Fredxx wrote
Brian Gaff wrote

If you were a rare plant that had been growing in a garden for years,
and your roots were entwined around many others, Would you risk
death of that plant simply because you wanted it to be somewhere else?

That's called blackmail,

Only by those who abuse the language.

while it might not be like WW2 and potential Germany's
attempts to intertwine with us, it does emphasise the
earlier we leave the better things are for us.

True.

One thing that can never die is a state with few
exceptions, Palestine comes to mind as one.

Some do however fade into obscurity. Not likely with Britain tho.