Current Affairs EU In or Out

[MartyMcFly]

Goldman Sachs is a plague upon humanity. I would not be too sad if it went bankrupt.......

Too sad?

I would be literally dancing in the streets.

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Yes the bully boys point taken!

Bully?

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Be lovely to see Goldman Sachs go.

Until you realise the impact that it would have on the economy.

 

[peteblue]

Of course, the EU can still influence our WTO trading terms post Brexit thus the idea that we can just press the WTO button and trade differently to currently is a misnomer.

How can they do that then.......

 

[peteblue]

Many in the EU side of the negotiations seem to think we're wallies. You've got Boris petitioning for Turkey to be allowed in, despite having campaigned on the apparent horrors of such a situation, and now May saying that despite Brexit meaning Brexit she still expects to be able to meddle for the next two years in things that don't really concern her any more.

I'm not sure we could have rubbed them up the wrong way more had we gone out of our way to do so. She may as well have put on a funny accent and motioned to fart in their general direction.

If we are in the club we are still allowed our voice and our veto and we should exercise them exactly as before......

 

[MartyMcFly]

Aa far as I'm concerned it's fine for parliament to debate, fine tune and vote on how we go about the process of Brexit.

But, if they try to use that process to effectively stop Brexit happening to pander to the chattering classes because they don't like the answer the electorate gave them then they're overstepping their remit, which is to represent their electorate.

Otherwise there is absolutely no point in holding a referendum.

Then there's no point in having a parliament either. Just go back to the Monarch and Lords if all we want is a dictatorship of the elite.

 

[degsy]

Korea, Suez, Indonesia?

Aden, Cyprus, Kenya, Malaya, Borneo, Sarawak, Belize...we've had troops 'keeping the peace' all over

 

[Joey66]

The economy went gradually downhill throughout that period, despite being 'able to trade with the world'.

purchase tax was low 3 - 7 % on what you purchased on joining 10% vat on every item bar food and babys clothes -
Bruce I could survive on £9.35 a pair of wranglers jeans were £3.00 a ben sherman shirt was £2.00 I had £2 to last the week we coped easily the EU collect a trillion euros Bruce with VAT and still manages zero growth!
we voted out stop the scare stories, and let this government negotiate if it's rubbish then complain!

 

[MartyMcFly]

The stats I quoted highlighted a point.

It's interesting that all of the oldies who've commented on it have all completely avoided that point.

Who cares what the youngsters want. When you are young you believe John Lennon's Imagine is a valid political ideology. You can be manipulated by pictures designed to play on your emotions like little kids being found on beaches.

It's only when you get older and wiser that you realize the world isn't some idealist place and behaving that way in it will only get you into trouble.

Frankly I would raise the age of voting not lower it.

 

[Joey66]

Bully?

Ask southen ireland when they voted v the EU on the a treaty the EU starved them out or bullied them to have another referendrum to how dare they go against them and remainers want that to happen again by the way we had to Southern Ireland bail them out too!
Look what they did to greece - italy's nexed by the way!

 

[peteblue]

The Esk literally stated a fact, not some sort of fear bulletin direct from Brussels.

What fact was that then......

 

[Bruce Wayne]

If we are in the club we are still allowed our voice and our veto and we should exercise them exactly as before......

Game theory 101 innit?

 

[peteblue]

Who cares what the youngsters want. When you are young you believe John Lennon's Imagine is a valid political ideology. You can be manipulated by pictures designed to play on your emotions like little kids being found on beaches.

It's only when you get older and wiser that you realize the world isn't some idealist place and behaving that way in it will only get you into trouble.

Frankly I would raise the age of voting not lower it.

I'd put it up to about 45.......

 

[MartyMcFly]

Be lovely to see Goldman Sachs go.

Until you realise the impact that it would have on the economy.

I think not having them influence our democratic process might be worth it.

 

[Joey66]

Korea, Suez, Indonesia?

sueuz was a USa venture no invasion just political warnings never on the scale or damage the iraq or afghanistan wars cost!
we are debating Brexit here and the kitchen sink gets thrown in to make a polictical point, by now 4 months in the share price was supposed to have tumbled it sky high - we would be in recession not happened, and a emergency budget not happened just maybes, and listening to a fanatical nationalist in Scotland who knows now she would not win an independant Scotland vote as I stated take the Barnett formula away and they would not be able to pay unemployment benefit in Scotland never mind free universities etc etc etc !!