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Originally Posted by timun
Hard pass.
Years ago I was a member of a forum where this CANZUK idea was heavily promulgated. Frankly its ardent supporters were British monarchists, neoliberals and other conservatives who pined for some ridiculous Edwardian idea of a federated "White Commonwealth". They were under a blithely ignorant and delusional impression that we were still just "the colonies", waiting on bated breath to reunite with mother Britannia.
Problems arose pretty quickly when differences were discussed. Lots of talk about how aberrations such as Canada not being "tea drinkers", not playing "footy" and cricket, etc. would eventually be... corrected. They had no answers to broad questions like "what about Quebec?" or "what about indigenous peoples?"
Eventually one of these bozos told me that the 'Britishness' of Canada was innate and we all—I'll never forget this—"enjoy a cuppa and Corrie". He thought I was joking when I asked him to translate WTF "cuppa and Corrie" meant. "Cuppa" = "cup of" tea, "Corrie" = the soap opera Coronation Street, for those like me who hadn't the faintest idea. The only people I ever knew who drank tea with any regularity and watched Coronation Street were doddering old farts like my grandparents...
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I can’t tell is this is a joke or not. CBL is that you?