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[Politics] Brexit – what will happen?
- Thread starter Triggaaar
- Start date
Danny Dyer nailed it (and no, I never thought I'd write that, about anything).
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
But if we Leave and return later,we are classed as a new member and must adopt the Euro.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 14,847
Punishment for what? I doubt the EU gives much of a stuff if we leave or stay, so why would there be any comeback? It – like the rest of the world – just wants an end to the whole sorry affair. When the whole thing gets binned, life will carry on and it won't be in their interests to 'punish' a member state for anything.
I do wonder what people will talk about after March, or whenever the decision to remain is taken. It certainly seems to consume an awful lot of people!
Let me get this right because, you know, it's looking a little bit hatstand Brian.
You're saying that our "punishment" for doing what the EU actually want us to do would be us losing our currency? Which is impossible. So what are you trying to say?
I might be a little confused here. You think the laws on sovereign currencies are just here for your amusement? Is that it?
Punished how Brian? You're a funny guy....
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,809
I was thinking of asking exactly the same questions myself today, when I was at work (work being at the tremendous forefront of my mind at the moment, obvs). Top work, Trig
And the most likely outcome is obvious innit.
My view, actually, is that as a remainer, I am actually impressed with Mrs May's sense of duty, and her willingness to carry this accursed torch high above her head, even though she walks forth into an ever deeper and more shark infested cesspool. There is something a little mad about this, but it has nobility. I would almost be inclined to say 'support her plan, FFS - its what was inevitable so stop being so ****ish'. Except that I think it is more important to not leave than it is to allow my admiration for Mrs May to sway my judgement.
As for the rest, from gormless clueless Corbyn, to metrosexual sneery London Blairites, through to bonkers old Etonians like Moggy, to self serving narcissist Old Etonians like Boris, and the pastry-faced Old Etonion whose Faustian pact started all this madness, this shit shower needs to get into the sea right now. Shameful, disgraceful TRAITORS, willing to trash the place for the sake of narrow party interest.
I agree with a lot of what you say and TM has certainly gone up in my estimation through this whole cluster***.
However, she's a big girl and knew exactly what she was doing when she let her ambition outweigh her common sense and took the job after the referendum. I think we both knew how it would pan out.
You are sure that your assessment of her is completely objective, aren't you Harry
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Brian Parsons
New member
When I talk of punishment I refer to the fact that we actually had the audacity to try to leave because that goes all the crooked EU stands for. It's got nothing to do with currency.Let me get this right because, you know, it's looking a little bit hatstand Brian.
You're saying that our "punishment" for doing what the EU actually want us to do would be us losing our currency? Which is impossible. So what are you trying to say?
I might be a little confused here. You think the laws on sovereign currencies are just here for your amusement? Is that it?
Punished how Brian? You're a funny guy....
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The EU are desperate for the UK to stay. Firstly we contribute a significant slice of the budget and secondly, countries leaving the EU diminishes the whole construct and certainly opens the door for others to potentially follow the UK out of the exit.
Secondly, if we leave without a deal it puts at risk the 39 billion Euro settlement and the EU deperately needs the first traunche of that money pretty much immediately to balance next year's budget.
If it looks like we may leave without a deal, the smart move for the EU would be to offer enhanced terms that could get through the UK Parliament, but I doubt if there exists either the political will or the legislative time for that to happen. So it is out we go without a deal and see if the sky falls in on our heads...
Top Banter.
and therein lies one reason to dump this s*itshower as remainer's have been trying to explain to leavers for 28 months now.
studio150
Well-known member
To borrow from the famous Lord Tennyson poem
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode Mrs May.
Sorrel
Well-known member
I don't think it will happen at all. The big question now is, if we remain will things carry on as they were before 2016? I'm not sure that will work (will the other countries let us?).
I also don't want the hardcore leavers or remainers to feel like they have 'won'. Maybe the best solution would be to remain but then throw our lot in with the central and eastern european countries that are disrupting the EU from within already. That way both sides could feel like a kind of victory has occurred.
I also don't want the hardcore leavers or remainers to feel like they have 'won'. Maybe the best solution would be to remain but then throw our lot in with the central and eastern european countries that are disrupting the EU from within already. That way both sides could feel like a kind of victory has occurred.
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,809
So you think they need us more than we need them
Why? You'll have to point out where I wrote that.
I certainly think if you asked the EU which country they would like least to leave, the UK would feature in the top 3 for various economic and political resons.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Having watched and enjoyed '28 Days Later' and it's sequel '28 Weeks Later', in which The UK basically becomes an isolated island cut off from the rest of the world with it's people intent on destroying it and themselves, not only was it not quite what I'd thought, but I also never realised I'd be actually physically living through the third installment '28 Months Later'.
The 'infected' in this one are far more terrifying and crazed than in the preceding two.
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,809
Of course, but we are 1/6th of their economy. Anything other than remaining is complete f***ing madness.
(I'm sorry in that a lot of what you say on other subjects I agree with, but I honestly believe that anyone who doesn’t want to stay at this point is a moron. (drink may have been taken)
Raleigh Chopper
New member
I think that the whole thing will fail badly and send this country into meltdown and turmoil.
Cameron, May, Johnson and Rees Mogg will be rounded up and dragged through the streets to the Tower Of London.
Hoisted up onto Traitors Gate they will be hung, drawn and quartered, their entrails dangling down with their blood and guts floating down the Thames.
Farage wil be in the stocks for 2 days allowing any passer by to piss in his face.
Cameron, May, Johnson and Rees Mogg will be rounded up and dragged through the streets to the Tower Of London.
Hoisted up onto Traitors Gate they will be hung, drawn and quartered, their entrails dangling down with their blood and guts floating down the Thames.
Farage wil be in the stocks for 2 days allowing any passer by to piss in his face.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,303
is this so? this would mean committing to withdrawal agreement, then negotiation towards ~Norway relation. there isnt an option to go from current to ~Norway. also losing the customs union would be against the current Labour policy so i wonder if there is really a majority.
Fair enough. Just for the record, I didn't say whether I wanted to stay or leave. I was just responding to a post that claimed the EU didn't care whether we did or not. I believe they would very much like us to stay.
I don't think there are any winners here and subsequently we are all losers with the money wasted on this dream apart from maybe those who gambled on currency markets around June 2016.