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Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed0
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She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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Bit about need for compromise two years too late.0
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Will Bercow let her delay?KentRising said:
She's pushing on in the faith compromise will win through in the end.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
She's ploughing on into 2019.0 -
Nothing has changed?Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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LOLgrabcocque said:Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing has changed
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But she's not sounding that ambitious re any changes to the backstop.
Surely at least for cosmetic reasons the word backstop should be dropped.
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TM is good when her back is to the wall0
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But better late than never.dixiedean said:Bit about need for compromise two years too late.
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So the rest of her agenda waits until Brexit is "done" - which even if it progresses to time is a long way away.0
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TOPPING @ 2.11pm today:
She will say nothing has changed but I understand the backstop concerns and for that reason I will go back to the EU and they will be nice and write a three page addendum on page 586 of the WA which will clarify that the backstop remains as is but they will add some old bollocks which will sound vaguely conciliatory and which I will then hold a press conference about and proclaim victory and then I'll have the vote.
So far so good - we just await the some old bollocks bit.0 -
Can I have those 15 mins of my life back please.0
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This surely isn't the sort of statement that will be enough when your back's against the wall, as May is? Cameron always excelled in a crisis (until 2016 at least)
Just can't see who will be inspired by this. Delay, renegotiate, follow me just because etc etc0 -
I agree. But she’ll leave the commons and go and do something daft.Big_G_NorthWales said:TM is good when her back is to the wall
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As with BBC bias when both sides are claiming it, there probably is none.Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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In trashing May's efforts, isn't Corbyn shooting down his own "renegotiation" with the EU position?0
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Those on the fringes won't like it but she's right to try and seek concessions/confirm the language and then go through with the vote. A compromise it might be but it's the best result for the country.Pulpstar said:
As with BBC bias when both sides are claiming it, there probably is none.Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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Corbyn: "This deal will make us worse off."
Anyone would have thought leaving the EU would have consequences....0 -
I very much doubt that we will ever see May's memoirs published. For the same reason that we will never see Cameron's - there is absolutely no way that they could justify their actions which in hindsight will be seen to be the most crass misjudgements in modern political history.MarqueeMark said:Anybody with any political nous would have known they would be right here, right now if they presented May's deal to the House. Why she has persisted for so long will be a fascinating part of the diaries no doubt being assiduously written up nightly.
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Corbyn can't have it both ways. He is stating that he wants to renegotiate the deal and then confirming that the EU won't reopen the negotiations.
The latter means that his claim to be able to renegotiate is utterly meaningless.
A decent LOTO could have ripped this apart. Corbyn is stumbling.0 -
To use a Star Wars analogy, has the Sith hit the fan?0
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Corbyn calling for May to resign.0
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So she is now going to try and renegotiate the backstop. Why agree to such a bag of shite in the first place Tezzie?
Get those letters in, Tory back-benchers...0 -
I think we will, "A Journey" sold reasonably well...anothernick said:
I very much doubt that we will ever see May's memoirs published. For the same reason that we will never see Cameron's - there is absolutely no way that they could justify their actions which in hindsight will be seen to be the most crass misjudgements in modern political history.MarqueeMark said:Anybody with any political nous would have known they would be right here, right now if they presented May's deal to the House. Why she has persisted for so long will be a fascinating part of the diaries no doubt being assiduously written up nightly.
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Yes.MarqueeMark said:In trashing May's efforts, isn't Corbyn shooting down his own "renegotiation" with the EU position?
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Voting for Corbyn would make us worse off - it is possible to vote for something that would make us poorerKentRising said:Corbyn: "This deal will make us worse off."
Anyone would have thought leaving the EU would have consequences....0 -
Indeed. Labour's position is incoherent and has no cut-through, it's just waffle.oxfordsimon said:Corbyn can't have it both ways. He is stating that he wants to renegotiate the deal and then confirming that the EU won't reopen the negotiations.
The latter means that his claim to be able to renegotiate is utterly meaningless.
A decent LOTO could have ripped this apart. Corbyn is stumbling.0 -
It is a total mystery why he managed to do so badly in his A-Levels, despite attending one of the best state schools in the country.oxfordsimon said:Corbyn can't have it both ways. He is stating that he wants to renegotiate the deal and then confirming that the EU won't reopen the negotiations.
The latter means that his claim to be able to renegotiate is utterly meaningless.
A decent LOTO could have ripped this apart. Corbyn is stumbling.0 -
I'm puzzled by Andrew Adonis' assertion that the BBC is pro-Brexit.Pulpstar said:
As with BBC bias when both sides are claiming it, there probably is none.Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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It's pro-May, pro-dodgy deal.Sean_F said:
I'm puzzled by Andrew Adonis' assertion that the BBC is pro-Brexit.Pulpstar said:
As with BBC bias when both sides are claiming it, there probably is none.Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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It’s called democracy. The networks have no more right to be there than they do. Let them broadcast from a studio if the snowflakes can’t take a bit of heckling.FrancisUrquhart said:The twats are interrupting the outside broadcasts again. Haven't they got jobs to go to, kids to pick up from school etc etc etc?
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So is the voted postponed till 28/03/19?0
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It's called bad manners.Anazina said:
It’s called democracy. The networks have no more right to be there than they do. Let them broadcast from a studio if the snowflakes can’t take a bit of heckling.FrancisUrquhart said:The twats are interrupting the outside broadcasts again. Haven't they got jobs to go to, kids to pick up from school etc etc etc?
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And she's absolutely right about Corbyn's logical misstep.
The same as when Lab criticises the Cons for not spending enough and at the same time for not bringing down the deficit quickly enough.0 -
Too many words.Sean_F said:
I'm puzzled by Andrew Adonis' assertion that the BBC is pro-Brexit.Pulpstar said:
As with BBC bias when both sides are claiming it, there probably is none.Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
either
I'm puzzled by Andrew Adonis' assertion
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I'm puzzled by Andrew Adonis'0 -
Bercow wading in......0
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Bercow sticking his oar in now.0
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Here it comes0
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Bercow playing politics0
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No way are they going to vote to postpone the vote. Bercow 1 May 0.0
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Bercow shafting the government....0
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😂😂 Bercow0
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It as if he drives around with a bumper sticker saying Bollocks to Brexit...oxfordsimon said:Bercow playing politics
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Mr. Slackbladder, bully for them.0
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Bercow seems to be giving the government a total dressing down.0
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TM is useless she has failed failed and failed again.Big_G_NorthWales said:TM is good when her back is to the wall
Bercow telling May she cannot withdaraw the motion without winning an adjournment division or being discourteous to the House
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Loviog some classic Bercow trolling. Top man!0
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Bercow is going to push the government to a vote!
TROLOLOLOLOLO0 -
Only 30% angry or betrayed. Go for it!Alistair said:Just spotted this YouGov questions and answer in the results page. Exercise for the reader to add the categories up as they see fit
1. The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other member states. Imagine that the government did cancel Brexit, and Britain remained a member of the EU. How would you mostly feel?
Delighted 23%
Pleased 7%
Relieved 13%
Wouldn't mind either way 8%
Disappointed 8%
Angry 6%
Betrayed 24%0 -
Does Ken want the vote to go ahead ?0
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It would be perfectly possible to re-open negotiations with new red lines, and A50 extension.oxfordsimon said:Corbyn can't have it both ways. He is stating that he wants to renegotiate the deal and then confirming that the EU won't reopen the negotiations.
The latter means that his claim to be able to renegotiate is utterly meaningless.
A decent LOTO could have ripped this apart. Corbyn is stumbling.0 -
It doesn't matter.grabcocque said:Bercow is going to push the government to a vote!
TROLOLOLOLOLO
The government's defeat in the vote is already built into the narrative. The WA will be defeated but Mrs May will already be on a plane on her way to seeking concessions. All the next 24 hours is about is politicians impotently strutting their self-importance.0 -
If Bercow is going to call every backbencher who wants to speak presumably Leadsom's statement won't be for hours.0
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If both sides want to that may be true.Foxy said:
It would be perfectly possible to re-open negotiations with new red lines, and A50 extension.oxfordsimon said:Corbyn can't have it both ways. He is stating that he wants to renegotiate the deal and then confirming that the EU won't reopen the negotiations.
The latter means that his claim to be able to renegotiate is utterly meaningless.
A decent LOTO could have ripped this apart. Corbyn is stumbling.0 -
New red lines would not make any difference to the Withdrawal Agreement and the backstop, which are the sticking points.Foxy said:
It would be perfectly possible to re-open negotiations with new red lines, and A50 extension.oxfordsimon said:Corbyn can't have it both ways. He is stating that he wants to renegotiate the deal and then confirming that the EU won't reopen the negotiations.
The latter means that his claim to be able to renegotiate is utterly meaningless.
A decent LOTO could have ripped this apart. Corbyn is stumbling.0 -
Well they don’t criticise Brexit as lunacy so they must be pro BrexitSean_F said:
I'm puzzled by Andrew Adonis' assertion that the BBC is pro-Brexit.Pulpstar said:
As with BBC bias when both sides are claiming it, there probably is none.Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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Tiny nudge down on Ladbrokes for a second ref in 2019 (yes 2.2, no 1.61), but the second Leave option has been suspend. A Remain vote is still 4.
Betfair has under 200 MPs backing the deal as the favourite option, now just 2.7 with 4 available as a lay.
On Betfair, the referendum is 1.83 No, 2.04 yes (in 2019).0 -
Believe me, journalists have no right on god’s green earth to accuse others of bad manners. Bring on the protesters, they add to the gaiety of the nation. And anything that can drown out the inane ramblings of Laura K is to be actively encouraged.Richard_Nabavi said:
It's called bad manners.Anazina said:
It’s called democracy. The networks have no more right to be there than they do. Let them broadcast from a studio if the snowflakes can’t take a bit of heckling.FrancisUrquhart said:The twats are interrupting the outside broadcasts again. Haven't they got jobs to go to, kids to pick up from school etc etc etc?
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MPs expenses should be remembered in the context of public anger. It was a lot worse than 30%! On the same subject the issue and anger has dissipated over time. So, I agree retract Article 50 and stop this madness.logical_song said:
Only 30% angry or betrayed. Go for it!Alistair said:Just spotted this YouGov questions and answer in the results page. Exercise for the reader to add the categories up as they see fit
1. The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other member states. Imagine that the government did cancel Brexit, and Britain remained a member of the EU. How would you mostly feel?
Delighted 23%
Pleased 7%
Relieved 13%
Wouldn't mind either way 8%
Disappointed 8%
Angry 6%
Betrayed 24%0 -
Just heard about Mrs May's U-Turn. The English language is short of words for fiascos.0
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Just.....do you not get out of bed until mid afternoon?Roger said:Just heard about Mrs May's U-Turn. The English language is short of words for fiascos.
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While he is an annoying and pompous blob of humanity, I think he is right in this instance. From both a moral perspective as well as a technical perspective regarding parliamentary procedure.MikeL said:If Bercow is going to call every backbencher who wants to speak presumably Leadsom's statement won't be for hours.
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The BBC do a good job on Brexit. The fact that the FBPE cult disagree with them suggests they're on the sane side of the argument.Nemtynakht said:
Well they don’t criticise Brexit as lunacy so they must be pro BrexitSean_F said:
I'm puzzled by Andrew Adonis' assertion that the BBC is pro-Brexit.Pulpstar said:
As with BBC bias when both sides are claiming it, there probably is none.Richard_Nabavi said:
She's hated from all sides because she's right.SeanT said:TMay is actually handling this total humiliation quite well.
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We didn't previously have a 6 month referendum campaign on MPs expenses.The_Taxman said:
MPs expenses should be remembered in the context of public anger. It was a lot worse than 30%! On the same subject the issue and anger has dissipated over time. So, I agree retract Article 50 and stop this madness.logical_song said:
Only 30% angry or betrayed. Go for it!Alistair said:Just spotted this YouGov questions and answer in the results page. Exercise for the reader to add the categories up as they see fit
1. The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other member states. Imagine that the government did cancel Brexit, and Britain remained a member of the EU. How would you mostly feel?
Delighted 23%
Pleased 7%
Relieved 13%
Wouldn't mind either way 8%
Disappointed 8%
Angry 6%
Betrayed 24%
If you want Farage and Nu-kip to make a comeback carry right on.0 -
The whole 'meaningful vote' has been about MPs trying to pretend that they aren't impotent and has been an opportunity for them to posture, preen and act like infants.KentRising said:
It doesn't matter.grabcocque said:Bercow is going to push the government to a vote!
TROLOLOLOLOLO
The government's defeat in the vote is already built into the narrative. The WA will be defeated but Mrs May will already be on a plane on her way to seeking concessions. All the next 24 hours is about is politicians impotently strutting their self-importance.
There is no realistic prospect of a 'better deal' - particularly as no-one can actually say what that 'better' would actually mean.
Only a small minority want 'no deal' - so what other options exist? None.0 -
Is this helpful from online thesaurus?Roger said:Just heard about Mrs May's U-Turn. The English language is short of words for fiascos.
blunder
breakdown
debacle
disaster
embarrassment
failure
farce
flap
flop
mess
stunt
washout
abortion
error
miscarriage
route
ruin
screwup
botched situation
dumb thing to do
dumb trick0 -
Pound at 20 month low against the Dollar (yay my first post!)0
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Guessing that Stephen Barclay will be punted into the early hours - again! Reckon he hadn't realised that joining the cabinet meant taking the night shift.MikeL said:If Bercow is going to call every backbencher who wants to speak presumably Leadsom's statement won't be for hours.
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Actors hours, dear boy!FrancisUrquhart said:
Just.....do you not get out of bed until mid afternoon?Roger said:Just heard about Mrs May's U-Turn. The English language is short of words for fiascos.
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Welcome to PB, Mr. CatMan.
Are you married to CatWoman?0 -
Dodds saying the Withdrawal Agreement HAS to be changed.
Assurances won't cut it.0 -
Sterling hits 20-month low
Graeme Wearden
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Sterling has suffered a sharp selloff since Theresa May began giving her statement.
The pound has just a 20-month low against the US dollar at $1.2524, down two cents today - a substantial swing.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/dec/10/brexit-deal-vote-latest-theresa-may-ecj-government-says-ecj-ruling-irrelevant-because-uk-leaving-eu-anyway-politics-live?page=with:block-5c0e8ea7e4b0b950d12fa27a#block-5c0e8ea7e4b0b950d12fa27a0 -
Corbyn may call for Irish reunification in place of the backstop.Richard_Nabavi said:
New red lines would not make any difference to the Withdrawal Agreement and the backstop, which are the sticking points.Foxy said:
It would be perfectly possible to re-open negotiations with new red lines, and A50 extension.oxfordsimon said:Corbyn can't have it both ways. He is stating that he wants to renegotiate the deal and then confirming that the EU won't reopen the negotiations.
The latter means that his claim to be able to renegotiate is utterly meaningless.
A decent LOTO could have ripped this apart. Corbyn is stumbling.0 -
I think you make the same mistake as did the Tories in 2017, that the 52% will vote for one party. A new party will have few Cllrs and probably no MPs. Farage wants a hard Brexit, I cannot believe sufficient people want to elect a party to represent them who want to deliberately and wilfully wreck the UK economy. Given the dire prospects of continuing with Brexit with no deal, I think ending Brexit is the rational choice before the country. MP expenses as an issue was absolutely terrible and I look back to how members of the public held anything political with contempt when canvassing people. No Brexit would fade as an issue, particularly if demographics are culling those who most vehemently oppose it!GarethoftheVale2 said:
We didn't previously have a 6 month referendum campaign on MPs expenses.The_Taxman said:
MPs expenses should be remembered in the context of public anger. It was a lot worse than 30%! On the same subject the issue and anger has dissipated over time. So, I agree retract Article 50 and stop this madness.logical_song said:
Only 30% angry or betrayed. Go for it!Alistair said:Just spotted this YouGov questions and answer in the results page. Exercise for the reader to add the categories up as they see fit
1. The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other member states. Imagine that the government did cancel Brexit, and Britain remained a member of the EU. How would you mostly feel?
Delighted 23%
Pleased 7%
Relieved 13%
Wouldn't mind either way 8%
Disappointed 8%
Angry 6%
Betrayed 24%
If you want Farage and Nu-kip to make a comeback carry right on.0 -
There have at various times been UK fascist parties in favour of a united & fascist Europe. There isn't one currently, and hasn't been for some time. Still, I daresay some of these yaks are looking at AFD, Orban, Le Pen etc and feeling all warm & fraternal.Sean_F said:
I imagine that few people would qualify for MENSA, and don't think it signifies anything.Nigel_Foremain said:
No, not all Leave voters are racist, but a lot certainly are, and having spoken to quite a few I doubt they would come through a polygraph test on racism very easily. Not all are completely stupid, but not many I have met will be qualifying for MENSA.KentRising said:
One in three BAME voters who voted voted for Leave. Leave wouldn't have won without their votes. My Cambodian-Canadian girlfriend voted to Leave. Your smearing of Leave voters as racist is unpleasant and you need to grow up.tpfkar said:
Yes quite sure - the polling was overwhelmingly clear and the age divide remains. For example YouGov the week after the referendumFloater said:
Really - are you so very sure of that?tpfkar said:
Possibly an age thing? The Will of the Pensioners is a more accurate description of those who voted for Brexit - the workers never wanted it.MarqueeMark said:
Remainer maths: 52% = "no-one".kle4 said:Anecdote alert - acquaintance of mine opines that brexit is a terrible idea which no one even wanted in the first place so it should be cancelled tomorrow. Good to see the debate is not still boiled down to simple answers.
Now, if he meant "no-one in my immediate circle of Facebook friends. All five of them." he might not have appeared such a pillock.
Let me save you time, no you are not sure because plenty of workers did and do still want it.
Even some very young workers in my place voted to leave.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/06/27/how-britain-voted
Of course there were plenty of workers and young people who supported Brexit and senior citizens who did not; but they were not in the majority.
I'm really just trolling the 'Will of the People' phrase - clearly hit a nerve!
Some Leave voters are indeed racist, but so are some Remain voters. There has always been a strand of fascism that is strongly pro a United Europe (eg Sir Oswald Mosley).0 -
Perhaps, but that doesn't measure strength of feeling. Cancelling Brexit will not resolve the issues that led to it (on the contrary, the EU is likely to feel reassured that when put to the test, countries will stay, and that the general course of The Project is still fine). It would, however, almost certainly mean that the most potent voice on the right-of-centre would be a radical/populist one, whether that be a Tory Party led by an out-and-out Brexiteer, or a UKIP2.The_Taxman said:
MPs expenses should be remembered in the context of public anger. It was a lot worse than 30%! On the same subject the issue and anger has dissipated over time. So, I agree retract Article 50 and stop this madness.logical_song said:
Only 30% angry or betrayed. Go for it!Alistair said:Just spotted this YouGov questions and answer in the results page. Exercise for the reader to add the categories up as they see fit
1. The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other member states. Imagine that the government did cancel Brexit, and Britain remained a member of the EU. How would you mostly feel?
Delighted 23%
Pleased 7%
Relieved 13%
Wouldn't mind either way 8%
Disappointed 8%
Angry 6%
Betrayed 24%0 -
Generation Identity banners were aplenty on yesterday's demo. They describe themselves as "pan-European".Theuniondivvie said:
There have at various times been UK fascist parties in favour of a united & fascist Europe. There isn't one currently, and hasn't been for some time. Still, I daresay some of these yaks are looking at AFD, Orban, Le Pen etc and feeling all warm & fraternal.Sean_F said:
I imagine that few people would qualify for MENSA, and don't think it signifies anything.Nigel_Foremain said:
No, not all Leave voters are racist, but a lot certainly are, and having spoken to quite a few I doubt they would come through a polygraph test on racism very easily. Not all are completely stupid, but not many I have met will be qualifying for MENSA.KentRising said:
One in three BAME voters who voted voted for Leave. Leave wouldn't have won without their votes. My Cambodian-Canadian girlfriend voted to Leave. Your smearing of Leave voters as racist is unpleasant and you need to grow up.tpfkar said:
Yes quite sure - the polling was overwhelmingly clear and the age divide remains. For example YouGov the week after the referendumFloater said:
Really - are you so very sure of that?tpfkar said:
Possibly an age thing? The Will of the Pensioners is a more accurate description of those who voted for Brexit - the workers never wanted it.MarqueeMark said:
Remainer maths: 52% = "no-one".kle4 said:Anecdote alert - acquaintance of mine opines that brexit is a terrible idea which no one even wanted in the first place so it should be cancelled tomorrow. Good to see the debate is not still boiled down to simple answers.
Now, if he meant "no-one in my immediate circle of Facebook friends. All five of them." he might not have appeared such a pillock.
Let me save you time, no you are not sure because plenty of workers did and do still want it.
Even some very young workers in my place voted to leave.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/06/27/how-britain-voted
Of course there were plenty of workers and young people who supported Brexit and senior citizens who did not; but they were not in the majority.
I'm really just trolling the 'Will of the People' phrase - clearly hit a nerve!
Some Leave voters are indeed racist, but so are some Remain voters. There has always been a strand of fascism that is strongly pro a United Europe (eg Sir Oswald Mosley).0 -
Mrs M calling on some MPs to be honest that they want a second referendum. But why would anyone vote in one it? Seriously? If they won't implement the result unless THEY like it, there's surely no point at all They promised to implement this one but they had their fingers crossed firmly behind their backs.
I would give up on democracy if that happened. At my age, it would only mean as much tax avoidance as possible (not that I pay a lot), insulting any canvasser who comes to my door, and voting for Joe Stalin or Adolf Hitler. Rage, rage against the dying of the democratic light.0 -
Aka 'white'.Oort said:
Generation Identity banners were aplenty on yesterday's demo. They describe themselves as "pan-European".Theuniondivvie said:
There have at various times been UK fascist parties in favour of a united & fascist Europe. There isn't one currently, and hasn't been for some time. Still, I daresay some of these yaks are looking at AFD, Orban, Le Pen etc and feeling all warm & fraternal.Sean_F said:
I imagine that few people would qualify for MENSA, and don't think it signifies anything.Nigel_Foremain said:
No, not all Leave voters are racist, but a lot certainly are, and having spoken to quite a few I doubt they would come through a polygraph test on racism very easily. Not all are completely stupid, but not many I have met will be qualifying for MENSA.KentRising said:
One in three BAME voters who voted voted for Leave. Leave wouldn't have won without their votes. My Cambodian-Canadian girlfriend voted to Leave. Your smearing of Leave voters as racist is unpleasant and you need to grow up.tpfkar said:
Yes quite sure - the polling was overwhelmingly clear and the age divide remains. For example YouGov the week after the referendumFloater said:
Really - are you so very sure of that?tpfkar said:
Possibly an age thing? The Will of the Pensioners is a more accurate description of those who voted for Brexit - the workers never wanted it.MarqueeMark said:
Remainer maths: 52% = "no-one".kle4 said:Anecdote alert - acquaintance of mine opines that brexit is a terrible idea which no one even wanted in the first place so it should be cancelled tomorrow. Good to see the debate is not still boiled down to simple answers.
Now, if he meant "no-one in my immediate circle of Facebook friends. All five of them." he might not have appeared such a pillock.
Let me save you time, no you are not sure because plenty of workers did and do still want it.
Even some very young workers in my place voted to leave.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/06/27/how-britain-voted
Of course there were plenty of workers and young people who supported Brexit and senior citizens who did not; but they were not in the majority.
I'm really just trolling the 'Will of the People' phrase - clearly hit a nerve!
Some Leave voters are indeed racist, but so are some Remain voters. There has always been a strand of fascism that is strongly pro a United Europe (eg Sir Oswald Mosley).0
