Reply to: The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May

[AtW]

But the UK holds all the cards.

Yeah, a pair of twos

[Old Greg]

In short the UK will get its ass kicked.

But the UK holds all the cards.

[chopper]

Our problem is the EU think May is bluffing when we says "No deal is better than a bad deal" - and might just call her bluff.

If the EU think we need to pay 25 years worth of net contributions, but not have 25 years worth of the benefits of the various EU institutions, then that is the very definition of no deal being better than a bad deal.

[scooterscot]

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(There is no evidence he ever said that. As Abraham Lincoln famously said "Don't believe everything you read on the internet")

[centurian]

When I saw the rag and the author (left and lefter), my expectations were low - but I thought it was an excellent article.

Varoufakis's biggest problem was that they said - "we want to stay in the EU at any cost". They were bluffing - and the EU knew it, so they increased the cost even further.

So when Corbyn, Farron and Sturgeon say "we want to stay in the single market at any cost" - they are total utter f-wits of negotiators.

Our problem is the EU think May is bluffing when we says "No deal is better than a bad deal" - and might just call her bluff.

[SueEllen]

I thought it was "those who don't understand history are condemned to repeat it". Like the nationalists who call the EU 'the fourth Reich'.

There are lots of variations but it is out of some book called "Life of Reason" by George Santayana. If you google you get the exact translated phrase from the book

I like this one :

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ~ Albert Einstein. Traditional ... Albert Einstein, in a letter to Alfred Kneser (7 June 1918); Doc.

Nice.

[VectraMan]

I like this one - Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

I suspect you will now be looking for the source of your quotes on posters -

I thought it was "those who don't understand history are condemned to repeat it". Like the nationalists who call the EU 'the fourth Reich'.

I like this one :

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ~ Albert Einstein. Traditional ... Albert Einstein, in a letter to Alfred Kneser (7 June 1918); Doc.

[NotAllThere]

I like this one - Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

I prefer the rather more despairing poem by S. Turner.

History repeats itself
Has to
No-one listens

Ah shucks - I liked that quote.

That's because it confirms your existing views.

[SueEllen]

Ah shucks - I liked that quote.

I like this one - Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

I suspect you will now be looking for the source of your quotes on posters -

[meridian]

The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May

I think it was a referendum, which they voted to reject, so the EU tightened the screws and the Greece capitulated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gree...ferendum,_2015

At least they had a vote, which is more than we had when Blair led us into Iraq.

All governments do what they want. Only the most crafty do it with the pretence that the people are having their say.

[PurpleGorilla]

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(There is no evidence he ever said that. As Abraham Lincoln famously said "Don't believe everything you read on the internet")

Ah shucks - I liked that quote.

[northernladyuk]

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(There is no evidence he ever said that. As Abraham Lincoln famously said "Don't believe everything you read on the internet")

He read it on the side of a bus.

[BlasterBates]

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(There is no evidence he ever said that. As Abraham Lincoln famously said "Don't believe everything you read on the internet")

Since he still evidently believes in the old USSR, unlikely that this is anything more than some cr*p on an internet site.

Russian Empire 2: Mikhail Gorbachev calls for new Soviet Union | Daily Star

[WTFH]

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(There is no evidence he ever said that. As Abraham Lincoln famously said "Don't believe everything you read on the internet")

[BlasterBates]

In short the UK will get its ass kicked.