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If there was a second Brexit referendum how would you vote?

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Two Professors

Two Professors

Two Mad Professors
Jul 13, 2009
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Multicultural Brum
Lincoln Imp said:
A pleasant antidote to this thread for me this morning: 90 minutes as a LibDem teller at a polling station. Business was quiet some of the time and the Conservative alongside me, charming, understated and furious with the government for the shambles he said they're inflicting on everyone, described himself as a 'reluctant leaver'. He hadn't been confident of Britain's ability to keep the EU federalists at bay.

It would be easy for me to claim he has changed his mind about Brexit. He may have done, he may not have done, although he did say that a two-tier EU now looks more possible than before, and that such a structure would have been no bad thing for the UK. He didn't demure when I suggested that Britain has a lot of soulmates across northern and eastern Europe, EU members who saw the UK as the leader of a drive towards a different form of European Union.

If I had to guess I'd suspect he wouldn't have voted Leave if he knew the troubles it would cause. Whatever, he restored my faith in the possibilities of quiet discussion.
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If a two-tier EU had ever been on offer it would have been great.Unfortunately,it would have meant that the EU top brass had to admit to totally cocking up qualification for the Euro,and they will never admit to mistakes.Hence the mass unemployment in Greece,Spain,Italy etc.,and youth left with despair or criminalisation as their only options.
 




Two Professors

Two Professors

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Pretty pink fairy

Pretty pink fairy

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Jan 30, 2008
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Lincoln Imp said:
A pleasant antidote to this thread for me this morning: 90 minutes as a LibDem teller at a polling station. Business was quiet some of the time and the Conservative alongside me, charming, understated and furious with the government for the shambles he said they're inflicting on everyone, described himself as a 'reluctant leaver'. He hadn't been confident of Britain's ability to keep the EU federalists at bay.

It would be easy for me to claim he has changed his mind about Brexit. He may have done, he may not have done, although he did say that a two-tier EU now looks more possible than before, and that such a structure would have been no bad thing for the UK. He didn't demure when I suggested that Britain has a lot of soulmates across northern and eastern Europe, EU members who saw the UK as the leader of a drive towards a different form of European Union.

If I had to guess I'd suspect he wouldn't have voted Leave if he knew the troubles it would cause. Whatever, he restored my faith in the possibilities of quiet discussion.
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just what you'd imagined he had said :dunce:
regards
DR
 




shingle

shingle

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Jan 18, 2004
3,224
Lewes
Yet another call to respect the referendum. I actually don't fear a second referendum any more, it now seems that there's a large group of remainers out there who would vote Leave in any 2nd referendum out of anger that that the largest democratic vote in our history was being ignored. Anyhow here's Paxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RBdFirLeY
 


Pretty pink fairy

Pretty pink fairy

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Jan 30, 2008
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shingle said:
Yet another call to respect the referendum. I actually don't fear a second referendum any more, it now seems that there's a large group of remainers out there who would vote Leave in any 2nd referendum out of anger that that the largest democratic vote in our history was being ignored. Anyhow here's Paxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RBdFirLeY
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yep, so much for the "racist", "little Englander", "thick", shit the undemocratic loons throw about the place, LEAVE MEANS LEAVE
regards
DR
 


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Lincoln Imp

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Feb 2, 2009
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shingle said:
Yet another call to respect the referendum. I actually don't fear a second referendum any more, it now seems that there's a large group of remainers out there who would vote Leave in any 2nd referendum out of anger that that the largest democratic vote in our history was being ignored. Anyhow here's Paxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RBdFirLeY
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"It now seems...". Do you have any evidence for this or is it just wishful thinking on your part? If the latter, perhaps we could file it alongside having our cake and eating it, they need us more than we need them and easiest deal in history.

And it wasn't the largest democratic vote in our history. And it hasn't been ignored.

But you're right about Paxo. It's definitely him in that video.
 




Pretty pink fairy

Pretty pink fairy

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Jan 30, 2008
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Lincoln Imp said:
"It now seems...". Do you have any evidence for this or is it just wishful thinking on your part? If the latter, perhaps we could file it alongside having our cake and eating it, they need us more than we need them and easiest deal in history.

And it wasn't the largest democratic vote in our history. And it hasn't been ignored.

But you're right about Paxo. It's definitely him in that video.
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you seem a bit bitter ?
regards
DR
 




shingle

shingle

Well-known member
Jan 18, 2004
3,224
Lewes
Lincoln Imp said:
"It now seems...". Do you have any evidence for this or is it just wishful thinking on your part? If the latter, perhaps we could file it alongside having our cake and eating it, they need us more than we need them and easiest deal in history.

And it wasn't the largest democratic vote in our history. And it hasn't been ignored.

But you're right about Paxo. It's definitely him in that video.
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Ok then, largest mandate in British voting history, not sure that's any better for you though, and yes, it is being ignored, and you can't begin a new sentence with And :blush:
 












Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
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shingle said:
Ok then, largest mandate in British voting history, not sure that's any better for you though, and yes, it is being ignored, and you can't begin a new sentence with And :blush:
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It's not the largest mandate in British voting history. In fact the original referendum to JOIN the EEC was won by approximately 67% to 33%, rather than 52-48 and still had 17 million or so votes in favour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resul...om_European_Communities_membership_referendum

And you can start a sentence with "and" because I just did. There is no rule at all in historical grammar to say that you can't. Presumably teachers, teaching by rote in the 70s and 80s just found it easier.

http://www.thewriter.com/what-we-th...-okay-to-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/

https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/05/can-i-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/
 






Pretty pink fairy

Pretty pink fairy

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Guinness Boy said:
It's not the largest mandate in British voting history. In fact the original referendum to JOIN the EEC was won by approximately 67% to 33%, rather than 52-48 and still had 17 million or so votes in favour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resul...om_European_Communities_membership_referendum

And you can start a sentence with "and" because I just did. There is no rule at all in historical grammar to say that you can't. Presumably teachers, teaching by rote in the 70s and 80s just found it easier.

http://www.thewriter.com/what-we-th...-okay-to-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/

https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/05/can-i-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/
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IS THAT THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY YOU'RE CHIRPING ON ABOUT WHICH MORPHED INTO THE EU ?# DESPERATE
regards
DR
 




Grombleton

Grombleton

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Dec 31, 2011
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