at this comment below the link
//"Mug A Brit" would be more appropriate for what the EU does to us.// R-C

oh come on r-c you were gonna write:

"mugga brit is what happens when you visit Sarf Landon"

Note: I almost have the chav accent right - and note" visit" not "live".
No one in their right mind would live there

but you thought again: no I want a quiet afternoon .....

[Peter Pedant]

// When first we practice to deceive" Sir Walter Scott.

"But when we've practiced for a while
How vastly we improve our style!"
J.R.Pope.

two points - practice should have an 's' in it - advice and advise will tell you which way to go.

Sorry to beat the drum: advice is the noun and has a 'c' in it and advise is a verb and has an 's' in it. There are times when I dread ( abut nd others when I welcome ) the thousand posts of " woss ee on a bart - advice n advise yeah innit ? "

and J R Pope must have been a boy when he wrote that
I cant get the first line to be longer than a tetrameter
[ yeah yeah I know I asked for it - cue a thousand " a tet-wot-a-meter ? woss dat when it's at home eh yeah innit ? " ]
Other suspects are Dorothy Parker well she must have written that when she was mostly possed - as she usually was.
or anon ...

[jourdain2]

PP - the easiest way to explain 'practice' vs 'practise' is to remember that you can see (c) a noun. Much simpler. :)

[Marshwarble]

Since it only HUG a Brit, the answer must surely be yes...

[Togo]

Practice.
// to do something again and again in order to become better at it//

I am sure that Sir Walter was alluding to the noun. The reference "when first" tells us that practitioner indeed needs practice to become skilful, and therefor over complicates the deceit.

[Orderlimit]

Surely this pathetic nonsense is only in the media to show how ridiculous it is?

[Togo]

Sadly 'Orders', I think that they are deadly serious. Gesture politics for the people Douglas was thinking of at 11.23.