The EU: In, out, shake it all about.... (77 Viewers)

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As of right now, how are thinking of voting? In or out

  • Remain

    Votes: 23 37.1%

  • Leave

    Votes: 35 56.5%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 3 4.8%

  • Not registered or not intention to vote

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • Total voters
    62
  • Poll closed .
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Brighton Sky Blue

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Grendel said:
You do realise he’s only in power as Mr Corbyn seems very reluctant to use actual legislation as opposed to interpretation of unwritten constitutions to end his tenure
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Don’t worry G at least Porky has added another lie to an already long list
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
Don’t worry G at least Porky has added another lie to an already long list
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In some respects it’s quite a good tactic. The longer he’s PM the more he falls on his sword. The worst possible scenario is call an election now and end up stuck with him for a full fixed term lying his heart out and fucking the country over because it was too early for those still wearing blinkers to take them off.
 
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djr8369

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skybluetony176 said:
On a serious note pounds and ounces might be easy but it’s a dead measurement. If we’re going to be this Mecca of manufacturing and export free from the shackles of the EU people need to wake up and realise that it’s not just the EU that’s modernised. If anyone has voted leave to free us of the metric system then quite frankly they’re a fucking idiot. The world trades, designs, manufactures, ships goods, pays for goods in the metric system.
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Not to mention that the SI system is a work of genius and makes any form of science or engineering easier, quicker, more efficient and is more intuitive as it’s in base 10.

Plus if you get your conversions wrong or different teams are working in different units without realising you tend to crash multimillion pound space ships, go America.


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Philosoraptor

Philosoraptor

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skybluetony176 said:
In some respects it’s quite a good tactic. The longer he’s PM the more he falls on his sword. The worst possible scenario is call an election now and end up stuck with him for a full fixed term lying his heart out and fucking the country over because it was too early for those still wearing blinkers to take them off.
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I think this strategy will spectacularly backfire, especially in Labour leave voting areas.
 
Philosoraptor

Philosoraptor

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Expect more Labour heartlands to disappear.

It happened in Glasgow. Completely wiped out.

Been a gas listening to supporters of 'New Labour' trying to explain why Glasgow went SNP.

To put it simply, this is what happens when you don't listen to your core vote and take for granted that they will vote for you.
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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Philosorapter said:
I think this strategy will spectacularly backfire, especially in Labour leave voting areas.
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That depends on whether labour has hit the bottom of the cycle for losing votes over Brexit. I suspect it has and Carry on Boris for a longer period before a GE is called I would think is a vote winner for all parties. It’s then up to the individual parties to deliver a votable, costed, sensible manifesto and sell it.
 
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SkyblueBazza

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Grendel said:
labour and Lib Dem MPs will support it if it’s attached to a referendum even though it’s still a 50 50 split

as a referendum would take at least 4 months and probably 6 months to actually take place the opposition are also saying they will keep this government in place for at least that long
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That sounds like this Parliament trying to bribe the PM to accept a second referendum. The same PM that they have accused of trying to bride this same Parliament into accepting his deal!

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SIR ERNIE

SIR ERNIE

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shmmeee said:
Point is a significant portion of Leave voters seem to want some silly things, and are unable to give a sensible reason for their vote. So it’s fair to assume some did vote leave for these silly things.
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...but not as silly as the millions who voted Remain because they wanted things to stay just as they are.
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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SIR ERNIE said:
...but not as silly as the millions who voted Remain because they wanted things to stay just as they are.
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Of course they have no idea what "remain" actually means other than everything remaining the same. We, on the other hand want to bring back hanging, world war, hanging , blue passports, hanging, dunces caps, hanging, shillings and pence, incandescent lighbulbs, fence panels measured by the foot, shops closing on Sundays, abolition of women's right, bring back the birch, opening the coal mines, corporal punishment , love they neighbour, 3 day week, woodbines, bus conductors, the GPO, gas board, National Front, Stars on Sunday, abolition of recycling, oh and a bit of hanging.
They're out of touch with reality.
 
Grendel

Grendel

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shmmeee said:
Yes, peace and prosperity, how silly.
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I think NATO covers peace and at least I’m glad you acknowledge the thatcher years were prosperous
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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shmmeee said:
Yes, peace and prosperity, how silly.
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And by that logic, a European war is inevitable as soon as we leave. As a brexiteer I would be demanding every household requires an Anderson shelter asap.
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
Of course they have no idea what "remain" actually means other than everything remaining the same. We, on the other hand want to bring back hanging, world war, hanging , blue passports, hanging, dunces caps, hanging, shillings and pence, incandescent lighbulbs, fence panels measured by the foot, shops closing on Sundays, abolition of women's right, bring back the birch, opening the coal mines, corporal punishment , love they neighbour, 3 day week, woodbines, bus conductors, the GPO, gas board, National Front, Stars on Sunday, abolition of recycling, oh and a bit of hanging.
They're out of touch with reality.
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It’s funny you mention bus conductors. Did you know that when mayor Boris insisted that the new route master bus was redesigned at a cost of millions to the London taxpayers insisting that it must have a back door so conductors could be retained. And then he made all the bus conductors redundant. I’m not even making it up.
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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SkyblueBazza said:
Which they wouldn't. The EU has its goals which include to draw it's members ever closer to economic, political & financial union.

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Us and Denmark has already vetoed out of ever committing to ever joining the Euro so you’re pissing in the wind with at least one of your assumptions.
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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skybluetony176 said:
It’s funny you mention bus conductors. Did you know that when mayor Boris insisted that the new route master bus was redesigned at a cost of millions to the London taxpayers insisting that it must have a back door so conductors could be retained. And then he made all the bus conductors redundant. I’m not even making it up.
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I'd bring back all those old buses we had where you'd jump on at the back at any point of the journey at the risk of falling off or getting away without paying at all.
 
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SkyblueBazza

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skybluetony176 said:
Us and Denmark has already vetoed out of ever committing to ever joining the Euro so you’re pissing in the wind with at least one of your assumptions.
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It isn't an assumption it is a fact...from the EU's own stated Goals..."establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro"

So in effect, everything you (& many other) remainers have levelled at leavers not knowing what they were voting for is actually true of yourself.

You shot yourself in the foot there somewhat.



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Philosoraptor

Philosoraptor

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SkyblueBazza said:
It isn't an assumption it is a fact...from the EU's own stated Goals..."establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro"

So in effect, everything you (& many other) remainers have levelled at leavers not knowing what they were voting for is actually true of yourself.

You shot yourself in the foot there somewhat.

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Next they will have a flag and an anthem.
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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SkyblueBazza said:
It isn't an assumption it is a fact...from the EU's own stated Goals..."establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro"

So in effect, everything you (& many other) remainers have levelled at leavers not knowing what they were voting for is actually true of yourself.

You shot yourself in the foot there somewhat.



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Which we along with Denmark had vetoed from. You can try and rewrite the meaning of the word veto all you like but it doesn’t change the facts.
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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Philosorapter said:
Next they will have a flag and an anthem.
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The flag is actually the Council of Europe’s flag. Something that was Winston Churchill’s idea and indeed we founded along with the other original members. The flag dates back to the 50’s.

The anthem was written by Beethoven originally and is almost 200 years old.
 
Philosoraptor

Philosoraptor

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Instead, a separate declaration by sixteen Member States was included in the final act of the Treaty of Lisbon stating that the flag, the anthem, the motto and the currency and Europe Day "will for them continue as symbols to express the sense of community of the people in the European Union and their allegiance to it."

Copy and pasta straight from wiki.

Why would you want to pledge allegiance to a trading block?
 
Grendel

Grendel

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Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
As were the Blair/Brown years by the same criteria.
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And indeed the years when the IMF has to bail the country out and wage inflation soared to eye watering levels. Thank god for the EU
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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SkyblueBazza said:
You can try & deny it is a goal that the EU still has & still strives for if you want.

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I’ve not denied it. Merely pointed out that we’ve vetoed it. Pointing out that we’ve vetoed it is in itself a recognition of it’s existence. Really not sure how you claim I’ve denied anything. Unlike yourself.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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Philosorapter said:
Expect more Labour heartlands to disappear.

It happened in Glasgow. Completely wiped out.

Been a gas listening to supporters of 'New Labour' trying to explain why Glasgow went SNP.

To put it simply, this is what happens when you don't listen to your core vote and take for granted that they will vote for you.
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Difference is, SNP are aligned in a number of policy areas to appeal. Not so sure with the Tories!
 
shmmeee

shmmeee

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Deleted member 5849 said:
Difference is, SNP are aligned in a number of policy areas to appeal. Not so sure with the Tories!
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I think Tory tanks will be well on Labour lawns looking at the policy announcements Cummings has made so far. People have short memories and a penchant for retail politics. I don’t think they’ll win as many as some expect, and they’ll lose a load in the south, but I’m worried unless something drastic happens between now and a GE.
 
shmmeee

shmmeee

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SkyblueBazza said:
You can try & deny it is a goal that the EU still has & still strives for if you want.

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But the EU also has a system where members get vetos and as a large member we never get forced into anything we don’t want, even big stuff like Shengen and the Euro. The reality is if we stay we have a great deal that means we wouldn’t be forced to do anything we don’t want to.

Just because something is a goal doesn’t mean they’re about come send the brown shirts to take your pint glasses, it just means that where possible they want closer union. There’s nothing about doing it without member state consent. If it genuinely gets too much there’s always A50 as we’ve shown, though I’m not sure how you could make the case the EU have been overbearing enough to justify it in our case.
 
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