ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Fair enough. Still. More public-facing statements are needed and from across the board. PMQ is a pantomime show that the common man doesn't give a fuck about.
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The UK votes to leave the European Union
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Fair enough. Still. More public-facing statements are needed and from across the board. PMQ is a pantomime show that the common man doesn't give a fuck about.
Raven117
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Bwahaha, this post is fantastic.
(Im not sure the other poster caught what you were saying).
A good laugh!
Nation of cunts. Fuck the "it's a tiny minority" excuse, we had a vote on division and this is the result. Fuck this country
And fuck you too. You're reaching so hard to shit on Obama - no one here gives a fuck. Take it to US PoliGAF if you just want to whine
Stupid you say? We'll look right into it
Looks like the Lib Dem position of keeping us in the EU is working. 6,000 new members since the referendum.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...in-lib-dems-after-eu-referendum-a3282066.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...in-lib-dems-after-eu-referendum-a3282066.html
BossDarkseid
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Captain AHat
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not sure if posted, from the farage speach today.
The reason he is laughing so hard is that the translation coming through his headphones is something akin to
"I'm a tool, I'm a tool, I'm a tool tool tool" or the verbal equivalent of that 'meanwhile at nintendo gif from gaming side.
Can we not have Farage charged with treason or something? Clearly this is all part of a plot to destroy the UK, it just has to be... ;_;
Camp Freddie
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I've either had or overhead several conversations with my non-EU work colleagues about their racism worries.
Feels absolutely awful.
Luckily, no-one's seen an obvious upsurge in racism around our area but they're all scared every time they open their mouths and reveal their accent while shopping or whatever.
Doesn't help that we work in a very old, very white area. So while most people won't be openly racist, my friends know that most of these people secretly want them out of the country.
My desire to help old ladies across the road is at an all-time low.
Yeah, I can't help that feeling. If I know someone has voted leave, my opinion of them will have changed.
Hunt won make top two, when you say something like he did, you instantly become divisive, and MP's will be worried come a GE they might lose their seat because of his position (outside London MP's)
if reports are true Boris allready has 100MP's on side it will be a one man show for leadership
He was right though, 17 years ago he warned them, they did not listen...the upside for his enemies is he will never have serious power as he can not help but gloat...
it needed a gentle tone today, not HA HA I TOLD YOU SO, whilst sticking his tongue out, and you know he got to them when he said Britain wont be the only country to leave the EU......silence
BossDarkseid
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Farage says the real prejudice is against people who are anti-establishment/anti-EU, not against anyone suffering racial abuse as "bad things are said on both sides" (which is probably true on a basic level but still)....
Totally, but this is paid up members as well so not just votes, so it's a helluva start.
What he said there is not important.
What is important is whether people punched him in the face immediately after he said that?
umop_3pisdn
Member
EU can't do anything while the UK is waddling about. Well, anything other than loudly saying "we would appreciate a decision from the UK ASAP".
Isn't this idea completely dead now? The version of his plan I read was based on pre-negotiating then holding a referendum before activating Article 50. It was cloud-cuckoo land when he said it, and confirmed not happening after the EU meeting today.
There is no "no big obstacle" to an independent Scotland joining the EU before Brexit, former Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt has said. Guy leads leads the fourth biggest European party.
http://stv.tv/news/politics/1358976-no-big-obstacle-to-independent-scotland-joining-eu/
http://stv.tv/news/politics/1358976-no-big-obstacle-to-independent-scotland-joining-eu/
And postponing any decision on funds for the United Kingdom, and sideline any British official, and start preparations.
We knew it would come...UK is saying free trade and immigration controls....EU is saying free trade comes with free movement...
and I still say some deal will be done with clever wording and I predict free movement of Labour...and when you read into the nitty gritty it will be people have to have jobs before they can come...
I personally think that is a good start
TheCrackInTime
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"I'm so sorry, Prime Minister. Your Article 50 notification must have been lost in the mail room. Brussels bureaucracy, am I right?"
*shredder turns on*
Won't somebody think of the racists?
He is being Tim Fallen and playing to the 48
BossDarkseid
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Someone's got to bat for them
A lot of my friends from Uni are going away (either to their home countries or just abroad) on holiday over the summer which...is probably good because it'd feel tragic beyond compare for them to be subject to any racial abuse since they're all so damn nice.
Something that sounds bad to Leave supporters but is good on closer inspection? Surely hats the opposite of what we would need?
There is a side with 100s of people preparing this, that can fall back on years worth of legislation. Any deal will probably read: free movement - apply article XYZ in the fullest, no exceptions.
Right, should've said anything about Article 50. They did just cancel UKs special deal since it hinged on the referendum.
Farage on CNN. I think the interviewer is ready to punch Farage in the face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYOqSW7VAsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYOqSW7VAsk
cormack12
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Er, it was still an option being discussed on Radio 4 just before the 'Good Read' today (sry, can't remember timestamp but pretty sure it was on this show):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07kdsdl
It was discussed generally as an option. I assumed it was on the table if Hunt runs for premiership with a view to announce official position in October. Whether we can get another referendum that quick is another question.....
In fairness, Farage has been doing that since you guys sent him to Brussels. Until this whole thing went down I thought it was a classic bit of British humor to refuse to make Farage an MP every time but to happily elect him to the European Parliament which he doesn't think should exist.
I wasn't really sure whether the joke was on Farage or on Europe. Unfortunately now it turns out the joke was something entirely different.
Heckler456
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What. An absolute. Buffoon.
That is what they are saying, yeah. but its all based on the dubious claim laid out in (1) that the referendum is binding
I wonder how Cameron will respond given he has made clear he does not want to start the process. I'm also curious what remainers who have been pushing to throw out the result think of the EU's statement that it must be fully respected
AHA-Lambda
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Fucking hell, he just said Trump would be better for UK than Obama
And its embarassing that the british media is so toothless but the US journalists can actually ask hard hitting questions
Stallion Dan
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No shit, just look at the abuse and insults thrown to Leave voters in this thread. Ignoring the racial abuse isn't on, obviously, but he half a point.
well everyone keeps saying the EU wont bend, so they are going to have to find a way where box sides save face
maquiladora
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Of course...
Nigel Farage's role:
Disrupt everything
Contribute nothing
Have pathetic little flag on desk, hoping that someone asks him to take it down so he can cause a huge fuss but everyone just leaves him to it because they know what a wretched little cunt he is
jufonuk
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EU for UK to admit they not ready. Uk are so in shambles . EU helps out. they know we need help and weak
By confronting the issue and forcing us to admit. It will wreck the tories . Kill farage career make other leave groups realise the reality. Cameron Boris and all lose credit resign . New government in and we stay
That's the example
Humiliation humbled
By confronting the issue and forcing us to admit. It will wreck the tories . Kill farage career make other leave groups realise the reality. Cameron Boris and all lose credit resign . New government in and we stay
That's the example
Humiliation humbled
Psychotext
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He's a bulky son of a bitch. Built like a wrestler.
Unrelated to that, the sad thing is that many of those EU members have had far more meaningful jobs than Farage... but hey, we've never let facts get in the way, and no need to start now.
It's the amount of likes on each comment that terrifies me.
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