Brexit Deal

Wattie

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Wattie said:
I’ve a little analogy I’ll share with you regarding this situation- a little later.
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Here you go Masercoupe.

So a few years ago the Mrs and I were flying back from Rio to London on Virgin A. We took our seats and got ourselves comfy for the flight home.
All was well until 3 Brazilian immigration officers boarded the aircraft carrying a shouting,swearing wriggling, handcuffed individual who clearly wasn’t too impressed about being extradited from Brazil.

They wrestled said individual to the back and into a seat and sat on him, whereupon he continued to struggle whilst shouting obscenities and that “we were all going to die”.

Apparently his human rights meant they couldn’t sedate him or punch his lights out.
No one seemed to give a toss about the human rights of the majority witnessing this episode.

For around 30 mins we all sat there listening to “we’re gonna die, there’s a bomb on The plane” I’ve had visions etc, f this, f that etc “get me off, god help us all”

Even the most frequent flyer on that flight began to get edgy......

Eventually, the doors to the plane closed, we taxi’d down the runway, “we were still all gonna die” and we took off.
Immediate Silence, not a peep from him for the rest of the flight as he realised he was along for the journey. Exemplary passenger.

So, it seems to me that “Remainers” are currently acting like said passenger. Kicking and screaming they are doing everything they can to “block” the Brexit take off. We just need to get the plane in the air and you’ll soon very quickly get over it, get on with your lives and come along for the ride.

Together. united.



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MaserCoupe

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Great departure lounge, very dazzling and shiny, shiny! Unfortunately the Brexit plane has no flight plan or destination, blimey it’s actually got no engines! Err actually it’s got no wings either, crikey the pilot is suspect too. I’ll choose not to board thanks.... consider the plane permanently grounded. Otherwise thanks for writing the story down, short on real detail...I’m guessing Wattie that when you write Brexit down, it completely falls apart. It’s a very lovely pipe dream though, that yearning to reach the unreachable. No matter what Wattie and no matter how angry you get, in the end know that this metropolitan, political snowflake elite, (whatever that means) will offer you a shoulder. Otherwise you & 17million others, still haven’t sold it to me. :D
 
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MaserCoupe

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Oopsy!! You would like to think and hope that some lessons were learnt there.. oh Nige, I’m glad that you’re ok though. He is a human being after all.. lots of love from the “wealthy, metropolitan, political elites”. PS...Anyone know what his plans for uniting the country are?
 
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GeoffCapes

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Wattie, you can't seriously be backing Farage to become PM?

He's had seven goes at becoming an MP and failed every time. Even when he was a candidate in the most right wing seat in the UK (Thanet) he still lost.
He's a one trick pony. The Brexit party will not get many votes when there is a General Election as we will probably be out of the EU then and everyone will see what a stupid decision leaving was in the first place by then.

All I hope is that Comrade Corbyn doesn't get in. However, with the Tory's in turmoil that is looking more and more likely I'm afraid.
 
Wattie

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GeoffCapes said:
He's a one trick pony.
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Well Geoff, in a Parliament that’s become a Circus, his one trick (Brexit delivery) is the star act at the moment......the crowds are flocking in.
The Tory clown act is no longer funny and Labours contortion act involving leaving whilst remaining has it tied in knots.

Yup i’m In a front seat with my popcorn.
 
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midlifecrisis

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Wattie said:
Well Geoff, in a Parliament that’s become a Circus, his one trick (Brexit delivery) is the star act at the moment......the crowds are flocking in.
The Tory clown act is no longer funny and Labours contortion act involving leaving whilst remaining has it tied in knots.

Yup i’m In a front seat with my popcorn.
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Adolf was a one trick pony with similar beliefs to Farage, the devil plays the best tunes and Wattie, surely you're more intelligent to see through his lies.
 
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Wattie said:
Well Geoff, in a Parliament that’s become a Circus, his one trick (Brexit delivery) is the star act at the moment......the crowds are flocking in.
The Tory clown act is no longer funny and Labours contortion act involving leaving whilst remaining has it tied in knots.

Yup i’m In a front seat with my popcorn.
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I think describing Farage as a one-trick pony is being desperately unfair to ponies who are good at tricks.

All Farage has done is talk about Brexit - he did a brilliant job of reading the mood of a nation and sold them a dream - but as soon as it was voted for, he ran away and made it someone else’s problem to try and implement it...

Now, he’s decided to come back into politics, and to make lots more noise, but there is nothing he has done that would make me believe he was competent to actually deliver what he says (even if I was of the mind that what he says is a good thing). In fact, everything he has ever done makes me believe he’s an empty vessel, narcissistic beyond belief, and just an arrogant ******...

To be fair, the same can be said for many others, and I completely agree that the way the present government and parliament (both sides) has handled the whole thing is a farce....

I just wish we could cancel the whole thing, and get back to the much more important issues that as a nation we ought to be focussing on. Brexit has become a huge distraction, massively divisive, and (IMO) it’s completely unnecessary.
 
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Well Wattie, he does closely and intimately align himself with the likes of Steve Bannon, Who goes around Europe telling people to wear their racism as a badge of honour and then gets people from his flock quoting from Breitbart as if it is the norm.;) On this very thread no less. He’s not exactly uniting the country and people is he?
 
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Wanderer said:
Anyone care to correct me with one tangible point that will make the whole thing worth it?
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We get bloody decent Jersey Royals back, decent bananas! and we get to relive the 70's....it's a win win win......
Seriously as it is now the EU has far too much power, interfering with cellular countries, whats even more scary is the EU's end goal.. I won't go there but I for one will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of the last time they tried...*****....
Let's not go through that again........
 
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Wattie

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Our 4 year old has become quite the academic in recent months as her numerical skills have grown. Keen to maintain this rapid rate of progress with “counting” I decided to introduce her to the magnificent game of “Snakes and Ladders.”

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Such fun.
What seemed like an eternity passed before Yasmin excitedly turned to me as Elsa landed on 36 saying “Daddy, Daddy I’ve won!”
Regrettably I had to inform her that because my dolly was on number 32 her margin of victory was insufficiently large and we would need to play it again.
Joy turned to dispair.- “I don’t like Snakes and Ladders, I just wanna play Hungry Hippos from now on” sulked Yasmin.
Which is fine with me as I’ll apply the same principle to counting “the load of balls” my hippo eats when compared with hers.

Maths- tick
Important life lesson learned- tick.
 
Wattie

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MaserCoupe said:
Well Wattie, he does closely and intimately align himself with the likes of Steve Bannon, Who goes around Europe telling people to wear their racism as a badge of honour and then gets people from his flock quoting from Breitbart as if it is the norm.;) On this very thread no less. He’s not exactly uniting the country and people is he?
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I’m guessing extremism doesn’t get much more extreme than holding democratic votes and then ignoring or overturning the result- does it?
 
MaserCoupe

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Wattie said:
I’m guessing extremism doesn’t get much more extreme than holding democratic votes and then ignoring or overturning the result- does it?
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Especially when it was riddled with fraud and racism Wattie. But I know you love to overlook that. But I guess that doesn’t mean much eh as long we are denied and don’t get a final say. Anyway what do you care? You don’t have anything new to say here so why keep on it? Respect the vote yeah? Nope I don’t think so. Nighty night try not to get too burnt in the sun now make sure you’ve got your factor 200 my principled Aussi expat :D now where’s the ignore button as we don’t seem to be learning anything new here :D
 
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MaserCoupe said:
Especially when it was riddled with fraud and racism Wattie. But I know you love to overlook that. But I guess that doesn’t mean much eh as long we are denied and don’t get a final say. Anyway what do you care? You don’t have anything new to say here so why keep on it? Respect the vote yeah? Nope I don’t think so. Nighty night try not to get too burnt in the sun now make sure you’ve got your factor 200 my principled Aussi expat :D now where’s the ignore button as we don’t seem to be learning anything new here :D
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Do you like “Snakes and Ladders?”
And don’t you mean “unless” rather than “especially”

Still kicking and screaming MC eh, ahhh the memories.

 
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JonW

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Wattie said:
I’m guessing extremism doesn’t get much more extreme than holding democratic votes and then ignoring or overturning the result- does it?
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Actually it does...

Much more extreme would be taking a decision based on one set of (false) facts, and ignoring the possibility that, given the changes in facts and the realisation that what had had been promised was not deliverable, that the majority view might be different.

I find it hilarious (and utterly ridiculous) that the idea of a second vote, based on the reality of what is on offer, is somehow undemocratic, or extreme...
 
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