Thank you United Kingdom and CasualUK, for an unforgettable 16 months and I hope we will cross our paths in the foreseeable future!

As many of you might have gathered, I have just graduated and on my way back home after my residence in the country officially ended! I studied for a masters in <redacted> Economy, and it was life changing, I have learnt a lot over these 12 months at Uni than I did in three years back home. Uni truly was a sensational experience and for those considering a degree, I'd recommend you start it when you can physically go into classrooms, the difference in the experience of online and on site learning are world's apart.

I have learnt a lot in these last 16 months, from everyone around me and the experience I have had here. I have never felt uncomfortable, racially or socially, and I have never felt left out.

I have had memories that will stay with me for a lifetime, I have walked the streets of London more times than I have walked my city back home, I was able to fulfil a lifelong dream of watching a premier league game live at Old Trafford, I loved the insane catalogs of everything I could possible want from Argos and Sainsbury and that Waitrose is for the posh! Cheesy Wotsits grew on me, so did the Bacon Double Cheeseburger, Terry's Chocolate Orange and Guinness, oh Guinness, I don't think I can go on in life without a pint of Guinness Stout every now and then.!

The lockdown was a bummer, no, actually the virus was a bummer, but between September '19 and March '20, I lived a lifetime of happiness and emotion. I was never active here but I have been subbed since I landed and constantly giggling and cracking up seeing some top quality stuff here (lurk all the time), and I'll continue to do the same. But I will miss being in the know, miss being on the inside jokes and miss taking a walk from Westminster to Tottenham Court Road every now and then. I have been around, I have met a lot of people but I have never experienced the same warmth and treatment as I got from you lot. I love the British sense of humour, it may not seem like much but I just absolutely crack open sometimes.

All in all, there was not a single moment where I stopped to think, "I do not belong here", most of the people I met said they never would have guessed I didn't spend my entire life here, you made it that comfortable for me.

Times are very tough right now, so I must leave, but I promise to be back, someday, because I have never felt home like I have felt it here, and I wish you all the best, with the pandemic and the new policies!

Love,

u/harshmangat.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/harshmangat
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Report: on GTA V sales, "Rockstar North has apparently not paid any corporate tax in the United Kingdom and has claimed 42 million UK pounds in tax credits" from a fund meant for β€œculturally British” games and "small and medium sized businesses" ip.finance/2019/08/tax-cr…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/AishaWasOnlyNine
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China tells UK to back off after minister's call for Hong Kong probe. Beijing on Saturday told the United Kingdom to stay out of China’s internal affairs after Britain’s foreign minister called for an independent investigation into the recent protests in its former colony Hong Kong. nationalpost.com/pmn/news…
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πŸ“…︎ Aug 10 2019
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Somewhere in the United Kingdom...
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πŸ‘€︎ u/kseattle1
πŸ“…︎ Sep 14 2019
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2 confirmed cases in the United Kingdom news.sky.com/story/two-ca…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Benjam21
πŸ“…︎ Jan 31 2020
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"World on the Scales", Panorama of Giant Causeway in the Evening, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom [OC] [2048x1365]
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πŸ‘€︎ u/ansharphoto
πŸ“…︎ Apr 13 2020
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Stand with Hong Kong marches in the United Kingdom on Nov 23
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πŸ“…︎ Nov 20 2019
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is the biggest Switch launch of 2019 in the United Kingdom gamesindustry.biz/article…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Turbostrider27
πŸ“…︎ Sep 23 2019
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On this day in 2014, Scotland voted against independence from the United Kingdom en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/snusknugen
πŸ“…︎ Sep 18 2019
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UN General Assembly voted in favor of setting a six-month deadline for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the Chagos Archipelago
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Porodicnostablo
πŸ“…︎ May 24 2019
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Why do they spell it "honour" and "favour" in the United Kingdom?

Because Rick Astley is British.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/WJMorris3
πŸ“…︎ Mar 25 2020
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It’s not Monday in the US yet but good luck to you chaps (best wishes, the United Kingdom)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/timWITHaB
πŸ“…︎ Dec 16 2019
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TIL that around 1/3 of all land in the United Kingdom is still owned by the Aristocracy and other landed gentry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bri…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Sauske273
πŸ“…︎ Mar 02 2019
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Arms of the United Kingdom in the Magistrates Court (but a different magistrates court this time)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/lionguardant
πŸ“…︎ Mar 12 2020
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COVID-19 Daily Deaths UK vs. Daily average of other causes of death in the United Kingdom. - Update 11/04/2020 public.flourish.studio/vi…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/GeekyCockney7
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The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom began on January 17, 1893, with a coup d'Γ©tat against Queen LiliΚ»uokalani. The revolutionaries established the Republic of Hawaii, but their ultimate goal was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which occurred in 1898. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ove…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/casapulapula
πŸ“…︎ Nov 14 2019
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TIL that England doesn't have its own national anthem so God Save the Queen (the national anthem of the United Kingdom as a whole) is often used in its place. Candidates for an English national anthem include "Jerusalem", "Land of Hope and Glory"and "I Vow to Thee, My Country". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/sober_disposition
πŸ“…︎ Mar 11 2020
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Population Density in the United Kingdom
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πŸ‘€︎ u/thenicholasbrill
πŸ“…︎ Jan 25 2020
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Is either the Conservative Party or the Labour Party in the United Kingdom going to die?

Many have complained about both party's stances on Brexit. The Tories are split on Brexit and cannot give a united line. The party itself is on the fence about Brexit and many suspect that May herself is actually pro-Remain. Her deal is a watered down Brexit and has been opposed by her own party from people who want a hard Brexit as well as remainers.

The Labour, in addition to facing accusations of Antisemitism and attacks from its center, have had an even worse "on the fence issue". Labour has until recently tried to play both sides by remaining on the fence on Brexit, and has only recently committed to a referendum "between the Labour Brexit option and the Remain option" if there is no vote on their deal (a customs union) or a new general election. Many in the remain camp have viewed this as too little too late, and still view a vote for Corbyn as a vote for Brexit - who in fact, used to explicitly support Brexit.

Now we have various new parties popping up. Change UK was an example of both Labour and Tory MPs splitting off and what many believe was the catalyst of Labour supporting a second referendum. They had short term polling success in the polls but have since faltered

More interesting, The Brexit Party, out of the corpse of a UKIP party moving towards the far right, is now leading MEP polls, and have managed to hold such a lead in recent days. In addition, the Liberal Democrats have recently had huge gains in local elections.

Many see the unpopularity of both major parties and their leaders, with May having a net favorability from the negative 30's to negative 40's and Corbyn having one from the negative 30's to the negative 50's and the recent successes of parties whom are taking a more solid approach as the death of one or both major parties, or at the very least a realignment. Can either major party survive Brexit? Or will there be new parties in their place?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Cuddlyaxe
πŸ“…︎ May 04 2019
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The EU fishing fleet is getting smaller: When measured by gross tonnage, Spain had by far the largest fishing fleet (21 % of the EU total). The fleets of the United Kingdom and France, the next largest, were almost half the size of that in Spain.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/filosoful
πŸ“…︎ Jan 30 2020
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United Kingdom in the style of Switzerland
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Baphon
πŸ“…︎ Feb 28 2020
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Only 37% of Germans say they trust the United Kingdom in a recent poll, a new low
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πŸ‘€︎ u/linknewtab
πŸ“…︎ Aug 02 2019
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The RWC Final was the most-watched TV moment of the year in the United Kingdom, with a peak audience of 12.8million (79 per cent share of the viewing audience at that peak) rugbypass.com/news/englan…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/skeeter1980
πŸ“…︎ Nov 03 2019
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United Kingdom: Testing for coronavirus: what is being done in the UK? theguardian.com/world/202…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/helpfuldare
πŸ“…︎ Mar 18 2020
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Member of β€œThe Dark Overlord” Hacking Group Extradited From United Kingdom to Face Charges in St. Louis uscrimenews.com/member-of…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/CryptoQwerty
πŸ“…︎ Dec 19 2019
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TIL that the per capita energy consumption in the United States is more than twice the consumption of someone in the United Kingdom data.worldbank.org/indica…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Inflaav26
πŸ“…︎ Jan 07 2020
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Tolkien's work is protected under the Copyright law of the United Kingdom until 2043. Can anyone explain how exactly Copyright law of the United Kingdom works, and what will happen in 2043 and onwards?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Dimitrije336
πŸ“…︎ Dec 24 2019
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Assault death rate highest in the Baltic States, lowest in the United Kingdom
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Firoscos
πŸ“…︎ Aug 15 2019
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"Ghosts of Dawn", Stack Rocks in the Morning, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, United Kingdom [OC] [2048x1365] by @ansharphoto
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πŸ“…︎ Feb 21 2020
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Joker makes history again in the United Kingdom!

Joker has become the only film in the past 19/20 years years to have 6 consecutive weekends at #1 - not even Avatar could achieve that, in which it was knocked off by Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. To put that into perspective none of the 23 out of the 23 MCU films - including Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame have been able to achieve such a thing.

Link: https://www.screendaily.com/news/joker-becomes-first-film-in-10-years-to-top-uk-box-office-for-six-weeks/5144644.article

13 consecutive weekends at #1:

Titanic (1998)

7 consecutive weekends at #1:

Toy Story 2 (2000)

Gladiator (2000)

6 consecutive weekends at #1:

The World's Not Enough (1999)

Joker (2019) as of November 11th.

Joker is now the fourth highest-grossing film of the year and 30th highest of all time in the UK. It's on it's way to becoming the highest grossing solo-comic book movie of all time.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/BartAllen2
πŸ“…︎ Nov 11 2019
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Given the Conservative win in the United Kingdom, do you think this could lead to the Independence of Scotland and Reunification of Ireland?

This idea is largely based on:

  • Scotland voted in its entirety the National Scottish Party bar 1 Labour and 3? Conservatives.
  • Brexit was a 67% against vote in Scotland
  • Then also considering that Northern Ireland voted for other parties, no Conservative seats. So, do you think the basis for 2 referendums that will see the end of the United Kingdom?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/AcidAssasin
πŸ“…︎ Dec 13 2019
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An ornately carved oak bed that spent 15 years in the honeymoon suite of a hotel in Chester, in the United Kingdom, had a remarkable hidden history: Experts recently found that it is likely to be a long-lost royal marriage bed dating to the 15th century. [2238x1400]
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πŸ‘€︎ u/bigmeat
πŸ“…︎ Aug 09 2019
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No ClΓ‘sicos for UK viewers as LaLiga broadcasts pulled La liga will not be seen in the United Kingdom and Ireland this season from match week four en.as.com/en/2019/08/21/f…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/maherx7
πŸ“…︎ Aug 22 2019
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President Trump: "I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!" twitter.com/realDonaldTru…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/rTrumpTweetsBot
πŸ“…︎ Mar 29 2020
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Nikki Cross would love an NXT UK run: β€œI love a lot of the NXT talent, I know most of them so that’s definitely something I could see in the future. I think it would be very gratifying for the United Kingdom fans” metro.co.uk/2020/01/23/ww…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/mcgjourno
πŸ“…︎ Jan 24 2020
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TIL that in the 2011 census, the religion in the United Kingdom with the seventh most members was "Jedi Knights", with 176,632 adherents. In contrast, only 2,418 people professed themselves to be Scientologists. theguardian.com/uk/2012/d…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Alex_Sylvian
πŸ“…︎ Jan 12 2020
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Keir Starmer: I spent 20 years of my life fighting against the death penalty in other countries. I never thought that in the 21st century I would see a Home Secretary of the United Kingdom who believes in capital punishment twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/debaser11
πŸ“…︎ Jul 26 2019
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Abbey Road yesterday for the 50th anniversary of the album cover photoshoot. Beatlemania is still alive and well! A Beatles tribute band rolled up in John's Rolls Royce and everyone flooded the street like it was the real Beatles in there.
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πŸ“…︎ Aug 09 2019
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We spell our hormones properly here in the United Kingdom
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Amekyras
πŸ“…︎ Mar 17 2019
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People of The United Kingdom & France, how did your country deal with decolonization in the latter 20th century? Was there much resistance to it or did the transition occurred β€˜somewhat’ peacefully?

Note: I know The Dutch, Spanish, Belgian, and Portuguese had empires at the time. Your input is welcomed as well.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/AustinFiechtl
πŸ“…︎ Mar 06 2020
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The Shared AR Experience is now in beta for select Trainers in Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Mexico, Germany, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. twitter.com/pokemongoapp/…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Spotty2012
πŸ“…︎ Dec 20 2019
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TIL that in the 1983 United Kingdom General Election The Social Democrat-Liberal Alliance received more than 25% of the vote but only 3.5% of the seats in parliament due to the First-Past-The-Post voting system. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/198…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DAJ1
πŸ“…︎ Oct 02 2019
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PAYDAY: Crime War now soft launched in Sweden, Finland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Brazil, India and Canada! apps.apple.com/gb/app/pay…
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πŸ“…︎ Aug 02 2019
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Acquisition of EU citizenship: in 2017, 825 000 persons acquired a citizenship of a Member State in the EU. The Member States where most people acquired citizenship in 2017 were Italy (18% of all acquired citizenships in the EU), the United Kingdom (15%), Germany and France (14% each)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Firoscos
πŸ“…︎ Jul 23 2019
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OTHER: Director Zack Snyder in "Fred & Ginger Coffee" Kings Langley, United Kingdom in the filming of JL movie (Lois scene)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/AldebaranTauro
πŸ“…︎ Nov 16 2019
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TIL that Queen Elizabeth of United Kingdom (then princess), joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) as a mechanic and a driver in 1945 and became the first female member of the Royal family to become an active full-time member of the armed services. royal.uk/queen-and-armed-…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/sersleepsalot1
πŸ“…︎ Jul 12 2019
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