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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 04 Apr 16 2.02pm

Originally posted by johnfirewall

The 'In' security argument that we won't have intelligence on people who we don't have to let in makes no sense.

Which also makes no sense, as its unlikely that any of the terrorist activities of the recent decade was caused by people we could have 'kept out' legally.

Its a mistake of the right to assume that an out will respond in a wave of anti-migration legislation. At no point can I forsee a situation where everyone coming to the UK will be expected to obtain a visa, even if they're coming from France, and undergo extensive background checks.

 


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Hoof Hearted 07 Apr 16 11.01am

Cameron playing dirty again in this referendum.....

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Spending £9M on leaflets highlighting what he says are "the key facts" about Brexit.... but none of them are pro Brexit... he has just stated the key issues in support of staying in the EU.

Cameron has pulled a fast one doing this now because:-

The designated Leave campaign, and its Remain opponent, will be able to spend up to £7m each on advertising and promotion once the official campaign period starts next week. This includes £600,000 of public grants set aside for free mailshots and TV broadcasts.

So Cameron's remain team will have spent £16M on it's campaign as opposed to only £7M allowed for the leave campaign.

Hardly fair is it!?!

 

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susmik Flag PLYMOUTH -But Made in Old Coulsdon... 07 Apr 16 11.09am Send a Private Message to susmik Add susmik as a friend

Originally posted by Hoof Hearted

Cameron playing dirty again in this referendum.....

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Spending £9M on leaflets highlighting what he says are "the key facts" about Brexit.... but none of them are pro Brexit... he has just stated the key issues in support of staying in the EU.

Cameron has pulled a fast one doing this now because:-

The designated Leave campaign, and its Remain opponent, will be able to spend up to £7m each on advertising and promotion once the official campaign period starts next week. This includes £600,000 of public grants set aside for free mailshots and TV broadcasts.

So Cameron's remain team will have spent £16M on it's campaign as opposed to only £7M allowed for the leave campaign.

Hardly fair is it!?!

Have to agree with you on this one hoof and I am a life long tory....Slowly going off the guy I am afraid.

 


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Hoof Hearted 07 Apr 16 11.12am

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Interesting poll results - shows the split between those who think if we left the EU

1. we would be better off - 27%
2. we would be worse off - 32%
3. about the same - 24%
4. don't know - 17%

The percentages were recorded at 28 Jan.... don't know what they are now, but it's interesting to see the fluctuations over time in that field study!

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Hoof Hearted 07 Apr 16 11.20am

Originally posted by susmik

Have to agree with you on this one hoof and I am a life long tory....Slowly going off the guy I am afraid.

He's showing his true colours now... he hasn't come out of this latest tax haven scandal very well and appears to be at best a very slippery customer and at worst a lying cheating tax dodging double standards merchant.

Still... good job we're all in it together eh?

Where is a decent opposition party/leader when you want one?

At this rate we can only rely on Boris/Farage for straight talking, you can forget about Cameron and Osborne.... and Corbyn is not even worth heckling he is so pathetic and ridiculously out of his depth.

 

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DanH Flag SW2 07 Apr 16 11.25am Send a Private Message to DanH Add DanH as a friend

Originally posted by Hoof Hearted

Cameron playing dirty again in this referendum.....

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Spending £9M on leaflets highlighting what he says are "the key facts" about Brexit.... but none of them are pro Brexit... he has just stated the key issues in support of staying in the EU.

Cameron has pulled a fast one doing this now because:-

The designated Leave campaign, and its Remain opponent, will be able to spend up to £7m each on advertising and promotion once the official campaign period starts next week. This includes £600,000 of public grants set aside for free mailshots and TV broadcasts.

So Cameron's remain team will have spent £16M on it's campaign as opposed to only £7M allowed for the leave campaign.

Hardly fair is it!?!

Interestingly*, the level of spending when it comes to election/referendum campaigns has showed to have little to no impact on the result of it.

*In the jamiemartin911999 sense of interesting

 

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SwalecliffeEagle Flag Swalecliffe 11 Apr 16 5.48pm Send a Private Message to SwalecliffeEagle Add SwalecliffeEagle as a friend

Those voting to stay have a bad case of EU-bola/ Brussels Syndrome....they've been captive for so long that they have lost any independent spirit they once had. They are political sheep. I am sad for them. They aren't what helped kick the industrial revolution into gear, they aren't the type of people who fought for democracy (no, they're not, because they're not doing it now) and they aren't thinking of the impact their lack of intuition will have on future generations. They are two types of people: the fundamentally misled, and the fundamentally immoral.

Indeed, half of them are just that - misled. I can handle this sort, they believe by voting to stay they ARE doing the right thing, and they genuinely feel confused. It's so frustrating, because there's nothing confusing about it. Use your intuition, ask yourself the big questions, and you will arrive at the right decision. The other half however, and they know who they are, are those harbouring their own selfish interests and to hell with the consequences for everyone else, they say! You know the sort, the hideously tanned ex-pat on a beach in Spain who hates England yet all of a sudden professes his love for the country (nowt to do with healthcare, of course). They talk of 'jobs', being 'stronger together' and 'the economy,' and they enjoy dragging people down into the detail because they know it goes nowhere fast. Like idiots, they drag you down to their level and will beat you with experience. That sort of person isn't worth the dripping off my nose. They will have to live with their choice, and I only hope they leave this world after they see the damage they have done to the lives of today's children, and not before.

But my message to fellow Brexiters is this: don't get wound up (as I have before) with those who will place their own interests above the moral choice. They will do what they wish to do, and they care not for your democratic birthright. They cannot care, because democracy, whatever they say, is what this referendum is all about. It is nothing to do with jobs, 'togetherness', the environment or intelligence sharing (that's my personal favourite)... it is about the broad, overarching principle upon which any decent, liberal society is built....that of having self-determination and direct representation. It is an inalienable right which will be severely undermined by anyone who votes to stay. There is no legitimate counter-argument to this. Not one. Nothing is more important than our right to fair representation, and remaining in the EU will only weaken that right. I do hope to god no one is bold enough to argue that basic, largely-accepted point.

Democracy is ALL anyone should concern themselves with when it comes to this vote. It overrides everything, for everyone. Ignore the so-called 'facts' which no one knows of and use your goddamned instincts, like an actual person with an innate sense of justice and reason. I think it was Kant who described the Enlightenment as 'having the courage to use your own reason'. I'd listen to Kant, and not Cameron, if I were you.


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npn Flag Crowborough 11 Apr 16 6.02pm Send a Private Message to npn Add npn as a friend

I'm already loving the total patheticness (made up word) of both sides on their facebook campaigns. So far I've had:

* How will Brexit affect your football team's squad
* How much will Brexit cost you (based on completely fictional worst case scenarios)
* Now Europe wants to control {insert food, drink, machinery, anything else here}

Dreadful from both sides (but I've received more from the group "Stronger in Europe" or something like that - no idea if they are legit or official or just another fringe group.

Hate the whole thing already.

 

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Kermit8 Flag Hevon 11 Apr 16 6.08pm Send a Private Message to Kermit8 Add Kermit8 as a friend

^^^^^^^^

Little picture Swalecliffe.

The bigger picture is that Europe - specifically Western Europe - has functioned a lot better having common economic interests bound by agreements and treaties since the 1950's than it did not having them in the previous 1,000 years of bloodshed.

You want to build up walls again? Not for me. I'm gonna have grandkids to think about one day.

Edited by Kermit8 (11 Apr 2016 6.09pm)

 


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SwalecliffeEagle Flag Swalecliffe 11 Apr 16 6.13pm Send a Private Message to SwalecliffeEagle Add SwalecliffeEagle as a friend

Originally posted by npn

I'm already loving the total patheticness (made up word) of both sides on their facebook campaigns. So far I've had:

* How will Brexit affect your football team's squad
* How much will Brexit cost you (based on completely fictional worst case scenarios)
* Now Europe wants to control {insert food, drink, machinery, anything else here}

Dreadful from both sides (but I've received more from the group "Stronger in Europe" or something like that - no idea if they are legit or official or just another fringe group.

Hate the whole thing already.

It's infuriating isn't it, because people WILL make such a key decision on such ridiculous considerations. You mention some cracking examples, but even the economy is irrelevant in the context of this bid to secure democracy. There will always be those with selfish interests, but it's so sad that some will think they're making the right choice because they have been so confused by a myriad of arguments which deflect from the seriousness of it all.

If I wasn't a sad 20-something with a lot of time on my hands, then I'd be just as fed up of it as you are!

 

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kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 11 Apr 16 6.17pm Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

out.

 


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SwalecliffeEagle Flag Swalecliffe 11 Apr 16 6.32pm Send a Private Message to SwalecliffeEagle Add SwalecliffeEagle as a friend

Originally posted by Kermit8

^^^^^^^^

Little picture Swalecliffe.

The bigger picture is that Europe - specifically Western Europe - has functioned a lot better having common economic interests bound by agreements and treaties since the 1950's than it did not having them in the previous 1,000 years of bloodshed.

You want to build up walls again? Not for me. I'm gonna have grandkids to think about one day.

Edited by Kermit8 (11 Apr 2016 6.09pm)

I'm pleased for you, but I have a child due in October, so what's your point?

So that's your grand reply, is it? I expected one, but I expected better than that. You call democracy the 'little picture'? I'll leave others to judge that cracker!

I totally agree that economic integration is conducive to peace and you're gonna have to trust me (because I don't want to be boring) that I have as solid a grasp as you of the origins of European integration (which lie in the 1920s, by the way). But where you and I differ is that you say: 'the EU is necessary to prevent war'....whereas I say 'The ECC was once necessary to prevent war'. I'm sad you cannot make such a basic distinction between the two organisations, and it is to my child and your grandchildren's detriment that you do.

Peace is not owed to the EU, it is owed to global economic integration. If you think that will for peace which exists in the civilised world will dissipate because we leave the EU, and as such we will go to war with our European neighbours...then that really is the pits of all logic. Definitely more Kermit than Kant, I'd say. The conditions under which we went to war do not exist in Europe today. None of that is down to the EUROPEAN UNION. I don't know if you're aware, but that's what we're voting for. The world is integrated whether we like it or not, and no referendum will change that. And, in case you haven't noticed, war ravages the world over, still, today. Your picture isn't really a picture at all, so much as it is a false reality based on a misunderstanding of historical nuances. But anyway, if you know anything about history, you will know that Empires ALWAYS crumble in the end. So, good luck with that.

Edited by SwalecliffeEagle (11 Apr 2016 6.34pm)

 

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