Brexit Referendum - Page 336 - Politics and Economics

Apparently we should be sucking up to Russia according to BJ. It’s amazing how in step they are becoming with trump, in what must be a staggering coincidence.

Scratch that apparently we will be facing them on the cyber battlefield. ****ing lol Boris. The city of london has a lot to answer for for replacing Livingstone with this absolute boob in 09.

12-22-2017 , 09:51 AM

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SiMor29

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I'm sure it was hilarious at the time though.

12-22-2017 , 10:54 AM

#8378

pyatnitski

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They redesign the passports periodically anyway and I think the change back to blue is just going to coincide with the next of those, but the totemic status the change seems to have with Brexiters is certainly a bit ridiculous. I saw an article earlier saying that using a blue passport was a source of national pride that we could now reclaim. Quite apart from how silly it is to take pride in a passport colour, the idea that citizens of any other nation might even be aware that blue = UK is hilarious. Still, when you have so little of meaningful substance to celebrate why not get excited about any 'win'.

Last edited by pyatnitski; 12-22-2017 at 10:57 AM. Reason: Shows the age split too, obv, I'm nearly 40 and never had a blue passport.

12-24-2017 , 06:37 AM

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unwantedguest

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Bitterballs has his sovereignty back now he can get a blue passport again.

Something nobody was stopping the UK from using anyway lol.

Lying tory bastards are a bunch of chancers. Would bet ^^ still got a cheer in the BB house.

12-24-2017 , 12:21 PM

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DTD

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It's just a small step along the way to the final goal.

There will be other steps, some pointless and some painful (at least for the poor, non-citizens or people married to such etc).

Then we'll be there. Fewer foreign rape gangs coming into the UK.

RESULT AND TOTALLY WORTH IT FOR BREXITERS.

12-24-2017 , 12:51 PM

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SiMor29

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But the UK will get its sovereignty back, didn’t you hear? Then we can get rid of all of those awful EU enforced policies that we never adopted in the first place.

12-25-2017 , 03:20 AM

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jalfrezi

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The unstated aim of the Tory right is pretty obviously to repeal all the progressive EU legislation post-Brexit, and catapult us back to the 19th century.

Hello even longer working hours and more zero hour contracts. How this chimes with the global move towards mass automation of blue and white collar jobs god only knows. I wouldn't want to be a young person in a post-Brexit Britain.

12-25-2017 , 05:13 AM

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diebitter

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Being a vassal of a superstate with no particular interest in the issues and wellbeing of this country, and no decent democratic power to vote out bad decision makers about this country seems way better, does it?

Merry Christmas, one and all!

12-25-2017 , 09:31 AM

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jalfrezi

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As usual your post doesn't make any sense: the EU has no interest in the economic prosperity of its second biggest economy.

Uh huh.

12-25-2017 , 12:57 PM

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diebitter

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Oh I'm sure it wants to keep milking that cow, given a chance.

12-25-2017 , 03:39 PM

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stinkubus

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LOL The UK, Germany, France, et al are the ones doing the milking.

12-26-2017 , 02:12 AM

#8387

SuperUberBob

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I know there'll never be another Scottish independence referendum but **** they're should be. Scotland doesn't deserve this ****.

12-27-2017 , 11:03 AM

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SiMor29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

I know there'll never be another Scottish independence referendum but **** they're should be. Scotland doesn't deserve this ****.

Scotland will get another vote sooner or later. When you vote as a country 62/38 to Remain, with every single council area backing it, it’s going to be increasingly hard to justify not having a second referendum. Especially since one of the main arguments against leaving was the loss of EU membership if we did.

For the record I voted No last time but I may post in a yes next time around if only as a way to reject the premise of racist little Englanders. I have a feeling the EU would welcome an independent Scotland with open arms, and I’d love for us to rejoin the Union.

12-27-2017 , 11:14 AM

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BOIDS

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pretty sure spain would tell scotland to f off

12-27-2017 , 11:16 AM

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SiMor29

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They probably would aye, thankfully it’s not their call.

12-27-2017 , 11:29 AM

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SiMor29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SiMor29

They probably would aye, thankfully it’s not their call.

Hold on unless you mean would they veto an independent Scotland’s membership?

They said earlier this year that they wouldn’t.

12-27-2017 , 11:38 AM

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BOIDS

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oh, i missed that

tho possible this catalonia escalation changed things

12-27-2017 , 12:38 PM

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DTD

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You guys know more than me, but I've always assumed that Brexit makes it very likely that Scotland will get another vote relatively soon and when they do leaving will be a huge favourite.

Yet another win for Brexiters I assume AS THEY WONT HAVE ENGLISH POLICY VOTED FOR BY JOCKS ANY MORE.

#takebackcontrol

12-27-2017 , 12:43 PM

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SiMor29

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It’s a tough one as they’d have to sell adopting the Euro amongst other things. Plus SNP lost a lot of their support during the general, but given how poorly the Tories are doing, mismanaging everything to do with governing a country it’s anyone’s guess. Who knows. Basically Brexit has made every single option worse.

12-27-2017 , 12:53 PM

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SiMor29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BOIDS

oh, i missed that

tho possible this catalonia escalation changed things

I really don’t know, from what I understand they were against indy Scotland as it would weaken the EU as a whole to have a broken up UK, but now there will be no UK in the EU anyway I think they’re less opposed to it.

12-27-2017 , 01:04 PM

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DTD

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SiMor29

I'm sure I'm being dumb, but why would Scotland need to the Euro to be accepted as an EU state?

12-27-2017 , 01:11 PM

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SiMor29

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It’s a condition of entry for new members

12-27-2017 , 01:22 PM

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DTD

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Ah ha - I thought that a new member could "defer" it, as non-Euro countries have, for a long indefinite period. If it's 100% then it's certainly a factor.

12-27-2017 , 01:30 PM

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SiMor29

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Hey maybe I’m wrong on that point, I thought these days it was Euro or no go. Will check when I’m not on my phone...

12-27-2017 , 02:02 PM

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diebitter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DTD

The sooner Scotland is independent the better imo. It will happen eventually whatever.

They need to man up and take stewardship of their own nation properly mo.

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