Brexit

I've said it before, if I ran a referendum tomorrow on MPs salaries proposing an immediate 40% pay cut (with the money saved going to the NHS for example) then I'm pretty confident I'd win a majority. Can't imagine we'd see that passed by parliament.

EDIT: And apart from the inevitable 2nd Scottish referendum on independance, we won't see another referendum in our lifetimes.

PostRe: The EU Referendum: The UK votes Leave by KK » Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:46 pm

Moggy wrote:
KKLEIN wrote:Ever get the feeling we're on the wrong team...

I mean morally it feels like we're on the wrong team, but are we ACTUALLY on the wrong team

Really? We might be on the "losing" side but I have no doubts that we are in the more moral side.

I meant in the sense we (as in the UK) are now on Team America.

Qikz wrote:[speech]

David Lammy <3

That is one of the best speech's I've read in a long time

twitter.com/duncanrobinson/status/826809483200495616

Yes, this is actually real :lol:

"Now is the time to come together and not be divided on this decision," she says.

So guys, I've taken a big gooseberry fool on your carpet. Nows not the time to be annoyed, please clean it up with me!

The video

twitter.com/GrayInGlasgow/status/826816768152846337

strawberry floating hell

:lol:

Incredible, I love the person who did that.

Qikz wrote:DUP Man is at it again,.

He doesn't care about NI at all.

The entire party doesn't give a gooseberry fool about the future of this place, and would rather live in the past and attempt to hide their blatant corruption. Go and read the stuff about the recent RHI scheme. Their part in that has just been shady as all hell.

It is such a hopeless situation. Even without all the Brexit bullshittery. Tribalised voting for people who don't even have their best interests at heart. We need a real change in the status quo.

Mafro wrote:The video

twitter.com/GrayInGlasgow/status/826816768152846337

That is amazing :lol:

Squinty wrote:
Qikz wrote:DUP Man is at it again,.

He doesn't care about NI at all.

The entire party doesn't give a gooseberry fool about the future of this place, and would rather live in the past and attempt to hide their blatant corruption. Go and read the stuff about the recent RHI scheme. Their part in that has just been shady as all hell.

It is such a hopeless situation. Even without all the Brexit bullshittery. Tribalised voting for people who don't even have their best interests at heart. We need a real change in the status quo.

twitter.com/SJAMcBride/status/826818196707631104

Nigel understands your concerns.

Good old Nigel. Never change.

The DUP are so bad that they make Sinn Fein look like the normal reasonable guys.

Well. Now we're all going to be poorer, what's the plan? My rent is probably going to go up enough that I won't be able to live here anymore and I'm probably going to have to somehow move back with my Dad. I was very unhappy there, so I'm really screwed.

You might be ok with rent, because if they make the UK really shitty to live in then anyone who can will bail. Thus easing the housing problems.

You should start taking small, practical steps to address your worries - Is there anything you can cut back on so you can build up some savings? Even a small pot for a rainy day would help you weather the economic downturn to come - but once you've done all you can, you just have to take a deep breath and stop freaking out.

Rex Kramer wrote:You might be ok with rent, because if they make the UK really shitty to live in then anyone who can will bail. Thus easing the housing problems.

I put this better writing it a second time.

I feel sick all over again.

I thought parliment were there to protect their own citizens, not blindly lead them all off a cliff. I genuinly feel ill by the debate the past few days and the constant parroting of "will of the people" is making me want to bang my head against the table.

My rent is likely going to go up now and I might not have the money to stay on my own anymore. I'm going to lose my flat, my freedom and likely have to go live with my Dad again where I was spiralling to depression. I know I'm basing this off of my doom outlook of Brexit, but genuinly after everything Teresa May has said which is nothing I have no other choice.

I don't know what the hell I'm going to do.

Genuinly though, my living costs have already increased over the past 4 months. Prices on everything have slowly gone up and although I was lucky in the fact my wages went up, if they go up any higher I really am screwed. I'm living on the line as it is. I also have the issue that the company I work for relies on the EU a lot. All our companies prices will go up and we'll lose a lot of EU centric clients we have as they won't have a reason to stay in London anymore. One of the partners has recently stepped down and all this put together could cause a lot of problems for our company.

Apologies for being facetious. Regarding your flat, do you live on your own? If so, maybe start looking around for a flat/house share? I had my own flat years ago and got into quite a bit of debt due to the high cost of living alone.

Yeah, it may sound obvious but halving your living expenses by living with someone is the easiest way to save money generally. Again obviously the downside is then having to rely on someone else to keep you off the breadline, which is something that affects a stupid amount of people depending on partners in shitty, or even abusive relationships.

If Brexit, and specifically a hard Brexit really does negatively affect the economy as it looks like it will, that kind of living situation is only going to become more common.

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