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SwalecliffeEagle Flag Swalecliffe 27 Jun 16 4.17am Send a Private Message to SwalecliffeEagle Add SwalecliffeEagle as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Of course my love.

The EU is a puppet organisation for corporate interests. Although it did a lot of good funding projects and creating some good, albeit not perfect, rules pertaining to working conditions I feel that these were mere fish thrown to us seals.

In league with the IMF, through structural adjustment plans, the EU have formulated ways to give away national assets to corporate interests in Greece. They are architects of misery for millions of people.

This is why I came very close to voting leave.

My only worry now is that whoever is PM will impose heavier austerity using Brexit as an excuse.

I note you, as usual,answered my question with a question. Will you now be a darling and answer mine.

Edited by nickgusset (26 Jun 2016 7.29pm)

This. A million times, this.

 

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Jamesrichards8 Flag 27 Jun 16 5.21am Send a Private Message to Jamesrichards8 Add Jamesrichards8 as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Spoke to an early 20's female graduate today. She has no economic background and certainly no understanding. Couldn't understand the demand and supply with regard to housing. Kept going on about the prices will crash because of leave. Tried to explain it to her but she didn't want to know or find out. She'd heard what she wanted to before.

Then it was '3 million jobs will be lost.' She didn't hear then that Chukka Umuna et al were called up on this that they would not 'be lost' but were 'linked to the EU.' When trying to explain these jobs were linked to the EU and would not be lost in 1 fail swoop she just didn't want to know. She almost put her hands over her ears to go la la la la.

This is what we're dealing with. Young people who know better, young people who go by what they have heard once and run with it till the bitter end. They will learn at some point that being stubborn is stupid and costs you but they're too young and inexperienced to know or want to learn from others. Perhaps it's being fed garbage at school that makes short headlines so easy to digest, use and spread around their peer groups.

Agreed. I'm 20 but I dont consider myself a mindless, sensationalist simpleton like the majority of my generation is. I've noticed for some time now, with my peers, there is no critical thinking, everything is sound- bites. If it sounds logical at first glance, and can be made into a Facebook article, it is blindly followed. I blame the internet

 


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Kermit8 Flag Hevon 27 Jun 16 8.08am Send a Private Message to Kermit8 Add Kermit8 as a friend

So my sis was in a restaurant in Northern France - Rouen, possibly - last night but who should be there also? Nigel F. Put her right off her more expensive than last Wednesday meal it did.

Shouldn't he be in Blighty helping to steer the ship with some calming words and positive actions instead of spending his dosh abroad?

 


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johnno42000 Flag 27 Jun 16 8.42am Send a Private Message to johnno42000 Add johnno42000 as a friend

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If you have the time this is an interesting (and quite worrying) read. I've heard similar views down here where immigration is virtually non-existent.

 


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matt_himself Flag Matataland 27 Jun 16 8.49am Send a Private Message to matt_himself Add matt_himself as a friend

Originally posted by Kermit8

So my sis was in a restaurant in Northern France - Rouen, possibly - last night but who should be there also? Nigel F. Put her right off her more expensive than last Wednesday meal it did.

Shouldn't he be in Blighty helping to steer the ship with some calming words and positive actions instead of spending his dosh abroad?

He has done his bit. The Westminister elite want him out of the picture for doing what he has done.

He is doing the right thing.

Keep grasping for those straws, Michael.

 


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Part Time James Flag 27 Jun 16 8.55am Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Spoke to an early 20's female graduate today. She has no economic background and certainly no understanding. Couldn't understand the demand and supply with regard to housing. Kept going on about the prices will crash because of leave. Tried to explain it to her but she didn't want to know or find out. She'd heard what she wanted to before.

Then it was '3 million jobs will be lost.' She didn't hear then that Chukka Umuna et al were called up on this that they would not 'be lost' but were 'linked to the EU.' When trying to explain these jobs were linked to the EU and would not be lost in 1 fail swoop she just didn't want to know. She almost put her hands over her ears to go la la la la.

This is what we're dealing with. Young people who know better, young people who go by what they have heard once and run with it till the bitter end. They will learn at some point that being stubborn is stupid and costs you but they're too young and inexperienced to know or want to learn from others. Perhaps it's being fed garbage at school that makes short headlines so easy to digest, use and spread around their peer groups.

A friend of mine was telling me at the weekend that she had to make a complaint to her daughter's school because the teachers had been telling all the children that if you vote UKIP you are a racist. If that's the teacher's belief (personally I don't buy into that one iota) then really that ought not to be fed to children who look up to teachers like their word is Gospel.

 




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DivingIsNotGood Flag se25 27 Jun 16 9.07am

Originally posted by Cucking Funt


We really have sired a generation of thick c*nts.

There has always been a percentage of people that lack common sense, but let's face it, we have an age of idiots that lack general common sense!

Years ago young city traders would have about six conversations on the go at any one time while doing mental arithmetic. Nowadays this same generation lets the software do the talking. They are barely able to tie their shoelaces, especially if it's while deciding to get a cafe latte or mochaccino!
They all seem to have 400 exams yet cannot cross the road unless it's at a pelican crossing, just unable to do two things at once.

The adult generation is partly to blame with Mum & Dad providing lifts everywhere, the bank of dad giving them a year out.

I actually believe the majority of vote IN voters lack common sense and are oblivious to the favour we have done them.

 


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Mapletree Flag Croydon 27 Jun 16 9.12am Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Boris in the Telegraph 'I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe – and always will be'

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Might calm some of the pant wetters. Here's the key bit IMO at the end.

I believe that this climate of apprehension is understandable, given what people were told during the campaign, but based on a profound misunderstanding about what has really taken place. At home and abroad, the negative consequences are being wildly overdone, and the upside is being ignored. The stock market is way above its level of last autumn; the pound remains higher than it was in 2013 and 2014.

The economy is in good hands. Most sensible people can see that Bank of England governor Mark Carney has done a superb job – and now that the referendum is over, he will be able to continue his work without being in the political firing-line. Thanks in large part to the reforms put in place by David Cameron and George Osborne, the fundamentals of the UK economy are outstandingly strong – a dynamic and outward-looking economy with an ever-improving skills base, and with a big lead in some of the key growth sectors of the 21st century.

We should be incredibly proud and positive about the UK, and what it can now achieve. And we will achieve those things together, with all four nations united. We had one Scotland referendum in 2014, and I do not detect any real appetite to have another one soon; and it goes without saying that we are much better together in forging a new and better relationship with the EU – based on free trade and partnership, rather than a federal system.

I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe, and always will be. There will still be intense and intensifying European cooperation and partnership in a huge number of fields: the arts, the sciences, the universities, and on improving the environment. EU citizens living in this country will have their rights fully protected, and the same goes for British citizens living in the EU.

British people will still be able to go and work in the EU; to live; to travel; to study; to buy homes and to settle down. As the German equivalent of the CBI – the BDI – has very sensibly reminded us, there will continue to be free trade, and access to the single market. Britain is and always will be a great European power, offering top-table opinions and giving leadership on everything from foreign policy to defence to counter-terrorism and intelligence-sharing – all the things we need to do together to make our world safer.

The only change – and it will not come in any great rush – is that the UK will extricate itself from the EU’s extraordinary and opaque system of legislation: the vast and growing corpus of law enacted by a European Court of Justice from which there can be no appeal. This will bring not threats, but golden opportunities for this country – to pass laws and set taxes according to the needs of the UK.

Yes, the Government will be able to take back democratic control of immigration policy, with a balanced and humane points-based system to suit the needs of business and industry. Yes, there will be a substantial sum of money which we will no longer send to Brussels, but which could be used on priorities such as the NHS. Yes, we will be able to do free trade deals with the growth economies of the world in a way that is currently forbidden.

There is every cause for optimism; a Britain rebooted, reset, renewed and able to engage with the whole world. This was a seismic campaign whose lessons must be learnt by politicians at home and abroad. We heard the voices of millions of the forgotten people, who have seen no real increase in their incomes, while FTSE-100 chiefs now earn 150 times the average pay of their employees. We must pursue actively the one-nation policies that are among David Cameron’s fine legacy, such as his campaigns on the Living Wage and Life Chances. There is no doubt that many were speaking up for themselves.

But they were also speaking up for democracy, and the verdict of history will be that the British people got it right.

Said this before and I will say it again

If we continue to be a part of the European Single Market the thing most people voted against here - free movement of labour within Europe - will still be with us.

 

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Mapletree Flag Croydon 27 Jun 16 9.15am Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by DivingIsNotGood

There has always been a percentage of people that lack common sense, but let's face it, we have an age of idiots that lack general common sense!

Years ago young city traders would have about six conversations on the go at any one time while doing mental arithmetic. Nowadays this same generation lets the software do the talking. They are barely able to tie their shoelaces, especially if it's while deciding to get a cafe latte or mochaccino!
They all seem to have 400 exams yet cannot cross the road unless it's at a pelican crossing, just unable to do two things at once.

The adult generation is partly to blame with Mum & Dad providing lifts everywhere, the bank of dad giving them a year out.

I actually believe the majority of vote IN voters lack common sense and are oblivious to the favour we have done them.

I think these attitudes are very telling. You can't trust anyone other than your own generation to make sensible decisions, everyone else are 'thick c*nts'.

The skills needed in society change very rapidly, try challenging those 'thick c*nts' in who can write the most effective spreadsheet. Or who can kill the most people by effective drone flying if you are of a militaristic nature. Or who can mine and collate the largest amount of information the quickest.

Edited by Mapletree (27 Jun 2016 9.17am)

 

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DivingIsNotGood Flag se25 27 Jun 16 9.27am

Originally posted by Mapletree

I think these attitudes are very telling. You can't trust anyone other than your own generation to make sensible decisions, everyone else are 'thick c*nts'.

The skills needed in society change very rapidly, try challenging those 'thick c*nts' in who can write the most effective spreadsheet. Or who can kill the most people by effective drone flying if you are of a militaristic nature. Or who can mine and collate the largest amount of information the quickest.

Edited by Mapletree (27 Jun 2016 9.17am)

Good analogy but writing excel formulas is straight forward and is in fact just a case of learning a new language. Excel formulas follow practical logic, like IF formulas.

My point rather is, the common sense I talk about, is that the younger generation are unable to think on their feet as mum and dad have done everything for them.
They cannot visualise change well as it confuses their mind, only able to concentrate on one thing at a time.

If you put them inside a derelict dilapidated house and said, this room will have freshly plastered walls, oak floors and so on, they would struggle to visualise it. Not all of them, but a majority.

Edited by DivingIsNotGood (27 Jun 2016 9.27am)

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 27 Jun 16 9.35am

Originally posted by nickgusset


Again Matthew, you are making suppositions. Your postings this evening have had the Gusset household in hysterics. No hate here.
The question was:
Explain how the future is better for us (and I'm going to be a bit cheeky if that's alright and add a bit to it) given the fact that the mother of all parliaments seems to have imploded somewhat?

Edited by nickgusset (26 Jun 2016 7.50pm)

Still waiting Matthew...

 

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matt_himself Flag Matataland 27 Jun 16 9.49am Send a Private Message to matt_himself Add matt_himself as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Still waiting Matthew...

The meltdown continues...

Your question is nonsense. Parliament will sort itself out and, as I have said repeatedly, I believe a deal will be done with the EU and a second referendum held in the next 12 to 18 months.

You know my reasons for voting leave, you even agreed with them.

Now stop picking fights and then complaining about the outcome of those fights.

Edited by matt_himself (27 Jun 2016 9.49am)

 


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