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The UK votes to leave the European Union
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I think we're being naive if we think any great proportion of Leave voters would change their minds at this point. These people don't have a share portfolio, they don't have any interest in working or studying abroad, they already paid off their mortgages. The economic consequences may be real but they don't affect them in a meaningful way, it's easy for them to ignore them in favour of "taking back control".
The public just can't be trusted. It's up to parliament to take us back from the brink, but I doubt they are brave enough to put their necks on the line.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Just a bunch of European bullies bullying a proud English patriot.
Farage needs to be outed as the asshole that he is more than he needs to be punched in the face.
cormack12
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No. Although given our current circumstances.......
A referendum is definitely something that should be extended to the people, but it is a reasonable assumption to make (when offering one) that your electorate are actually well informed, both politically and economically. This referendum has shown the complete opposite. The reasons and blame for this are not important at this point.
For the record, the question of whether we should actually be in the EU should never have been made to the people, as evidenced. This is where the elected are expected to make their money and earn their place in Parliament. Again, the blame lies elsewhere for this.
But you wouldn't expect a doctor to come into theatre and ask you where to start cutting.
For remain voters not much would change. (Some will be disappointed though that they are no longer a real part of the united European project anymore. It's not just about economics but also about identity, believes and values after all.
The Leave voters however have fucked themselves. They will still pay, they will still abide to the EU rules and accept free movement of people aka immigration but have no say in anything anymore. So much for taking back control.
FlammableD
Banned
today in Twitter rants I <3
Can't believe I'm saying this but I'd rather have Boris as PM
Palette Swap
Member
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Ignoring these idiots hasn't worked particularly well either.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Nobody is ever going to touch the pensions, lest not lose forever the retiree vote.
ricardo_sousa11
Member
What a fucking mess, Farage on the parlliament was such a disgrace, is he really throwing jabs at the people that hold ALL the power?
Negotiation skills are the same of a 5 year old it seems, great job! I predit the pound will come to 1,15 later this week, achieving an all time low. What a fucking twat, can he not see, UK is in a fucking sinking ship because of all this? Can he not see, without the EU and single market acess, the country will be in a worse crisis than Greece?
"we're tired of all the experts and fear mongering..."
Negotiation skills are the same of a 5 year old it seems, great job! I predit the pound will come to 1,15 later this week, achieving an all time low. What a fucking twat, can he not see, UK is in a fucking sinking ship because of all this? Can he not see, without the EU and single market acess, the country will be in a worse crisis than Greece?
"we're tired of all the experts and fear mongering..."
SlipperyFishes
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I wonder if UKIP will rebrand as the EIP next and start the England for the English rhetoric we all read beneath the surface.
Farage is an evil man.
Farage is an evil man.
RedSparrows
Member
He hates them. He hates them and he has a collosal ego.
UK gets special EU deal, leaves anyway a year later.
UK gets EEA deal, leaves later.
???
UK gets even better deal
TatteredHat
Member
Farage continuing to poke the beehive right until the end, lol. I'm sure that'll work out well in the future.
They may aswell, they have no support outside of England anyway despite the media's attempt to push them as relevant during the GE.
And that's exactly why I have little hope of the EU surviving, as tragic as that is.
Audioboxer
Member
lol
WE ARE ENGLAND WE ARE ENGLAND WE ARE ENGLAND WE ARE ENGLAND WE ARE ENGLAND WE ARE ENGLAND WE ARE ENGLAND WE ARE ENGLAND!
"Scotland has let itself down with its hatred for England."
Amazing moment, Alyn Smith was killing it there.
FlammableD
Banned
HazySaiyan
Banned
LMAO, what fucking world are these Brexiters living in?
Thing is, his immigration poster was literally a scene from an Anti Jewish Nazi propganda film.
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
Thank you, I was looking for that exact image to post, lol.
campaign poster vs actual nazi propaganda film
Audioboxer
Member
It's bizarre which "experts" you choose to listen to
"???" should have been the Leave campaign's slogan.
More Fun To Compute
Member
Bananas are serious business. In the war we had popular songs about how the shops didn't sell Bananas any more. No joke.
campaign poster vs actual nazi propaganda film
Holy shit.
today in Twitter rants I <3
Love this, especially the harrowing point about people's mental health. What an awful, insecure time to be British
Spladam
Member
I really like that Alyn Smith dude, he's got some amazing Scottish charisma. Farrage looked a bit cornered there. God, UKIP is worst then the Republicans here.
ricardo_sousa11
Member
Did you hear the boos when he said "lets have a tarif free trading deal"...?
Does he really think that will happen, specially after looking like a 5 year old twat, who says "ill call my dad if you hurt me" ? Oh god...this country will burn without a war, this gets sadder everyday.
jakonovski
Member
Farage: as an English representative, fuck you all. Oh and let's have a trade deal, no hard feelings right.
Kill Your Masters
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Palculator
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Grade A Thundercunt.
TatteredHat
Member
Lol, what are you talking about dude. The only guy screaming for a referendum isn't even in power to push for one.
Excellent speech by Farage, well constructed fodder for his base. Full of half-truths, infantile insults, insufferable arrogance and willful ignorance. I fully expect a hero's welcome for him back home, the country where he has failed to be elected an MP many many times.
An odious little snake of a man, a playground bully who never shed his skin, instead preferring to make a career out of the skinned knees he so proudly produced from the smaller kids he pushed over in school, writ large, in politics.
Cunt.
An odious little snake of a man, a playground bully who never shed his skin, instead preferring to make a career out of the skinned knees he so proudly produced from the smaller kids he pushed over in school, writ large, in politics.
Cunt.
Silent Chief
Member
Nobody will be in a position to buy votes for a while.
Pankratous
Member
Managed to catch Sky News Tweet of Alyn Smith getting a standing ovation. First thing to put a smile on my face for a while. Scotland looks good.
PJV3
Member
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/28/british-fishermen-warned-brexit-will-not-mean-greater-catches
Seems the fishing men of Blighty may not be happy in the end.
Seems the fishing men of Blighty may not be happy in the end.
Good. They would kill entire species if left to their own devices.
"Even no deal is better than the current rotten deal that we've got" - Farage
What does that even mean? Is it really more important to stop dirty brown people working here than it is to have a functioning economy? It just gets more depressing every day, none of the maniacs who brought us to this point are willing to accept that anything bad is happening.
What does that even mean? Is it really more important to stop dirty brown people working here than it is to have a functioning economy? It just gets more depressing every day, none of the maniacs who brought us to this point are willing to accept that anything bad is happening.
More lies unravelling.
The EU mandate on this is important. They'll kill off entire species if we don't control it.
Sky News
The markets have experienced a 'dead cat bounce' term used in London markets it seems.... basically means 'some' (I used the word some before people roll on me) feel the market is lower than where people expected it to be and now we have bargain hunters coming in
anyway, the result is the markets and the pound are moving up
The markets have experienced a 'dead cat bounce' term used in London markets it seems.... basically means 'some' (I used the word some before people roll on me) feel the market is lower than where people expected it to be and now we have bargain hunters coming in
anyway, the result is the markets and the pound are moving up
Spladam
Member
Wow, Farage really looks like he's trying to make things worse? Screw appealing to his base, how does that help the UK? They fucking laughed at him.
More Fun To Compute
Member
Now that we are out of the EU we will be able to sacrifice children to the old sea gods so they give us bountiful catches.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
It's terrifying quite how racist he is.
Myself? Early 30s with a wife and a 1-year old child. My main concern is not for myself, but for the future prospects for of youth who will find that their possibilities limited in ways that were not when I was growing up.
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