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Started by The Legendary Shark, 09 April, 2010, 03:59:03 PM

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Tjm86

Quote from: ZenArcade on 24 June, 2016, 01:41:07 PM
The mood isn't good in NI over this, that's for sure.  This could go pear shaped pretty quickly. Z  :(

Judging by today's financial news it already is.

"Made a note in my diary on the way over.  Simply said: Bugger!"

Tjm86


Mattofthespurs

This is what happens when you give important decisions to the common man.

And we all know the common man is a raving fucking idiot.

Dandontdare

Well the neo-nazi parties of Europe, Donald Trump and Iran are gloating - Putin however has been suspiciously quiet beyond the rather cryptic "no one should support weak economies"

I expect there'll be vodka and dancing in the Kremlin tonight though. All Britain's and Europe's enemies will be rubbing their hands and working out how best to exploit this.

Zarjazzer

No good whining that everyone got a vote. That's the point. I voted remain but once again im on the wrong side of history.  I see the plastic reds are whinging. How very reactionary of them.
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Tjm86

Quote from: Mattofthespurs on 24 June, 2016, 04:23:46 PM
This is what happens when you give important decisions to the common man.

And we all know the common man is a raving fucking idiot.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.  Churchill

Proudhuff

DDT did a job on me

The Legendary Shark

Why are you all moaning?

This is what you believe in. This is democracy. This is what you all want - to be told what you're going to do, to be told who's going to rule you, to be told how you should live. Well, today you've been told. Anyone who voted, either for stay or leave, has absolutely no right to complain. You participated in a process you have been conditioned to respect and believe in. That process you so revere has done what you wanted it to do - given you a decision. You have no right to criticise or bemoan that decision because you participated in its imposition.

If you believe in the god of government, if you believe in the fantasy of democracy, you must now knuckle down and respect the decision. You must work to make the situation viable. You must bow before the majority, because the majority knows best. Your entire belief system is based on the fact that the majority knows best - even when you disagree.

The outcome is irrelevant. You got exactly what you wanted.
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Jim_Campbell

Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 24 June, 2016, 04:41:11 PM
The outcome is irrelevant. You got exactly what you wanted.

You colossal twat.
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Hawkmumbler

Yeah sorry Sharky, you missed the point by a rather extraordinary margin!

Molch-R

So far this discussion has been (relatively) civil, but abuse or namecalling will result in some temporary bans being handed out.

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IndigoPrime

Summing up so far:

- Sterling in freefall
- Billions wiped off of FTSE
- UK to lose top credit ratings
- Scotland and Northern Ireland likely to leave the UK
- US grimacing through it and saying through gritted teeth our relationship remains important
- EU desperate to kick off A50 and get rid of the UK as soon possible
- No open market access on the table
- Farage and others reneging on all promises made my Leave, from NHS funding to immigration stats

So 52% voted out for nothing. Worse, they voted to screw themselves.

Still, at least we settled that proxy battle for the direction of the Conservative Party, and got that socialist Corbyn out of the Labour hot seat!

The only crumb I'm clinging to is the EU showed its hand re open market suspiciously early. It does feel a bit like them bellowing "are you sure about this?" and giving the UK a chance to make this right. Either that, or they're so pissed off they want shot of us as soon as possible and hang the consequences.

esoteric ed

Reading the posts here and on Facebook today in light of the news, this imgagery came to mind  ;)

Ed

ZenArcade

The EU will be keen to push British (English and Welsh to be blunt) egress through as quickly as ever possible.  They are clever enough in the sense that they will wish to isolate 'the contagion' as they see it; they will not want this to fester like a running sore and spread to other component nations (The Netherlands being a major worry). Z
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