The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in CH - Page 791

greenmount · #**15801** 15.12.2018, 13:11

	Quote:	Loz1983
	It gets better. The man is a liability.

Well, at least he didn't grab them by the pussy, did he?

lewton · #**15802** 15.12.2018, 14:02

	Quote:	Loz1983
	It gets better. The man is a liability. How does this work?

Liability to whom?

curley · #**15803** 15.12.2018, 14:39

	Quote:	Loz1983
	How does this work?

AfaIk not even Trump behaves like that in public.

Brianzoeu · #**15804** 15.12.2018, 15:45

How does this work?

Chuff · #**15805** 15.12.2018, 15:56

	Quote:	Loz1983
	It gets better. The man is a liability. How does this work?

For the EU to have any hope of gaining the trust of the membership, dinosaurs like Juncker need to resign. He is an alcoholic, a mysogonist and it is a depressing sign of the current state of the social atmosphere within the EU bureaucracy that his horrendous antics have been tolerated for so many years. If he does humiliating things like that to people in public, can you imagine what he does to people off-camera? The man is a disgrace.

fatmanfilms · #**15806** 15.12.2018, 16:21

	Quote:	Brianzoeu
	How does this work?

Brilliant speech, he should be the next Prime Minister.

marton · #**15807** 15.12.2018, 16:31

	Quote:	Chuff
	For the EU to have any hope of gaining the trust of the membership, dinosaurs like Juncker need to resign. He is an alcoholic, a mysogonist and it is a depressing sign of the current state of the social atmosphere within the EU bureaucracy that his horrendous antics have been tolerated for so many years. If he does humiliating things like that to people in public, can you imagine what he does to people off-camera? The man is a disgrace.

Might seem a long time but he has only been in the role of President of the European Commission since 2014.
The President is elected for a renewable five-year term starting five months after the elections to the European Parliament, so he will come up for reelection next year.

k_and_e · #**15808** 15.12.2018, 17:29

	Quote:	Chuff
	For the EU to have any hope of gaining the trust of the membership, dinosaurs like Juncker need to resign. He is an alcoholic, a mysogonist and it is a depressing sign of the current state of the social atmosphere within the EU bureaucracy that his horrendous antics have been tolerated for so many years. If he does humiliating things like that to people in public, can you imagine what he does to people off-camera? The man is a disgrace.

That's the EU. So full of compromises that a nobody from Luxembourg becomes the president. The UK should really be happy that they leave this mess.

marton · #**15809** 15.12.2018, 17:44

	Quote:	k_and_e
	That's the EU. So full of compromises that a nobody from Luxembourg becomes the president. The UK should really be happy that they leave this mess.

Whereas the next UK PM will be the complete opposite

Jim2007 · #**15810** 15.12.2018, 20:39

	Quote:	k_and_e
	That's the EU. So full of compromises that a nobody from Luxembourg becomes the president. The UK should really be happy that they leave this mess.

Go and read up on the topic and stop showing your ignorance, it is becoming very boring.

Jim2007 · #**15811** 15.12.2018, 20:40

	Quote:	Chuff
	For the EU to have any hope of gaining the trust of the membership, dinosaurs like Juncker need to resign. He is an alcoholic, a mysogonist and it is a depressing sign of the current state of the social atmosphere within the EU bureaucracy that his horrendous antics have been tolerated for so many years. If he does humiliating things like that to people in public, can you imagine what he does to people off-camera? The man is a disgrace.

Really boring at this stage and best ignored.

greenmount · #**15812** 15.12.2018, 21:05

	Quote:	fatmanfilms
	Brilliant speech, he should be the next Prime Minister.

With Forage as a prime minister you'll really out-Trump America!

Good luck. I really, really mean it.

	Quote:	k_and_e
	That's the EU. So full of compromises that a nobody from Luxembourg becomes the president. The UK should really be happy that they leave this mess.

Exactly that's the beauty of EU. A "nobody" from Luxembourg or from Latvia can become the president. The outrage!

That doesn't stand well with some people's ideas, I know...

k_and_e · #**15813** 15.12.2018, 21:40

	Quote:	greenmount
	Exactly that's the beauty of EU. A "nobody" from Luxembourg or from Latvia can become the president. The outrage! That doesn't stand well with some people's ideas, I know...

It would be the beauty of the EU if someone from Latvia or Luxembourg (or any small country) would become president because of their merits or popularity. The fact is that nobody wants this guy. It's just the result of a compromise.

Or do you think: I am a EU citizen and Juncker is my president?

Urs Max · #**15814** 15.12.2018, 21:49

	Quote:	Chuff
	For the EU to have any hope of gaining the trust of the membership, dinosaurs like Juncker need to resign. He is an alcoholic, a mysogonist and it is a depressing sign of the current state of the social atmosphere within the EU bureaucracy that his horrendous antics have been tolerated for so many years. If he does humiliating things like that to people in public, can you imagine what he does to people off-camera? The man is a disgrace.

It doesn't look like the woman was offended, let alone humiliated, at all, she's walking away grinning. Why should you be even though she wasn't?

Jim2007 · #**15815** 16.12.2018, 01:59

	Quote:	k_and_e
	The fact is that nobody wants this guy. It's just the result of a compromise.

The actual fact as opposed to your BS is that Junker is commission president because he had been the candidate of the parties that won the major at the last EU parliament election. And the UK did their best to prevent the choice of the parliament being appointed and failed.

Try sticking to the actual facts, you ‘ll be a bit more credible that way.

curley · #**15816** 16.12.2018, 02:58

His name is Juncker. An actual fact.

#**15817** 16.12.2018, 08:30

	Quote:
	I'll take that bet, at least on your statement that "criminal law & common law have nothing in common", because you're flat-out wrong. Common law is the basis of the legal system in the UK. This includes "criminal law", as well as civil law, which is probably what you were thinking of. How much are you going to pay me, and when?

You win! Even though much has been codified into statute in more recent times, it all still exists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...land_and_Wales

#**15818** 16.12.2018, 08:33

	Quote:	fatmanfilms
	Criminal law & common law have nothing in common, I do not believe there is a max sentence of life imprisonment under common law. I call BS, perhaps you will take a bet on this

Looks like the common law offence of Malfeasance in Office nicely covers it. Maximum life imprisonment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malfeasance_in_office

greenmount · #**15819** 16.12.2018, 08:55

	Quote:	k_and_e
	Or do you think: I am a EU citizen and Juncker is my president?

I think: Juncker is the president of the European Commission and he represents European Commission which has a member that also represents me and my country. European Commission is the executive in the this common political construction. There's also the European parliament.... I'm afraid I am long past the romantic ideas of being represented by a singular strong (usually male) figure. He's in function since 2014 if I am not wrong and he will not stay there for ever. I liked Barroso more but if I'm looking at the way I was "represented"....meh.

#**15820** 16.12.2018, 09:12

	Quote:	fatmanfilms
	History shows they did not need to do so & interest rates have since tippled. They believed their own project fear

History shows no such thing. The fact is they did do it thus history can only show what happened as a result of that action.