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% |  | | | 
29.03.2019, 13:57
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Indeed.
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29.03.2019, 17:10
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All paths lead to a General Election?
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29.03.2019, 17:44
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If I was May I would do two things.
Talk to the queen and have her dissolve Parliament.
Advise Brussels that after consulting with the British head of state, she was withdrawing the Article 50 notice.
Back to square one.
While the ‘will of the people’ was that Britain leave the EU, there is no possible agreement of how to obtain that objective.
So let’s see what the will of the people is today.
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29.03.2019, 17:55
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | Looks like a hard BREXIT then. | This user would like to thank fatmanfilms for this useful post: | | 
29.03.2019, 18:05
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Looks like a hard BREXIT then.  | | | | | The wishful thinking on this thread is quite something.
Almost fluffeh... | The following 3 users would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
29.03.2019, 18:08
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Am I the only one who is completely losing interest in this circus of fools? I by now seem to really stop caring also what happens.
I never believed they would leave at the day of the referendum and I don't believe it today, just stop fooling around.
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29.03.2019, 18:11
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | If I was May I would do two things.
Talk to the queen and have her dissolve Parliament.
Advise Brussels that after consulting with the British head of state, she was withdrawing the Article 50 notice.
Back to square one.
While the ‘will of the people’ was that Britain leave the EU, there is no possible agreement of how to obtain that objective.
So let’s see what the will of the people is today. | | | | | Following the Gina Miller precedent, I don’t think she can revoke it without parliamentary backing...
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29.03.2019, 18:17
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | The wishful thinking on this thread is quite something.
Almost fluffeh...  | | | | | No time for legislation that is required, so default option it is then. I suspect many MP's wanted this, but did not want to be seen wanting this. Playing silly buggers has got them the end result they wanted all along. Amazed people have not worked this out. Thank Gina Miller | 
29.03.2019, 18:19
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | No time for legislation that is required, so default option it is then. I suspect many MP's wanted this, but did not want to be seen wanting this. Playing silly buggers has got them the end result they wanted all along. Amazed people have not worked this out | | | | | Looking back in this thread, this rather forthright and über-confident statement has been trotted out numerous times in varying guises and degrees of pomposity with, as it now appears, little success or insight.
If you don't mind, I think the jury is still out...
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29.03.2019, 18:53
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Surely this means the end of May before the end of May.
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29.03.2019, 19:04
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Following the Gina Miller precedent, I don’t think she can revoke it without parliamentary backing... | | | | | If Parliament had been dissolved, there would be no Parliament to say yah or nay.
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29.03.2019, 19:19
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | UK politicians have weaseled the country into staying in for another couple of weeks at least. But no matter, today is 2019 and I identify as having left . | | | | | I figured you'd checked out of reality a while ago, so this confirms it. 
An analyst on CNN says that this third MV (?) received more votes than any of the indicative votes, so May still has some bargaining chips.
For example, May could still turn things in her favor by allowing further indicative votes on Monday, such as for a Customs union. She could then go back to Brussels with that as an offer, which they'd be likely to accept, and in turn get enough Labour MPs on board to pass a new agreement.
Sounds as good as anything else at this point.
The cartoon of the labyrinth above is really fitting!
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29.03.2019, 19:34
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29.03.2019, 19:52
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I am brexit exhausted..
A long delay please, we all need the sleep.
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29.03.2019, 20:09
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Champagne? The have some very nice sparkling wines in Britain. I’m partial to the Camel valley varieties.
Regardless this just show Brexiteers have no idea what they really want.
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29.03.2019, 20:15
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | I figured you'd checked out of reality a while ago, so this confirms it.   | | | | | The only thing really a Brit or an American can do these days. | The following 2 users would like to thank curley for this useful post: | | 
29.03.2019, 20:58
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Sounds as good as anything else at this point.  | | | | | Right at the beginning of this entire debarcle, a number of people who I really respect, said "Anyone who tells you that they know for certain how this will all end, is lying." 3yrs later, that still applies.
I just wish Rufus would turn up with his time machine, and we could go 40yrs into the future to see how history judges this period. Will it be...
Brexiteers: Valiant Freedom fighters / those Arabs that you can sell sand to / a butty short of a picnic
...or...
Remainers: The Resitance / dour folk set in their ways / avant garde free spirits
God forbid that 40yrs from now, we'll have BoJo Jnr., Farage Jnr. and (yikes!!!) Mini-Mogg still blathering on about how we need to leave the EU post haste. | This user would like to thank Blueangel for this useful post: | | 
29.03.2019, 21:21
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| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Right at the beginning of this entire debarcle, a number of people who I really respect, said "Anyone who tells you that they know for certain how this will all end, is lying." 3yrs later, that still applies.
I just wish Rufus would turn up with his time machine, and we could go 40yrs into the future to see how history judges this period. Will it be...
Brexiteers: Valiant Freedom fighters / those Arabs that you can sell sand to / a butty short of a picnic
...or...
Remainers: The Resitance / dour folk set in their ways / avant garde free spirits
God forbid that 40yrs from now, we'll have BoJo Jnr., Farage Jnr. and (yikes!!!) Mini-Mogg still blathering on about how we need to leave the EU post haste.  | | | | | Blueangel, 40 years won't be enough | This user would like to thank curley for this useful post: | | 
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