The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in CH

[NickyTuesday]

	Quote:	fatmanfilms
	I never said they were not educated. I said they left wing which is a common enough result from spending too much time in education. The high flyers tend to grow out of it

Hehe... I'll tell my brother this. He'll prolly love it. Went to uni for years. Left wing, we argue so much, really high flyer.

	Quote:	TonyClifton
	Ironic to be poking fun at the Stilton, whilst I agree the UK shouldn't be sweating the small stuff, you do realise that the EU spends SO MUCH time occupying itself trying with stuff like this? It's partly the reason they take so long to sign any trade agreements trying to make allowance for olives from Spain and sausages from Poland! Back to the point though, you do rather sound like the Jeremy Corbyn " at least we won the argument". I remember it well, clique rule! "No one has been able to give me a SINGLE benefit of Brexit, NOT ONE". I named about ten. "Oh, but those don't count STUPID!" OWTTE

Sausages are best from the butcher down the road dude. I could do with an advantage of Brexit. Some days i feel pretty dumb for voting the way I did. Gotta look forward through I guess.

[JackieH]

From NewsThump 'Brexiters angrily demand that the French control our borders' doh

[Pandalicious]

	Quote:	JackieH
	From NewsThump 'Brexiters angrily demand that the French control our borders' doh

You dont know what youre talking about. The French Navy have been escorting boats full of illegal immigrants into UK waters, this is after the UK already paid the French millions to prevent this.

[JackieH]

Nigel is that you - can you give links and proof to that effect?


But Priti Patel and co are asking the French to patrol and protect our borders- are they not? And you can't see the irony of that, really.

[YuropFlyer]

	Quote:	Pandalicious
	You dont know what youre talking about. The French Navy have been escorting boats full of illegal immigrants into UK waters, this is after the UK already paid the French millions to prevent this.

Do you got any proof of that nonsense?

[JackieH]

Farage alleged to it earlier in the year. Said he had proof but could not give his sources took boats into the Channel to warn about this- but could not get any evidence. So - as you say, nonsense.


https://youtu.be/qyuSrwWl9iY

[fatmanfilms]

	Quote:	marton
	Attachment 140039 Is it good when people leave?

They seem to be returning, some people just like drama, it's amazing how a new poster can feel like an ex

[TonyClifton]

Pretty ironic after being told for the past 4 years what a racist, xenophobic, terrible country the UK has become that asylum seekers are actually risking life and limb to cross the channel in inflatable boats to escape the EU and live in the UK!

[HickvonFrick]

	Quote:	TonyClifton
	Pretty ironic after being told for the past 4 years what a racist, xenophobic, terrible country the UK has become that asylum seekers are actually risking life and limb to cross the channel in inflatable boats to escape the EU and live in the UK!

God knows why. I presume because of the language.

[marton]

	Quote:	fatmanfilms
	They seem to be returning, some people just like drama, it's amazing how a new poster can feel like an ex

I was talking about people who left EF voluntarily, not the outcasts

	Quote:	TonyClifton
	Pretty ironic after being told for the past 4 years what a racist, xenophobic, terrible country the UK has become that asylum seekers are actually risking life and limb to cross the channel in inflatable boats to escape the EU and live in the UK!

Yes, they're all flocking to the UK for the great weather and the delicious local cuisine. Couldn't be anything to do with the ludicrously generous social security benefits available to one and all. You know, those benefits that the EU forced the UK to provide when they were in the club.

[greenmount]

	Quote:	Ato
	Is this post really necessary? You complain that the forum has become unfriendly, mourn the leaving of others and you post things like this?

Frankly yes, it is really necessary but I don't expect you to agree with me. Were the last replies and exchanges here really necessary, since they complained so much about the "departed lefties"? Absolutely not, but I didn't expect you to see that either. So please, not that that I owed you a reply or justification but I found your post incredibly biased and quite unacceptable. As much as most of this thread actually. It seems some people can dish it out but can't take it...

Oh, and perhaps you needn't worry too much for the gang, "high flyers" as they call each other here grow a thick skin apparently and don't expect the world bending over to cater for their sensibilities lol.....I'll leave it all to you, it's too funny.

	Quote:	MusicChick
	They grow out of many things and grow some thick skin, too. Then couldn't care less in which form or shape stuff gets delivered to them, don't expect the world bending over to their sensibilities too much, n'est pas? .

[st2lemans]

	Quote:
	Yes, they're all flocking to the UK for the great weather and the delicious local cuisine.

Alas, if they do they will be quarantined:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53773914

Tom

[Full Circle]

	Quote:	Blueangel
	Correction. Most were highly educated people who could run rings around you, and you never were able to construct a good case to put forward your position.

Yes, that's why so many of them were prone to throwing hissy fits and flouncing

[marton]

Always a sound policy to criticise people who are not around to defend themselves.

Reminds me of the old saying "If you cannot kick a man when he is down then when can you kick him?".

[fatmanfilms]

	Quote:	marton
	Attachment 140043 Always a sound policy to criticise people who are not around to defend themselves. Reminds me of the old saying "If you cannot kick a man when he is down then when can you kick him?".

I believe some of them are back

[Belgianmum]

	Quote:	fatmanfilms
	I believe some of them are back

Which ones?

[YuropFlyer]

	Quote:	TonyClifton
	Pretty ironic after being told for the past 4 years what a racist, xenophobic, terrible country the UK has become that asylum seekers are actually risking life and limb to cross the channel in inflatable boats to escape the EU and live in the UK!

Try to work in the UK without a permit vs. working in the European Union without a permit.

But then apparently all the Brexit-lovers enjoy literally no controls on who is working on what in UK..

[TonyClifton]

	Quote:	YuropFlyer
	Try to work in the UK without a permit vs. working in the European Union without a permit. But then apparently all the Brexit-lovers enjoy literally no controls on who is working on what in UK..

Of course, it was my attempt at a joke, however there is a lot of truth to it. In spite of what one reads, the UK still remains a VERY desirable destination for many, despite Brexit.

The UK has no one to blame for mass illegal immigration other than herself. No ID cards, no registration, anyone who turns up can simply disappear. The Grenfell Tower disaster gave a glimpse at just how many illegal immigrants there are living in the UK. Hard to blame those that are risking their lives to cross the channel when such opportunity awaits. The time for prevention has long passed and the UK will now have to live with the consequences of her mistakes.

[HickvonFrick]

	Quote:	TonyClifton
	Of course, it was my attempt at a joke, however there is a lot of truth to it. In spite of what one reads, the UK still remains a VERY desirable destination for many, despite Brexit. The UK has no one to blame for mass illegal immigration other than herself. No ID cards, no registration, anyone who turns up can simply disappear. The Grenfell Tower disaster gave a glimpse at just how many illegal immigrants there are living in the UK. Hard to blame those that are risking their lives to cross the channel when such opportunity awaits. The time for prevention has long passed and the UK will now have to live with the consequences of her mistakes.

At least we haven't reached the situation like in the US, where people are offered pathways to citizenship through illegal migration. That's just nuts. Really you can only have a liberal (legal) immigration policy if you are strict on illegal migration.

A bit like how you can (de facto) only have a colour blind immigration system if you don't have EU freedom of movement. I was pretty pissed living in the UK how having a non-UK, non-EU wife, we were treated less favourably than a EU couple and had to pay huge amounts of money (thousands) for her permanent residence.

I'm all for the benefits of migration, but it should be legal and it should be equal-access.