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Previously on "Historical comparisons to the current state of affairs"

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    The Krankies?

    Beat me too it.

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    The Krankies?

    Can't be them, Janette is already signed up to play Sturgeon

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Whorty View Post
    But who will play Tezza and Jezza?
    The Krankies?

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Whorty View Post
    No deal will cause short term pain for many people. They will blame the Tories and UKIP. At the next GE both these parties will suffer in the ballot box. The Tories may even tear themselves apart completely.

    And they say Brexit has no upside
    Keep your politically correct revisionism to yourself.

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by Yorkie62 View Post
    You forgot to add the Hollywood film deal in which Arnie (playing president Trump) parachutes in shoots everyone and saves the day.

    Sent from my SM-G955F using Contractor UK Forum mobile app
    But who will play Tezza and Jezza?

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  • Yorkie62
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Are you mad? This is great entertainment. What is needed is a 21 month extension, with a last minute second referendum, narrowly won by Leave, with parliament then ignoring the result.
    You forgot to add the Hollywood film deal in which Arnie (playing president Trump) parachutes in shoots everyone and saves the day.

    Sent from my SM-G955F using Contractor UK Forum mobile app

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by meridian View Post
    No deal guarantees that this will go on for years.
    No deal probably will ensure destruction of two main UK parties, which is the only good thing Brexit can bring

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    No deal is better than this tulip going on for years
    No deal will cause short term pain for many people. They will blame the Tories and UKIP. At the next GE both these parties will suffer in the ballot box. The Tories may even tear themselves apart completely.

    And they say Brexit has no upside

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    No deal is better than this tulip going on for years
    Are you mad? This is great entertainment. What is needed is a 21 month extension, with a last minute second referendum, narrowly won by Leave, with parliament then ignoring the result.

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  • meridian
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    No deal is better than this tulip going on for years
    No deal guarantees that this will go on for years.

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  • AtW
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    No deal is better than this tulip going on for years

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  • BlasterBates
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    So getting interesting.

    Basically Labour will be proposing the Common Market 2.0 amendment, if that fails it will be almost certainly no deal.

    May's deal is effectively dead, it's Corbyn's deal or no deal.

    That will focus minds

    There we have it, Corbyn is now effectively in control.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by Amy Shrotersfield View Post
    Here's something from history that puts things in perspective.
    The results of the Quebec Referendum of 1995.

    Yes:49.4% (Quebec should become sovereign)
    No:50.6%

    No problems there in putting that question to bed for another generation on the basis of such a slender margin. The establishment got the answer it wanted...
    Inneresting.

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  • Amy Shrotersfield
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    Here's something from history that puts things in perspective.
    The results of the Quebec Referendum of 1995.

    Yes:49.4% (Quebec should become sovereign)
    No:50.6%

    No problems there in putting that question to bed for another generation on the basis of such a slender margin. The establishment got the answer it wanted...

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  • Historical comparisons to the current state of affairs

    Things have got worse than Suez, so as the gammons love a WW2 analogy, this is the nearest 20th century equivalent to the mess in parliament: Norway Debate - Wikipedia

    The good news, is that that parliamentary debate in 1940 brought Churchill to the prime ministership. The bad news is that BoJo is the Tories' current Asda Smartprice Churchill offer. The best of the current bunch looks like Keir Starmer, or Dominic Grieve, but there's no obvious route for either of them to the PM position.

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