Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

Started by Josquius, February 20, 2016, 07:46:34 AM

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How would you vote on Britain remaining in the EU?

British- Remain
12 (12%)
British - Leave
7 (7%)
Other European - Remain
21 (21%)
Other European - Leave
6 (6%)
ROTW - Remain
34 (34%)
ROTW - Leave
20 (20%)

Total Members Voted: 98

mongers

Quote from: garbon on August 10, 2019, 03:44:42 PM
Wtf?

People will need something to throw at the stupid politicians; a by then worthless currency will do.  :bowler:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Josquius

#9721
Apparently the fake news list has been released.
I have no idea why gambling ads are in there too:

https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/culture-media-and-sport/Fake_news_evidence/Vote-Leave-50-Million-Ads.pdf

But lets give them some credit. With Europhile politicians going on about Turkey joining its no surprise people believed it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLQ3Gbiopc4

:hmm:
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Zanza

Quote from: Tamas on August 10, 2019, 01:17:27 AM
First of all, the cornerstone of the agenda of the sponsors and controllers of the Leave side is to ensure the continued preferential treatment of themselves and their ill by the state. That is not libertarian at all.

But, I have mellowed out considerably during the last six years. :p

For numerous reasons. One is that living in a functioning state makes you less hostile to the concept.

Plus, I am now too old to hope seeing enough maturity develop in society for a libertarian system to work. :p

And, perhaps most importantly, there are political realities. Classical liberalism has no mass support at all, and I would much rather put up with the regulatory zeal of the moderate left, than to latch onto some nasty fascist bullshit.
:thumbsup:

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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The Brain

Who did he borrow it from?

Edit: Oh, a "colleague". Good.
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Solmyr

So UKIP's new leader is Dick Braine...

Maladict

Quote from: Solmyr on August 11, 2019, 03:28:02 AM
So UKIP's new leader is Dick Braine...

I thought he started the Brexit party?

Solmyr

Quote from: Maladict on August 11, 2019, 12:42:38 PM
Quote from: Solmyr on August 11, 2019, 03:28:02 AM
So UKIP's new leader is Dick Braine...

I thought he started the Brexit party?

That was just dick.

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Tamas

Yeah that's going to work out just great.

HVC

how does that work out with minimun wage jobs?
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

crazy canuck

Cheer up. I am sure they mean that if you want to stay in the UK you definitely will earn at least 36k.  The alternative interpretation is even more bonkers.

Richard Hakluyt

I'm assuming this is meant to be for new immigrants only  :hmm:


Hard to tell with this shower though, perhaps I'd better check.

Iormlund

Quote from: Tamas on August 13, 2019, 11:39:46 AM
Yeah that's going to work out just great.

Taking into account the weakness of the Pound it's not that bonkers, really. Spain's cutoff for highly qualified jobs used to be €30-35k and it's going up to 40-45k, Germany was about €40k back when I lived there.


crazy canuck

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on August 13, 2019, 12:05:25 PM
I'm assuming this is meant to be for new immigrants only  :hmm:

That would be reasonable - and so the most unlikely  :D