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Previously on "As a lifelong Tory I'm disgusted with the Tory party"

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Is yourbrexit one of these fake news sites?
    Interesting. Yourbrexit is a fascist friendly fake news site - nice one mauve monkey.

    Tommy Robinson SHUTS DOWN students who call him 'racist' for criticising radical ISLAM - Your Brexit

    Rebel media contributor, Tommy Robinson
    From wiki:

    Tommy Robinson
    Tommy Robinson 2016 Breitbart portrait.png
    Tommy Robinson in October 2015
    Born Stephen Christopher Yaxley
    27 November 1982 (age 34)
    Luton, England
    Residence Luton, Bedfordshire, England
    Nationality British
    Citizenship British
    Occupation Sunbed shop owner
    Years active 2009 – present[1]
    Known for Former leader of the English Defence League and European Defence League
    Political party British National Party (2004-05)[2]
    British Freedom Party (2012)[3]
    Movement European Defence League (2010 - 2013)
    Pegida UK (2016 - present)
    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...-news-war-room

    But who was behind the false claim? The site’s information page said it was recently set up to inform users about developments on Brexit, but every one of the 10 or so stories it publishes daily is geared towards attacking remain supporters or backing leavers.

    Is it run by the Southend News Network which has a linked ad account. That spoof site has at times slipped into fake news. When it reported last year that the M25 was to close for a week so it could be used for an endurance race, the story was picked up in good faith and reported on LBC radio.

    SNN is run by Simon Harris, an Essex teacher who until now has tried to guard his anonymity. He has confirmed to the Guardian that he owns the domain to YourBrexit, but said Walter White was the pseudonym of a 19-year-old student in Southend “who is fed up with the liberal elite”.

    “I don’t have time to check all the stuff he writes so he tends to make more mistakes,” said Harris.

    The student, who spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity, publishes YourBrexit from his bedroom while also studying for exams, but that doesn’t stop his site generating significant traffic.

    He claims that a million people click on YourBrexit each month and he has a reach through Facebook of 3 million. It earns him several hundred pounds a month in ad revenue although he says he would do it for free. “I’m fed up with the constant anti-Brexit news stories and decided to do something about it,” he said.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    The same would be true of Victorian Britain.
    Direction of travel is at least as important as current state.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    It does seem unlikely, but we do seem to be in unprecedented times.
    Is yourbrexit one of these fake news sites?

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Don't believe that for a moment. Sound like fake news to me.
    It does seem unlikely, but we do seem to be in unprecedented times.

    Odds on the Queen's Speech passing?

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    BREAKING: Sinn Fein MPs fly to Westminster to 'take seats and topple Tory/DUP government' - Your Brexit

    For more than 100 years, MPs from the Irish Republican party Sinn Fein including Gerry Adams have refused to take their seats in the House of Commons as they officially do no recognise the rule of Westminster. However, all of that could be about to change as it has been reported that their seven MPs are on their way to London to begin the formal process of taking a place in parliament.
    Don't believe that for a moment. Sound like fake news to me.

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    As a lifelong Tory I'm disgusted with the Tory party

    http://yourbrexit.co.uk/news/breakin...up-government/

    For more than 100 years, MPs from the Irish Republican party Sinn Fein including Gerry Adams have refused to take their seats in the House of Commons as they officially do no recognise the rule of Westminster. However, all of that could be about to change as it has been reported that their seven MPs are on their way to London to begin the formal process of taking a place in parliament.

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/378604...-dup-majority/
    Last edited by PurpleGorilla; 13 June 2017, 10:57.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by squarepeg View Post
    If the non-British EU nationals on our team left there would be a lot of British managers left to manage... 1 British dev and 2 ops... Considering the fact how important our project is to the FS in this country I find it rather amusing to watch what's happening in the UK after the Brexit referendum.
    That's OK, there won't be much in the way of FS anyway.

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  • squarepeg
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Exactly after Brexit the car industry and the banking industry will be hollowed out, life will be miserable and there will still be floods of immigrants coming in, they just won't be coming from the EU.

    EU immigrants are extremely well qualified so I will expect water pipes to start bursting, electrical installations to spontaneously burst into flames and probably the streets will stink because the rubbish isn't being collected. The NHS is already running into an acute crisis because their EU staff are leaving in droves.

    If the non-British EU nationals on our team left there would be a lot of British managers left to manage... 1 British dev and 2 ops... Considering the fact how important our project is to the FS in this country I find it rather amusing to watch what's happening in the UK after the Brexit referendum.

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    SNP, Lib-Dems ?

    There isn't much chance of a Labour majority, but a very good chance of a coalition of chaos. The SNP will be demanding a referendum for support and Labour will almost certainly give way on that. After all the prize is Unions marching up and down the county, uncollected bins etc. and Union leaders sitting in Downing street with glasses of beer. It isn't as if the Labour Brexiteers give much of a sh*t about Brexit, their manifesto is mere platitudes.

    A second referendum is now almost inevitable.

    be afraid, be very afraid.....
    Jolly good.

    I don't care whether it's a coalition of chaos or a unity of order, if a proposition can command a majority in Parliament, it's perfectly fair.

    What's far more likely is that, in 20 years time, when most of the old feckers are pushing daisies and the EU hasn't collapsed (hmmm ), there could be a substantial majority for returning. In the mean time, suck it up, shirley

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Anyone who travels much will realise the UK is looking distinctly 2nd rate in many areas and has been for a while.
    Dirty streets, terrible roads, some of the most deprived areas anywhere.
    Outside London, the country isn't at all a global player, but looks like what it is: a has-been.
    The same would be true of Victorian Britain.

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  • VectraMan
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    Originally posted by squarepeg View Post
    There is no need for that. Whoever wins, Labour or Tories, will continue with Brexit.
    They're both scared of losing votes to each other. The Tories won't be realistic on Brexit because they think the public (who they've decided all want Brexit at all costs) will vote Labour, and Labour think the same if they don't say the same as the Tories. A cross party committee* would at least mean both sides could come back from the brink and present a joint front for not being stupid about it, and they only have to worry about losing roughly equal amounts of votes to UKIP, which with FPTP doesn't matter in the slightest.

    *I know. It would never work.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    So how about we call a Second Referendum and use your criteria? A 2/3 decision one way or the other or we simply maintain the status quo and push on with Brexit?
    I am totally fine with the second referendum, subject to the above requirements.

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  • squarepeg
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    The first thing the Tories should do is form a cross-party negotiating team for Brexit.
    This is too important an issue for ideas to come from just one party - it's akin to a national emergency.
    There is no need for that. Whoever wins, Labour or Tories, will continue with Brexit.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    1) Binding
    2) 2/3 majority is required with minimum turnout of at least 2/3.

    But before that Brexit should have been defined what is it before it was put to vote, most important any deal should be approved by referendum.

    Then it would have been fine.
    So how about we call a Second Referendum and use your criteria? A 2/3 decision one way or the other or we simply maintain the status quo and push on with Brexit?

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by contractorinatractor View Post
    Advisory referendum. Advisory. That was their main error - should have made it binding then all of us here would be more accepting of the result. As it stands, there is zero contractual reason to 'do' anything with the the referendum result. That isn't going against the democratic process, but is instead observing democracy: it was for advisory purposes of informing parliament. Was a result referenced for either possible vote? No.
    1) Binding
    2) 2/3 majority is required with minimum turnout of at least 2/3.

    But before that Brexit should have been defined what is it before it was put to vote, most important any deal should be approved by referendum.

    Then it would have been fine.

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