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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    Indeed I think there will be another referendum - maybe we should set one for 15 years in the future - and we can then vote to see if we want to apply for membership of the EU.

    Or maybe we should wait another 43 years (think the last time we voted on joining the EEC was '73 but could be wrong?)

    What do you think?
    We will almost certainly have one now to break the impasse.
    We could also have one in 15 years time.
    It's democracy
    Last edited by sasguru; 3 December 2018, 09:19.

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Indeed. Looks like a 2nd referendum will be the only way out of the impasse.
    Indeed I think there will be another referendum - maybe we should set one for 15 years in the future - and we can then vote to see if we want to apply for membership of the EU.

    Or maybe we should wait another 43 years (think the last time we voted on joining the EEC was '73 but could be wrong?)

    What do you think?

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  • GreenMirror
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    I look forward to a second referendum not because I'm against a "no deal" Brexit but simply for some immense entertainment from outraged Brexiteers. It will be interesting to see if they follow through on their threats for "civil disobedience". I suspect that there will be nothing more than outraged comments online. Some of them have promised to never vote again.

    If Tommy Robinson is organizing any march(is he still organizing the ukip brexit march next Sunday?) then very few will turn up.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Indeed. Looks like a 2nd referendum will be the only way out of the impasse.
    I look forward to a second referendum not because I'm against a "no deal" Brexit but simply for some immense entertainment from outraged Brexiteers. It will be interesting to see if they follow through on their threats for "civil disobedience". I suspect that there will be nothing more than outraged comments online. Some of them have promised to never vote again.

    Last edited by BlasterBates; 3 December 2018, 09:12.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    You seem to misunderstand democracy.

    It is not about you getting what you want - it is about the will of the majority.

    You really have gone full snowflake with this one.
    Indeed. Looks like a 2nd referendum will be the only way out of the impasse.

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by Cirrus View Post
    Look Platypus, the rest of us were quietly going about our everyday business when you and your cronies carried out a vicious, unprovoked attack on us, our lifestyles and the futures of our children. You did it out of stupidity, vanity, recklessness and selfishness. Now the forces of democracy have pushed you all to the ground, don't look up and expect sympathy. None of you has shown the slightest crumb of remorse.
    You seem to misunderstand democracy.

    It is not about you getting what you want - it is about the will of the majority.

    You really have gone full snowflake with this one.

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  • Cirrus
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    Originally posted by Platypus View Post
    You really are a... one of the stand-out patronising smug "I'm cleverer than you" remainers on this forum.
    Look Platypus, the rest of us were quietly going about our everyday business when you and your cronies carried out a vicious, unprovoked attack on us, our lifestyles and the futures of our children. You did it out of stupidity, vanity, recklessness and selfishness. Now the forces of democracy have pushed you all to the ground, don't look up and expect sympathy. None of you has shown the slightest crumb of remorse.

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  • Platypus
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    Originally posted by Cirrus View Post
    I guess I'm not the first person to point out the Guardian is a very balanced newspaper whereas you are nothing but a right wing bigot. Almost certainly you gambled the country's future, and now you are increasingly peeved that the Guardian classes are relentlessly stamping out the last few flickering flames of barmy Brexit self delusion. No doubt you'll stagger down to the polling station for Referendum II but you'll be wasting your time.

    And you know it.
    You really are a very bitter saddo, one of the stand-out patronising smug "I'm cleverer than you" remainers on this forum. "Guardian classes" ? I mean, really?

    I used to have the Guardian delivered, every day, on the basis that people said it's a balanced newspaper with good reporting. But after about a year I just couldn't take any more of the constant stream of left-wing biased bilge, the blinkered opinions masquerading as news, Polly Toynbee who's clearly a very clever lady and surely can't believe the tulipe that she writes, the self-righteousness from well-heeled lefty journos, the London-centric view of the world. I mean, Carole Cadwalladr? How can she be so wrong so often?

    It appears I'm not alone in my experience of this newspaper, • The Guardian circulation in the UK 2003-2016 | Statistic

    But it sounds like your sort of paper, I'm certain you'd like it.

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  • sasguru
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    How quickly people forget that immediately post-referendum there was a great dollop of QE and a drop in interest rates.
    As the economy was growing at a reasonable lick then (2% p.a.) you'd expect such a stimulus to propel a rocket- fuelled expansion, all things being equal.
    Instead it's well documented that the Uk fell to the lowest growth of the G8 - where it still sits.
    And where it will sit for the long term, IMO, if any sort of Brexit is pursued.

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  • Cirrus
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    Ducklike? Shouldn't that be Dicklike?

    Originally posted by Platypus View Post
    Maybe not the old, but everyone I know who reads the Guardian is stupid.
    I guess I'm not the first person to point out the Guardian is a very balanced newspaper whereas you are nothing but a right wing bigot. Almost certainly you gambled the country's future, and now you are increasingly peeved that the Guardian classes are relentlessly stamping out the last few flickering flames of barmy Brexit self delusion. No doubt you'll stagger down to the polling station for Referendum II but you'll be wasting your time.

    And you know it.

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