Today the Movement for an Independent Yorkshire (MIY – Not to be confused with MI5 or DIY) made a bold claim to stake complete independence from the UK.
Earlier today, forces loyal to Yorkshire Independence unravelled the Yorkshire White Rose flag over Humberside County Council – reclaiming the East Riding for the Republic of Greater Yorkshire. The flag was unravelled to great rejoicing from the locals.
The New Yorkshire Parliament has already promised:
- Not to join the EU,
- bring back old fashioned weights of lbs, stones and inches
- Offer free Yorkshire puddings to old age pensioners
- Remove VAT for flat caps
- Impose tariff barriers on Southern beer and Lancashire Hot Pot
- Campaign for Whippet racing and Coal carrying to becoming Olympic sports
- Make Yorkshire dialect compulsory learning in schools.
- More controversially have been the plans to build a customs barrier stretching across the pennines between the Yorkshire and Lancashire border. The Lancastrian independence movement has responded coldly to today’s developments. There was widespread dismay that yet again Yorkshire had beaten Lancashire.
- But, in Yorkshire, such sentiments were not in evidence. Huge crowds turned out to listen to the new Government. Geoffrey Boycott speaking as the New President of the Republic of Yorkshire said.
“Ey by eck, It’s a grand day to finally have our independence from those Southern fools. Long live Yorkshire!”
Today is April 1st 2009 a day which will long live in the memories of all Yorkshiremen.
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I can’t help thinking a Party for an Independent Yorkshire State (PIYS) might be a more appropriate organisation…
Comment by Chris — May 14, 2009 @ 5:01 pm
I’ll take that
Comment by brian — May 18, 2009 @ 3:46 am
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I really do think Yorkshire should govern itself. The population in Yorkshire is 5 million approx, just about the same as Scotland. So if somebody does form a Yorkshire independance Party, count me in. A sentiment I feel would be echoed around the county.
LONG LIVE YORKSHIRE
Comment by Jason Chambers — October 17, 2009 @ 10:12 am
Maybe then we won’t be judged as southern snobs, but as hard working, pub loving, anti-southern (lol) Yorkshire people. We’ve got a good enough population to get us going and we don’t need London to decide on how to dictate our lives. Also if Scotland doesn’t get it’s independence before us, I think we can show our support to the Scots for their independence and get along with them and same for the welsh. Good Idea or not? We may be a small county but small things can make a huge difference.
Comment by Karl — November 28, 2009 @ 4:50 pm
This is clearly the movement for me
Comment by Dom — December 11, 2009 @ 2:22 pm