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SHOULD I BOYCOTT TWINNINGS AND BARCLAYS IN SPAIN??

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SHOULD DAVID CAMERON BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE EUROZONE IF THE UK CLOSES ITS BORDERS?

In Catalonia and Spain one can see branches of Barclays. Until now I had just feel ashamed when I was passing next to a Bankia branch but now I do not feel very comfortable either when I pass next to a Barclays branch after the Barclays scandal in the UK, the home of Barclays.

On the other hand I love the tea of TWINNINGS.

I cannot actively boycott BARCLAYS as I do not have an account at BARCLAYS. But I can boycott TWINNINGS as I use to by teas of this wonderful brand.

I even could support the Elgin marbles returning to Greece.

As you may have realised all the things I say are related to the UK and all mean  to act in an unfriendly way in someway..

Why should  I be unfriendly when I in general like the UK?

Well, I just read that the UK may close its borders to some eurozone citizens if the eurozone crisis goes worse.

Well, I understand that the UK government must care about what to do in a hypothetical break down of the eurozone but I think that it is very understandable too that if THE.CAT cannot go to, for example, London, I won’t be happy about the British coming to the places where they reject people going to there land.

If people from the south of Europe could not enter the UK it is childish to imagine that people from the south of Europe would welcome UK tourists in their beaches.

If the UK closes its borders to southern Europe then the south of Europe should close borders to the UK.

I say all this because I have the feeling that some British politicians seem not to realise that by talking about closing borders they are not protecting UK interests but just isolating the UK.

I have never supported in a serious way the return of the Elgin marbles to Greece but if I cannot go to London to see them it is obvious I prefer them to be in Greece.

I love Twinnings but if I cannot go to The Strand shop to buy if when I go to London then I prefer not to buy them.

If I cannot go to London then each day I see a Barclays branch I would feel quite weird that a UK bank can have a branch in my city but I cannot go the place of the branch.

If I cannot go to London I will write to Catalan tv channels and tv radios and will ask them to stop broadcasting British series or music.

Needless to say that if the UK closes its borders and I have to boycott British products I will be quite sad ans disappointed as I like British products in general but as I admire the British I like to do like them so that if the close whatever I will try to close whatever too. Quite a sad thing to do but it is not me who has started all this but David Cameron.

This is so the answer to David Cameron possible closing of borders. A total closing of borders to British tourists in southern Europe. If we cannot go to Britain not a single British citizen should be allowed to step into a souther eurozone beach.

IN ANY CASE IF GREEKS CANNOT GO TO LONDON THEN THE ELGIN MARBLES SHOULD IMMEDIATELY LEAVE LONDON BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE MADE: GREECE.

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OLYMPIC GAMES BOYCOTT

The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Paraly...

The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As the Olympic Games in London 2012 are aproaching it is sure that somewhere in the planet we will hear about a boycott for the Olympic Games. I am sure that a lot of different reasons could be found in different places to boycott the games. I would like to say that I won’t boycott the games but as you never know what may happen the weeks before the games I cannot be sure what I will do. But I know one thing for certain. When I write this post I don’t see any reason why I should boycott the Olympic Games in London.

It is true that the Olympic games are related to Greece and that the the British Museum has the Elgin marbles from Greece but I do not think this is enough to boycott the games. Let alone when is thanks to the British Museum that I fell in love with Greek glorious past when I saw those incredible marbles. One reason why I may feel obliged to boycott the games has connection with the euro. If the euro collapses and the UK closes its doors to Greek people and other people from the eurozone I may feel that a boycott could be done.

But the things should go terrible wrong for me to boycott the Olympic Games in London because London is one of my favourites cities! I am very happy that the Olympic Games take place  in London. In fact it is wonderful that they take place near the eurozone so that you can go there and at the same time no eurozone country has to pay for the game (and neither win any revenues …) So, for now I don’t think I should boycott the Olympic Games in London. Just the opposite! I have been watching websites related to the games and the British people are been very British in the way they are acting! They even have a webpage so that you know in advance how to move through London during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

So, for now I wish the best for Stratford! It looks gorgeous in Google Maps!

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GREECE ACQUIRES A PIECE OF LAND IN LONDON …

General view of the room displaying the Elgin ...

General view of the room displaying the Elgin Marbles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is my solution to the Elgin marbles dispute between the British Museum and Greece: let’s declare the part of the British Museum with the Elgin sculptures as Greek soil!

The UK should declare a little part of London as part of Greece. In this way the Parhtenon sculptures would be in Greek soil and at the same time in the British Museum! The British Museum would be in two countries! In the UK and in Greece.

The agreement would say that the sculptures cannot leave the British Museum and cannot be move from the Greek part of the museum.

In this way, any Greek could say that Parthenon sculptures are in Greece soil while at the same time the British Museum could say that the Elgin marbles are inside the British Museum!

In Rome you can be in Italy or in The Vatican without a clear border. Here it could happen something similar! The fact that a tiny part of the British Museum is in Greek soil would give to the museum even a greater appeal.

An option to make all this seem more interesting would be the possibility that people in the Elgin marbles room could put you a Greek stamp on your passport! It would be wonderful to enter the British Museum and to leave the museum with an stamp that says you have been in Greek territory!

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ELGIN MARBLES, OLYMPIC GAMES, EUROS, GREECE

One upon a time there is a glorious land called Greece where you had the Olympic Games and you have a wonderful Parthenon with amazing sculptures.

This summer to enjoy the Olympic Games and those wonderful sculptures you do not need to go to Greece. You just need to go to London.

If this summer Greece is finally outside the eurozone one could say that now not only London is enjoying the Games that were born in Greece, the sculptures that were made in Greece. You also could say that city and its speculators have also succeeded through its power and through its media to sink the current currency of Greece.

Anyway, I still love London very much. A city that has so jewels as the Elgin marbles will be always one of the most wonderful cities of the world.

 

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