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I want the UK to stay in an ever-closer union
|    | 49 | 23.11% |
I want the UK to stay in a loosely connected EU
|    | 68 | 32.08% |
I want the UK out because the EU is bad for the UK
|    | 22 | 10.38% |
I want the UK out because the EU is a bad thing
|    | 23 | 10.85% |
I want the UK out because this would be good for the rest of us
|    | 17 | 8.02% |
I don't really care
|    | 33 | 15.57% |  | | | 
22.11.2019, 14:09
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | It’s ‘ollin it dahn here.
He'll bobby off soon DB. Eh’s gorra munk on. | | | | | Yo ay rung thier, cock!
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22.11.2019, 14:09
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Black Adder? | | | | | Yes, m'lord?
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22.11.2019, 14:13
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Yam yam sounds like a cat's name or a delicious dish.
What exactly is Yam Yam?
(yes, I know ; bless my cotton socks and all that)
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22.11.2019, 14:14
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Yam yam sounds like a cat's name or a delicious dish. 
What exactly is Yam Yam? | | | | | Had to google it :-)
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22.11.2019, 14:15
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Yam yam sounds like ... a delicious dish. | | | | | I am! | Quote: |  | | | What exactly is Yam Yam? | | | | | A person from the Black Country (or its colonies) who talks with a distinctive accent and/or a very ancient dialect.
The King of the Yam Yams is Noddy Holder.
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22.11.2019, 14:18
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Где Тони Клифтон?
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22.11.2019, 14:56
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | Где Тони Клифтон? | | | | | на кухне?
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22.11.2019, 15:12
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | He'll bobby off soon DB. Eh’s gorra munk on. | | | | | Aas reekon thas reet. Thas buggert ahn thas geet t'munk an thee.
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22.11.2019, 15:22
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | I am!
A person from the Black Country (or its colonies) who talks with a distinctive accent and/or a very ancient dialect. | | | | | My father came from South Staffordshire - he used to say that he had trouble understanding his cousins who came from Walsall, maybe 10 miles away  . ("wum" for "home", for example)
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22.11.2019, 15:27
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | I'd have put my money on a minglesnatcher or himble-sausage myself. I'm sure he'll put us right soon enough. | | | | | I wouldn't count on it, it could take quite some time to google all those British regions. | The following 5 users would like to thank grumpygrapefruit for this useful post: | | 
22.11.2019, 15:58
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22.11.2019, 16:33
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | Why not? You seem to be making a lot of generalisations about "working classes ". What has Oz got to do with the Dec GE? | | | | | It goes back to an exchange I was having over the changing political landscape in the English speaking world and how the modern Labour Party doesn’t represent Labour values anymore.
Generalisations is how political parties target voters. I presume you’re familiar with “Workington Man”? Generalising over voting habits of certain demographics of the electorate is perfectly normal.
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22.11.2019, 16:38
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | Robert Plant is a Yam Yam?!! My respects, sir.
Btw, the old couple was adorable.
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22.11.2019, 16:39
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | It goes back to an exchange I was having over the changing political landscape in the English speaking world and how the modern Labour Party doesn’t represent Labour values anymore.
Generalisations is how political parties target voters. I presume you’re familiar with “Workington Man”? Generalising over voting habits of certain demographics of the electorate is perfectly normal. | | | | | According to Google, Workington Man is a competition who can tell the biggest lie, not who can make the biggest generalisation. What point are you trying to make here because it seems to have crashed and burned. | The following 4 users would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
22.11.2019, 16:43
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | According to Google, Workington Man is a competition who can tell the biggest lie, not who can make the biggest generalisation. What point are you trying to make here because it seems to have crashed and burned.  | | | | | This is what happens when imaginary Brits learn about English culture remotely, rather than actually living it like we have done.
Tony Clifton: you're busted. You're as British as Rasputin. What do you say to that?
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22.11.2019, 16:57
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | This is what happens when imaginary Brits learn about English culture remotely, rather than actually living it like we have done.
Tony Clifton: you're busted. You're as British as Rasputin. What do you say to that? | | | | | I don’t know what I should say to that other than that you’re mistaken.
It probably says more about the membership on here that I get accused of being a Russian bot.
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22.11.2019, 17:00
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It probably says more about the membership on here that I get accused of being a Russian bot. | | | | | Where did you say you were from, again?
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22.11.2019, 17:31
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@Tony Clifton
We’re a pretty educated bunch of anglo-saxon expats (mixed with Swiss for some) with an acute awareness of refined not-so-noticeable differences.
It won’t fly to strongly proclaim native knowledge of one country if it isn’t true.
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22.11.2019, 17:52
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | It goes back to an exchange I was having over the changing political landscape in the English speaking world and how the modern Labour Party doesn’t represent Labour values anymore.
Generalisations is how political parties target voters. I presume you’re familiar with “Workington Man”? Generalising over voting habits of certain demographics of the electorate is perfectly normal. | | | | | Modern day UK doesn't represent huge amounts of the UK any more. Your point? Parties evolve. Or should we also be harking back for the days of rolling power cuts, picket lines and scabs?
Generalisations are, are they? Fancy that.
AFAIK or understand, the composite Workington Man was very short-lived and dismissed as a load of guff.
You still haven't answered my question about why you think the "working class" voter isn't concerned about the rights of working mums etc - your "point" about Jacinta Arden was unfinished.
I don't think you're a native Brit either. If you are, what's the first half of the postcode you spent most time at? S42 for me.
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