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Author Topic:   Brexit - Should they stay or should they go?
vimesey
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Message 815 of 887 (868486)
12-13-2019 5:00 AM
Reply to: Message 814 by Tangle
12-13-2019 4:30 AM


Maybe Ian Hislop has got something on him, from what went on in the green room on HIGNFY :-)

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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vimesey
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Message 817 of 887 (868496)
12-13-2019 10:35 AM
Reply to: Message 816 by Diomedes
12-13-2019 9:07 AM


Re: The Final Results
I sincerely hope so - but let's keep vigilant.
I've got a broad range of concerns though:
1. Doing a sensible trade deal with the EU. Not an easy job.
2. Northern Ireland - will we see things regress ?
3. Donald Duck and his cronies destroying the NHS.
4. British farming being destroyed through competition from incoming US products with a far cheaper cost base due to far fewer regulations.
5. Boris is a coward. He showed his true colours ducking the Andrew Neil interview. Is he capable of standing up to Putin et al of he runs away from a sodding interview.
6. Dominic Cummings would look entirely at home in a pair of Jack boots.
7. Boris is a tit and an embarrassment to the country, on any basis you care to name.

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vimesey
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Message 825 of 887 (868770)
12-18-2019 4:11 AM
Reply to: Message 824 by Tangle
12-18-2019 3:52 AM


Re: The Final Results
Hell, it's Christmas - I'll go with your optimism on this for a couple of weeks Tangle - not gonna let this ruin my mince pies ! The grimness can wait till 2020 ! :-)

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vimesey
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Message 826 of 887 (868772)
12-18-2019 8:22 AM
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12-18-2019 3:52 AM


Re: The Final Results
PS - my son just introduced me to some of Tim Minchin's stuff - Xmas holiday viewing sorted ! :-)

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vimesey
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Message 839 of 887 (883594)
12-22-2020 10:50 PM
Reply to: Message 838 by AZPaul3
12-22-2020 7:38 PM


It’s gonna be crap for a while.
We stand a chance of Scotland going their own way - and our economy is going to tank.
But hey, the racists, manipulated by a few billionaires who are going to make a fortune shorting sterling, will feel that we’ve got our country back.
All summed up by something I heard a supermarket checkout operator say to a customer, just before the vote: well, I don’t really understand any of the arguments, but I’m voting leave to keep the foreigners out.
Ignorance - democracy’s biggest inherent weakness.

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vimesey
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Message 855 of 887 (897029)
08-28-2022 7:13 AM
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08-28-2022 4:26 AM


And on top of all that, you're not allowed in to Mont Saint Michel for free any more, if you're from the UK and between the ages of 18 and 25 !

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vimesey
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Message 864 of 887 (897477)
09-06-2022 12:00 PM
Reply to: Message 863 by Diomedes
09-06-2022 10:29 AM


Re: The Final Results
Well, Boris has lowered the bar below the level of a cess pool for the leader of a country, so Truss will find it hard to get any lower than that.
However, I don't expect her to do anything remotely competent or act with any discernable degree of integrity. It's all about power and lining their pockets these days. Gone are the days of decent politicians.

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