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by Lex-Man » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:17 am

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Rax wrote:I actually cannot fathom the stupidy of Tory supporters and Brexiteers at this stage. Its clear that this is a terrible decision, its comepletely unworkable and the whole thing should be abandoned but no, lets forge on for Britain and the spirit of the blitz or some gooseberry fool.


I think it was the News Quiz who described your average Brexiteer as someone who definitely didn't fight in the war, but very much likes to go about as if they did

I blame the way the whole thing has been romanticised as the indominatable British spirit overcoming all odds, stiff upper lip being all thats needed to overcome everything. Nicely glossing over the horrors of war and the horrible sacrifices made by everyone on the home front. Ignore all that, cos huzzah Britain


I hate this as well.

It sounded like an absolutely miserable time to me. The bombings. Mother's not knowing if their sons would actually come home alive. Atrocities witnessed by the people who fought. Rationing.

My granda was so messed up by what he'd seen, that he kept completely quiet about what he had experienced until about 40 years later. Even then, he didn't give my family the full story.

But sure, let's romanticise it. Stiff upper lip boys!


Also there was a massive spike in crime during the blitz, the idea that society came together against the enemy just isn't correct.


Yes BUT WE SURVIVED!!!!!*

*except for the 67k civilian deaths and 380k military deaths.


The thing is I don't think that Brexiteers actually see us as individuals they see as part of England, so we did survive because England survived.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Photek » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:22 am

Trump hadn’t git a scooby doo.

So Boris went to a fancy dinner held by the DUP last night and he’s supposed to be impartial ahead of trying to form a government at Stormont as he’s meeting the rest of the parties today. :fp:

Also James O’Brien is on about the border right now. Disgonnabegood.gif

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Moggy » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:40 am

twitter.com/marksugruek/status/1155957402312663041



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Technology will solve it :lol:

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by Lex-Man » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:48 am

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twitter.com/marksugruek/status/1155957402312663041



twitter.com/marksugruek/status/1155957445417553921



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Technology will solve it :lol:


Ireland should just join the rest of the UK. :lol:

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Moggy » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:51 am

Lex-Man wrote:Ireland should just join the rest of the UK. :lol:


It’s the only solution. And if the Irish don’t want to then it is all their fault for not compromising on being ruled from London. :x

And what’s scary is we are making ridiculous jokes but there are a sizable number of Leavers that would think that was a good idea. :lol:

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Photek » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:52 am

The worrying thing is that we’ve been talking about how the border has 100’s of crossings since the referendum result but because of wanking about spitfires and DUP members wearing Union Jack pyjamas to bed we’re gonna end up with a border.

Caller on JO’B had a good point, if there’s a gen election and Boris gains some seats he’ll drop the DUP and we’ll have a border in the Irish Sea.

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by Lex-Man » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:58 am

Photek wrote:The worrying thing is that we’ve been talking about how the border has 100’s of crossings since the referendum result but because of wanking about spitfires and DUP members wearing Union Jack pyjamas to bed we’re gonna end up with a border.

Called on JO’B had a good point, if there’s a gem election and Boris gains some seats he’ll drop the DUP and we’ll have a border in the Irish Sea.


I don't think he would, too many Tories are in bed with the DUP.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Photek » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:01 am

Lex-Man wrote:I don't think he would, too many Tories are in bed with the DUP.

Not as many s you think, look at the Pro choice and gay marriage votes.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Moggy » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:02 am

Lex-Man wrote:
Photek wrote:The worrying thing is that we’ve been talking about how the border has 100’s of crossings since the referendum result but because of wanking about spitfires and DUP members wearing Union Jack pyjamas to bed we’re gonna end up with a border.

Called on JO’B had a good point, if there’s a gem election and Boris gains some seats he’ll drop the DUP and we’ll have a border in the Irish Sea.


I don't think he would, too many Tories are in bed with the DUP.


Johnson doesn’t give a gooseberry fool about the DUP. If he gets enough Tory MPs for a comfortable majority then he will happily wave goodbye to Northern Ireland.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Jenuall » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:04 am

Yeah I don't think Johnson gives a single strawberry float about them, lets face it he'd ditch half of his own party if he could get away with it and still be in power.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Tomous » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:08 am

Johnson would strawberry float a pig on national TV if he thought it would help him keep power.

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by Moggy » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:13 am

Jenuall wrote:Yeah I don't think Johnson gives a single strawberry float about them, lets face it he'd ditch half of his own party if he could get away with it and still be in power.


If he could keep the title of “Prime Minister of the United Kingdom” then he’d happily get rid of everything except London, the Home Counties and Oxfordshire.

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by Squinty » Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:33 pm

Photek wrote:The worrying thing is that we’ve been talking about how the border has 100’s of crossings since the referendum result but because of wanking about spitfires and DUP members wearing Union Jack pyjamas to bed we’re gonna end up with a border.

Caller on JO’B had a good point, if there’s a gen election and Boris gains some seats he’ll drop the DUP and we’ll have a border in the Irish Sea.


I've always thought they'd attempt this.

Basically bringing the DUP into the fold reduced the amount of options at their disposal. They were the ones that were highly instrumental in strawberry floating up the first stage of negotiations.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Harry Ola » Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:56 pm

On Ireland this whole thread is brilliant. What is especially scary is knowing that Boris wouldn't have the attention span to think about something as delicate and complex as this.

twitter.com/DavidHenigUK/status/1156469384652701697


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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Photek » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:07 pm

twitter.com/Digbylj/status/1155424392266035219



This was fact checked by TheJournal.ie
Based on the fact that none of the most recent yearly or monthly statistics for trade between Ireland and the UK are anywhere close to 90%, the claim made by Digby Jones on 28 July can be discounted.

The personal assistant of Digby Jones was contacted by TheJournal.ie for comment on his claim on 30 July, but did not respond in time for publication.

As trade refers to the exchange of goods and services between countries, it cannot be said that either of these account for 90% of Ireland’s trade with the UK in either goods or services.

The UK accounted for 12% of total exports of goods in Ireland in 2017 and 24% of total imports of goods. In services, it accounted for 6% of total exports and 9.3% of total imports in 2017.

More recent monthly figures are also in line with these totals. In no aspect of trade are the figures close to 90%.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Moggy » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:17 pm

Photek wrote:

twitter.com/Digbylj/status/1155424392266035219



This was fact checked by TheJournal.ie
Based on the fact that none of the most recent yearly or monthly statistics for trade between Ireland and the UK are anywhere close to 90%, the claim made by Digby Jones on 28 July can be discounted.

The personal assistant of Digby Jones was contacted by TheJournal.ie for comment on his claim on 30 July, but did not respond in time for publication.

As trade refers to the exchange of goods and services between countries, it cannot be said that either of these account for 90% of Ireland’s trade with the UK in either goods or services.

The UK accounted for 12% of total exports of goods in Ireland in 2017 and 24% of total imports of goods. In services, it accounted for 6% of total exports and 9.3% of total imports in 2017.

More recent monthly figures are also in line with these totals. In no aspect of trade are the figures close to 90%.


90% :lol:

Digby Jones is a strawberry floating idiot.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Tomous » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:21 pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar more like.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Rex Kramer » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:21 pm

Moggy wrote:
Photek wrote:

twitter.com/Digbylj/status/1155424392266035219



This was fact checked by TheJournal.ie
Based on the fact that none of the most recent yearly or monthly statistics for trade between Ireland and the UK are anywhere close to 90%, the claim made by Digby Jones on 28 July can be discounted.

The personal assistant of Digby Jones was contacted by TheJournal.ie for comment on his claim on 30 July, but did not respond in time for publication.

As trade refers to the exchange of goods and services between countries, it cannot be said that either of these account for 90% of Ireland’s trade with the UK in either goods or services.

The UK accounted for 12% of total exports of goods in Ireland in 2017 and 24% of total imports of goods. In services, it accounted for 6% of total exports and 9.3% of total imports in 2017.

More recent monthly figures are also in line with these totals. In no aspect of trade are the figures close to 90%.


90% :lol:

Digby Jones is a strawberry floating idiot.

That's Lord Digby Jones is a strawberry floating idiot.

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by Lex-Man » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:27 pm

Rex Kramer wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Photek wrote:

twitter.com/Digbylj/status/1155424392266035219



This was fact checked by TheJournal.ie
Based on the fact that none of the most recent yearly or monthly statistics for trade between Ireland and the UK are anywhere close to 90%, the claim made by Digby Jones on 28 July can be discounted.

The personal assistant of Digby Jones was contacted by TheJournal.ie for comment on his claim on 30 July, but did not respond in time for publication.

As trade refers to the exchange of goods and services between countries, it cannot be said that either of these account for 90% of Ireland’s trade with the UK in either goods or services.

The UK accounted for 12% of total exports of goods in Ireland in 2017 and 24% of total imports of goods. In services, it accounted for 6% of total exports and 9.3% of total imports in 2017.

More recent monthly figures are also in line with these totals. In no aspect of trade are the figures close to 90%.


90% :lol:

Digby Jones is a strawberry floating idiot.

That's Lord Digby Jones is a strawberry floating idiot.


I once saw him on newsnight where he advocated a flat tax, saying that he'd stop fiddling his taxes if we implemented it.

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PostRe: Brexit Thread 3
by Moggy » Wed Jul 31, 2019 2:16 pm

twitter.com/ninadschick/status/1156508816357363712



Remember how the Leavers loved Theresa May at first? She was the new Iron Lady!

Then they turned on her and decided she was a secret Remainer.

That above is the start of the same process with Johnson and his team. He’ll be a Leaver, just not a hard enough Leaver....


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