[Politics] Brexit

[Chicken Run]

Are you drunk?

No, scary isn’t it!

 

[A1X]

There is almost literally nothing that specimen would not say to get his fat arse into No 10.

Saw someone on Twitter last night saying Johnson likes the idea of being PM a lot more than he'll like the reality of it, which I think is pretty shrewd. He basically thinks it'll give him almost unlimited power. May thought similar, the problem though with trying to be an autocrat is you need authority in order to convince anyone. And he inherits at least the same situation May has now and probably worse.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

What IS it with the likes of has been dinosaurs Blair and Major keep piping up with their views, as if anyone gives a ####?

Experience counts for nothing, eh? Maybe having dealt with the EU, and diplomats in the past, they can see past the lies and bluster of those in power now.

 

[A1X]

What IS it with the likes of has been dinosaurs Blair and Major keep piping up with their views, as if anyone gives a ####?

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They are former Prime Ministers of the country. That means they have a better understanding of the intricacies of geopolitics and how the nation works than, for example, you or me.

 

[Is it PotG?]

They are former Prime Ministers of the country. That means they have a better understanding of the intricacies of geopolitics and how the nation works than, for example, you or me.

Blair, indeed, knows how to get things going with little trouble or substance.

 

[A1X]

I know. The future for Brexit Britain under it's believers is so much more bright and vibrant in comparison.

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Side note but it has been tremendous watching all these Brexiters waffling on while Big Ben is done up like that, gives a whole dystopian air to proceedings you'd struggle to create otherwise.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Experience counts for nothing, eh? Maybe having dealt with the EU, and diplomats in the past, they can see past the lies and bluster of those in power now.

Blair, indeed, knows how to get things going with little trouble or substance

 

[A1X]

Blair, indeed, knows how to get things going with little trouble or substance.

He didn't have much trouble because he was the last Prime Minister who was genuinely popular with the public, and the only one since 1987 to actually win a working majority outright (three times over). Indeed it's only really him and Thatcher who have done it in the last 50 years.

 

[Is it PotG?]

He didn't have much trouble because he was the last Prime Minister who was genuinely popular with the public, and the only one since 1987 to actually win a working majority outright (three times over). Indeed it's only really him and Thatcher who have done it in the last 50 years.

Do you not think that, in light of revelations of events during his reign, that his popularity might have dwindled a tad?

 

[A1X]

Do you not think that, in light of revelations of events during his reign, that his popularity might have dwindled a tad?

Undoubtedly, but then he's not trying to win elections now. And I'd argue even now he's still more likely to be more popular with the public than pretty much any Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition since (although that says more about them than him TBH).

 

[Is it PotG?]

Undoubtedly, but then he's not trying to win elections now. And I'd argue even now he's still more likely to be more popular with the public than pretty much any Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition since (although that says more about them than him TBH).

We need a poll...…………..

 

[ManOfSussex]

Experience counts for nothing, eh? Maybe having dealt with the EU, and diplomats in the past, they can see past the lies and bluster of those in power now.

We're no longer allowed to have experienced people who know how The EU works, or have any international trade experience negotiate Brexit, or anyone who really knows how actual international political, trade and diplomatic relations work - They might be remoaners and experts who don't believe in Britain.

I read a review yesterday for example of a new book - 'Defeated by Brexit' by Chris Cook, and apparently 30% of DExEU is under the age of 30 as there was concern that people with actual Brussels experience 'may have gone native'.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/...tale-of-how-brexit-was-spaffed-away-1.3950422

 

[Chicken Run]

Side note but it has been tremendous watching all these Brexiters waffling on while Big Ben is done up like that, gives a whole dystopian air to proceedings you'd struggle to create otherwise.

I bet you’re spaffing all up the wall in excitement [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[A1X]

I bet you’re spaffing all up the wall in excitement [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

That has nothing to do with my excitement

 

[schmunk]

I know. The future for Brexit Britain under it's believers is so much more bright and vibrant in comparison.

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It's great that she's managed to rejuvenate her ailing career...

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

True.

The EU will not budge, they shouldn’t and I sincerely hope they don’t. I’m keen to watch Boris vs The EU. I hope they crush him; it will be a joy to watch.

A bit like Nige when he tells them a few home truths about their shennanigans
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

If every European Migrant who claims benefits and hasn’t lived here for 5 years went back to their own country once Brexit is delivered, what sort of money are we talking about not being paid out?

Millions
regards
DR

 

[Flex Your Head]

The same people, so rabidly indignant at UK membership of the EU, are jumping up and down in pleasure as Donald Trump humiliates and demeans the UK and its institutions. I get that some leave supporters don’t like mainland Europe and don’t want to be a part of the EU project. But to then actively support, and indeed positively welcome utter subservience to the US is utterly incomprehensible. To go from leading players in the biggest and richest free market on the planet to chasing, at best, second-class US statehood is bizarre in the extreme. But these Brexiters would have us believe that they are the patriots, and that Remainers are traitors. And they seem to be getting away with it.

(A Below the Line comment from earlier today - sums things up pretty well.)

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Eh? It's a very well known fact that EU immigrants are of net financial benefit to the country, so we would be poorer if they "went back to their own country", and not just financially.

Under cutting wages is a sure benefit to British workers
regards
DR

 

[Blue3]

Sir James Dyson has bought what is thought to be Singapore's biggest and most expensive penthouse flat.
The purchase comes after his company, best known for its vacuum cleaners, moved its HQ from the UK to Singapore.
Sir James, a prominent advocate for Brexit who has said leaving the EU with no deal would "make no difference", was accused of hypocrisy after the move.
The property is at the heart of the city's business district and spans three floors and has five bedrooms.
Official records show Sir James and his wife Lady Deirdre Dyson are joint tenants of the apartment at the prestigious Wallich Residence.
"Given the decision to locate the headquarters in Singapore and the growing focus of the company's business in the region, of course James Dyson has bought a property there," a Dyson spokesperson said in a statement.

What a complete self serving little slim ball good riddance his knighthood should be revoked