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Previously on "Brexit - an irrelevant sideshow"

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    That is really widely spoken....
    Patience, Comrade

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    FTFY
    That is really widely spoken....

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    It is only missing a Language. It should not be the language of any existing EU state. But should be widely spoken.

    How about Russian?
    FTFY

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by Flashman View Post
    The EU has a ...

    President
    Parliament
    Flag
    Anthem
    Currency
    Constitution
    Central Bank
    Diplomatic Corp
    European Security Force (definitely not an Army though )
    Foreign Policy
    Ability to sign international treaties in its own name
    Has a seat on the World Trade Organisation

    Not a state though.
    It is only missing a Language. It should not be the language of any existing EU state. But should be widely spoken.

    How about American?

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  • bobspud
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    Hitler was a vegetarian.
    He was also a mentally ill psychopathic maniac that manipulated 30% of the German population at a time when it was easy to blame an ethnic group for the woes of a formerly strong nation.

    Can anyone else name another great political figure like him?

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  • bobspud
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Sp the PIGS countries selling their 10 year bonds at 2-3% yields few years ago are starting to look like good bets now.
    As safer place as any to lose a fortune

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    The EU is not a state.
    Yet

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  • Flashman
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    The EU is not a state.
    The EU has a ...

    President
    Parliament
    Flag
    Anthem
    Currency
    Constitution
    Central Bank
    Diplomatic Corp
    European Security Force (definitely not an Army though )
    Foreign Policy
    Ability to sign international treaties in its own name
    Has a seat on the World Trade Organisation

    Not a state though.

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    The EU is not a state.
    Hitler was a vegetarian.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    Both capitalist and communist states can demonstrate plutocratic traits.

    I would suggest the EU is not socialist, as it is 28 separate members working for their self interests.

    The EU itself is a non democratic federalist state with plutocratic ideals.
    The EU is not a state.

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    So is the EUSSR both plutocratic and communist?
    Both capitalist and communist states can demonstrate plutocratic traits.

    I would suggest the EU is not socialist, as it is 28 separate members working for their self interests.

    The EU itself is a non democratic federalist state with plutocratic ideals.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by Flashman View Post
    The EU's more like a version of Italian fascism.

    All within the state. Corporations, Banks, Trade Unions, Politicians working together for a common goal.
    Lunatics like you are the primary reason I switched from Leave to Remain.

    Anyway, my Irish colleague who is resident in Ireland and has never lived in Northern Ireland got his postal ballot paper today.

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  • Flashman
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    So is the EUSSR both plutocratic and communist?
    The EU's more like a version of Italian fascism.

    All within the state. Corporations, Banks, Trade Unions, Politicians working together for a common goal.

    Fascism is for the only liberty which can be a serious thing, the liberty of the state and of the individual in the state. Therefore for the fascist, everything is in the state, and no human or spiritual thing exists, or has any sort of value, outside the state. In this sense fascism is totalitarian, and the fascist state which is the synthesis and unity of every value, interprets, develops and strengthens the entire life of the people.

    — Benito Mussolini, Giovanni Gentile, Doctrine of Fascism (1932

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  • BrilloPad
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    No guesses on the film comparing the economy to seasons?

    I'll give a clue - its a Peter Sellers one....

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    We are economically linked to a deflationary time bomb (the EU), uncontrolled migration is a threat to our security, peace, and pushes up the demand for housing. Quite frankly I can't think of a more important issue for the UK right now.

    The plutocrats want us to stay. Which is why a vote to leave is a real chance to rock the status quo. The EU Referendum Pits Big Business Against Working People - That's Why I'm Voting 'Leave'
    So is the EUSSR both plutocratic and communist?

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