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Do we need an EU referendum thread? (Brexit thread)

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  • Started 9 years ago by I were right about that saddle
  • Latest reply from LaidBack

  1. Stickman
    Member

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-historians-will-not-believe-sheer-ignorance-of-brexit-supporters-1.3695347

    “Historians will in time get to the bottom of the deliberate unknowing and the crass self-delusion. They can be charted. But this pure pig ignorance, innocent and unalloyed, is unfathomable. It will be impossible not to conclude that it was all part of some great strategic plan, that, if only we could plumb its depths, we could reveal the hidden truth of Brexit. How will they ever believe that the hidden truth is so asinine?”

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. chdot
    Admin

    New Scots green laws 'needed post-Brexit'

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-46181971

    Posted 6 years ago #
  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    The notion of separate Scots law surviving the UK's exit from the EU is charmingly quaint.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  4. unhurt
    Member

    RULE TWO.

    Pardon me.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  5. unhurt
    Member

    Oh, and now maybe we're going to withdraw from UNESCO.

    This "global Britain" thing is going swimmingly.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  6. steveo
    Member

    Well at least the council can stop pretending to care about the World Heritage status and demolish the castle.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  7. unhurt
    Member

    Well, that is rather unlikely given how thoroughly designated the site is.

    (World Heritage Sites are protected through existing statutory designations.)

    Posted 6 years ago #
  8. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Education, science and culture? Enemies of the people, all three.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  9. steveo
    Member

    (World Heritage Sites are protected through existing statutory designations.)
    Though judging by some of the eyesores that have been built/approved recently, WH status is apparently not protected by the planning process

    Besides what edinburgh really needs is Grade 1 office space (to convert in to student flats)

    Posted 6 years ago #
  10. Morningsider
    Member

    unhurt - I think Craighouse was protected by at least as many designations as the castle and we all know what happened there.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  11. minus six
    Member

    sterling hits a six month high against the euro

    1.15.. i'd better go large on that

    those heady days of 1.46 seem like a distant dream now

    Posted 6 years ago #
  12. chdot
    Admin

    It’s all over (allegedly).

    Posted 6 years ago #
  13. chdot
    Admin

    Irish Gov says it’s not.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  14. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    This will never be over in any of our lifetimes.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  15. minus six
    Member

    nothing's changed, uk remains a conceited basket case

    Posted 6 years ago #
  16. crowriver
    Member

    "those heady days of 1.46 seem like a distant dream now"

    Or even, just over a decade ago, when it was 1.85 (IIRC). 1.85!
    You could live like minor nobility in a number of Europe's capitals for a modest outlay back then...

    Posted 6 years ago #
  17. minus six
    Member

    indeed @crowriver, indeed

    as william s burroughs memorably said

    "kid, if i had veins like those, i'd have myself a time"

    Posted 6 years ago #
  18. I were right about that saddle
    Member

  19. chdot
    Admin

    “How long until the UK press catch up with CCE?”

    Not possible!

    Posted 6 years ago #
  20. chdot
    Admin

  21. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Here is the draft transition agreement. Five hundred and eighty five pages of control being taken back somewhere.

    Mentions of Gibraltar: 31
    Mentions of Scotland: 0

    There's no way Mr Farage and the ultras can accept this so we're back to square one whatever happens.

    UKIP's take;

    If this surrender deal is implemented, UKIP will be the political resistance movement, fighting on the electoral beaches, fields, lanes, and landing grounds. UKIP will never surrender.

    Here we, here we jolly well go.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  22. chdot
    Admin

    My deal, no deal or no Brexit, May says after winning ministers' backing

    https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-idUKKCN1NJ0SE

    Posted 6 years ago #
  23. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    The Telegraph hath spake. The war continues.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  24. crowriver
    Member

    Oor Nicola hath spake too. The war continues...

    Posted 6 years ago #
  25. LaidBack
    Member

    The end game? (If only!)

    All tories will support the deal on a vote for now. DUP / SNP / Labour / Lib dems can oppose if they like.

    Daily Mail can then blame non-tories for chaos of no-deal? (Tories can live with that though, having no real policy other than to be in government.)

    So the lack of planning inherent in the original 'leave' campaign is now an opposition problem. They get blame for crashing economy by not backing the only plan in town.

    Luckily the opposition should be aware of this trap.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  26. steveo
    Member

    Give me a kick when this is all over, I'm taking my bivvy bag and going to live in the pentlands.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  27. paddyirish
    Member

    Raab gone- I hope @steveo has several years of supplies...

    Posted 6 years ago #
  28. wingpig
    Member

    If you take your bivvy bag and find a boat and go and live in the Irish Sea then you'll find out when it's all over when a border patrol boat arrests you.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  29. steveo
    Member

    If I had a boat I'd be heading for the Med not the Irish Sea!!

    *Paddyirish, my ancestors had a good sideline in cattle rustling I'm sure i'll be fine :D

    Posted 6 years ago #
  30. paddyirish
    Member

    Some fine highland cattle in the Pentlands. A fair few steaks from one those...

    Posted 6 years ago #

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