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View Poll Results: What would you personally prefer to happen?
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%
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Old 09.02.2021, 23:36
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Which is why I used "it" not "him".
So you are implying that all the Brits who voted for remain would approve of Borrell's handling of Russia?

Frankly I don't see the connection.
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Old 10.02.2021, 12:17
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"Brexit effect: No custard creams for Brits in Europe"

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-55985956

Tom
Sorry mate, we've run right out of Stella Artois and our next delivery is delayed by customs in Dover.

Oh wait a minute.

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Old 10.02.2021, 14:05
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Erm, Stella is brewed in the UK anyway?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/busine...ewery-10392811

“53 jobs created at Magor brewery, home of Budweiser and Stella Artois in the UK”
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Old 10.02.2021, 14:28
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So you are implying that all the Brits who voted for remain would approve of Borrell's handling of Russia?

Frankly I don't see the connection.
So you're spending time inferring incorrectly from my posts? How odd. The old "spin to suit" approach, eh?


Nope. I was replying to K&E with a fairly glib comment about Brexit not being universally popular. Nothing to do with Borrell.
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Old 10.02.2021, 14:40
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Erm, Stella is brewed in the UK anyway?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/busine...ewery-10392811

“53 jobs created at Magor brewery, home of Budweiser and Stella Artois in the UK”
"Magor" aka mishuge means nuts, in the native language of Budweis (Budovicium in Latin).

www.wordsense.eu/magor/

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So you are implying
Bzzzt!
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Just 16,141,241 voted remain out of 46,500,001 registered voters so about 35% of voters.
I would have never made such a comparison had the reverse argument been made in this thread more than once.
Sorry. Your logic shows that 65% of registered voters did not vote out. Why is being shoved down their throat?
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Sorry. Your logic shows that 65% of registered voters did not vote out. Why is being shoved down their throat?
Because unless you're buying the "Brexit is bestest" echo on this thread it is Vitally Important to Prove Folk Wrong at every opportunity. Regardless of small things like facts.

I think the fact that "Project Fear" should probably be renamed, retrospectively, "Project Reality-we-warned-you-about-this" is smarting just a tad.
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Sorry. Your logic shows that 65% of registered voters did not vote out. Why is being shoved down their throat?
Because 65% did not vote to remain
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Sorry. Your logic shows that 65% of registered voters did not vote out. Why is being shoved down their throat?
Only way is to ask people to vote again, now that they know the facts, the reality, the fraud, the interference, the massive lies...

even Rees-Mogg said, even before 1st of Jan and the recent debâcle with imports, exports (aint' seen nothing yet though ... as not fully kicked in yet)- that Remain would win hands down.
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Only way is to ask people to vote again, now that they know the facts, the reality, the fraud, the interference, the massive lies...

even Rees-Mogg said, even before 1st of Jan and the recent debâcle with imports, exports (aint' seen nothing yet though ... as not fully kicked in yet)- that Remain would win hands down.
And that's why the non-binding referendum went through and why they won't put it to the vote again: Brexit benefits too many wealthy influential people.

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Old 10.02.2021, 16:05
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When furlough stops, more jobs are lost by the bucket load and people are homeless as they lose rent protection- farming, fishing, and most industries down the tube, from one end of spectrum to t'other (financial services too) - the **** will truly hit the fan. The Covid/Brexit combo is diabolical.

People will 'vote' one way or another- be it in the streets or in the ballot box.
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Old 10.02.2021, 16:12
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"Magor" aka mishuge means nuts, in the native language of Budweis (Budovicium in Latin).

www.wordsense.eu/magor/
I once worked eight miles from Magor that is a town in Monmouthshire near the Welsh border, Welsh name: Magwyr usually translated as 'a wall'.

If I remember correctly it had a pub that was open all day to serve steelworkers at a time when opening hours were heavily restricted.
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Old 10.02.2021, 16:25
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Only way is to ask people to vote again.
They can vote 1000 times, the result will not change despite your personal wishes.

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They can vote 1000 times, the result will not change despite your personal wishes.

Tom
Oh i think it might now.
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just wait a couple more months for it to be seen in all its glory and be fully operative, and the above mentioned things to happen.
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Going to live in the UK has just got more difficult for some

Priti Patel is celebrating her new points based system.

People coming to the UK legally from now on will have to pay an application fee ranging from £610 to £1,408, an extra healthcare surcharge of £624 per year, and have a further £1,270 in the bank. They will need to be earning £25.600.

How much do fruit and veg picker, care home staff and nurses earn? What happens if any Brits have a non British spouse?
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Old 10.02.2021, 19:43
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What happens if any Brits have a non British spouse?
Then you have to earn enough to support them, like here in Switzerland.
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Priti Patel is celebrating her new points based system.

People coming to the UK legally from now on will have to pay an application fee ranging from £610 to £1,408, an extra healthcare surcharge of £624 per year, and have a further £1,270 in the bank. They will need to be earning £25.600.

How much do fruit and veg picker, care home staff and nurses earn? What happens if any Brits have a non British spouse?
Looks a lot easier than coming to CH as a 3rd country national. The idea is not to have to give social benefits to new arrivals, no doubt they got the idea from Switzerland
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Old 10.02.2021, 20:01
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Re: Going to live in the UK has just got more difficult for some

Last time a good friend from EF had to return to UK with his non EU wife, he could not as he was unable to secure a job earning more than 18.500 before returning. So a massive hike since then.

(fortunately his non EU wife got a really good job with a big Brewery, and was able to take him back to his native UK on her wage).
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