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Blah Blah

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  1. 1.5tn lost worldwide! geez. That's really scary.
  2. He's struggling to get press coverage amongst the Labour and Tory infighting I think. Too many people with bigger thunder to steal than him.
  3. Yep, I too will use my 'democratic' right to free speech in a public forum when I like Keano, or did we have a referendum on that too?
  4. He has to win the leadership first Louisa. It's reported Gove is not going for it but will be a running mate for Bojo (it's Blair and Brown all over again and we know how that ended). Could then be Bojo vs Teresa May. Will Osborne enter the race too?
  5. Any MP can raise a Members Bill (so worth putting the idea to your MP).
  6. This is just shocking and unacceptable. And it seems people who aren't even here from the EU are being attacked, which just shows the level of logic these racists and xenophobes operate on.
  7. This is where we get into the deatails of unpicking 40 years of protections and trade. The whole thing is extremely complex. A full brexit (if it happens) will lock up government and Whitehall for years. There will be no time or room for anything else.
  8. I think a lot hinges on who wins the Tory leadership Loz. The government has four or so years left before any GE needs to be called.
  9. I don't know WMummy. Techncially the Tories are still the government, and the only way to change that is by GE. Only 150,000 party members will decide the new leader, and that I think would be seen as the issue for a lot of people, even though most people aren't Tory voters (back to bending arguments to suit of course). Personally as a Labour party member, I just want to see a sensible Tory leader right now. I think a snap GE would be a mistake. So for me the question is who would be able to put enacting article 50 on hold, who would bring parliament back to day to day business, and who would stabilise the markets. I think Teresa May would do that, if only as a caretaker PM. If some of the public are upset by that, then tough. The referendum never gave legal power of the people over government anyway.
  10. You don't honestly think that a 3.8% margin on such a big issue as this was ever going to be the end of the matter do you citylover? The same would be true if the result went the other way. Get real. This country is split down the middle.
  11. Curious. Can't see why fb would take it down. Can you remember who the organiser was? Maybe they took it down?
  12. This is why I think the right PM would be the one with the balls to treat it as advisory and go their own way. Kind of sacrificing their own career for the greater good. Has just been reported that Teresa May is gearing up to go for the leadership. I'm not a Tory, but I think we need a sensible voice right now, and suspect she might just be that.
  13. Not just that, but the markets need to be stabilised too. Sterling is expected to take another hit tm. And the Euro has been hit too. This doesn't just affect our economy, but is sending shock waves that are affecting the economies of others too. That's why there are calls from other EU countries to get started now. They are taking hits for our decision too. And this is all before anything in a physical sense has even happened. Having said that, a mutually acceptable agreement between us and Europe will help the markets, which is why I still think we'll end up with a Norway type deal that we can live with. Whoever takes the seat of government to lead on this, they are screwed.
  14. He has been trying all the time he has been an MEP Louisa. So have other UKIP MEPs.
  15. The leave campaign only started to pull ahead in polls when they switched from trying to win the debate on economy, to immigration and funding for the NHS. You can now see why they couldn't win the debate on economy - because people who listen to those arguments don't like 'maybes' - they want certainty.
  16. It would take just a 10% swing up against a single candidate - so not as unlikely as may seem. The key is getting the right other candidate.
  17. Yes and they had the nerve to dimiss any attempts to give detail of economic impact as scaremongering.
  18. "The EU has many problems, and there's areas where I suspect you and I would agree, but there is more that links us than divides us, and I feel it's a terrible error to turn our back completely. " This is exactly why I voted remain. "It's also opened the door to the extreme right wing, who were are going to hear more of if/when Boris reneges on Article 50." Completely agree. It's a step back to the 70's for the UK, in more ways than one.
  19. But they didn't expect a win. Boris used the referendum to forward his own ambition. He expected a narrow loss that he could then use. That's why he was so sheepish the day after. They all were. And then Cameron pulled a masterstroke, and stepped down. This is about an Eton rivalry, and both Cameron and Boris are prepared to junk UK plc to out-do each other. Completely disgraceful.
  20. And just to add Fox, that pension schemes are the bigger investors in the markets. So every day of losses over the next however many years of uncertainty is going to blow the cost of EU membership out of the water by a mile. There won't be any money for anything.
  21. And ?100bn wiped off shares instantly - what a false economy that was Fox.
  22. I do think that the more this goes on, the less likely it will ever be that Article 50 is enacted. Whilst the referendum has said leave, the government, or rather parliament, haven't agreed to that yet. We all know the primary faces of parliament are going to change. We know we face new Tory leadership. I think Corbyn will be replaced too. But here's the rub. Farage has tried on 7 occasions to become an MP. The longer the inaction goes on the better it suits him (notice how quiet he's been too since the result anyone?). A snap election. No party promising what Farage told people they thought they were voting for. UKIP field cnadidates in strong leave constituencies who fight a campaign on the lines that only with a strong UKIP presence in pariament can brexit be delivered. You can see how this will go.
  23. Inflation was an average of 9% for a start in 1973.
  24. Respect? why don't you acknowledge the points made in my reply? In fact answer this simple question. What shape was the UK economy really in when we joined the EEC?
  25. And here's my regret Louisa. I voted for Corbyn for new leader, but now also hugely regret doing so. The membership are counting chickens if they think Corbyn would be re-elected with anything like the same mandate.
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