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Offline Ray1951

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #120 on: September 30, 2018, 17:31:49 PM »
Commenting on Brexit or sharing info that has been highlighted in the press, isn’t worth sharing on here because there are some people who try to shoot you down in flames.  What will be will be and personally, I think if you prepare for the worst, then if it’s not as bad as expected, it doesn’t hit you as hard.  I’ve given up commenting or sharing too much on here as it’s often classed as scaremongering.



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Re: Brexit
« Reply #121 on: September 30, 2018, 17:53:02 PM »
Commenting on Brexit or sharing info that has been highlighted in the press, isn’t worth sharing on here because there are some people who try to shoot you down in flames.

It's a discussion forum Ray, who knew

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #122 on: September 30, 2018, 22:08:41 PM »
Glad you referenced that last post, Nichola. Or you may have been accused of not doing your research.

I genuinely hope the Brexiteers are right and the UK becomes a much better place. Unfortunately absolutely no evidence I have seen indicates that will be the likely scenario.

You know those blue birds that fly over the white cliffs of Dover? Do they taste nice in a pie? We may need to adapt our diets.

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #123 on: October 01, 2018, 10:40:07 AM »
"We've been very clear..."


Marr: ”If we leave the EU without a deal, doesn’t there have to be a hard border in Ireland?”

May: “We’ve been very clear that we do not want to see a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.”

Marr: “But if we leave without a deal, that does mean a hard border, doesn’t it?”

May: “We are committed to making sure that we can provide a guarantee to the people of Northern Ireland.”

Marr: “But if we leave without a deal, you can’t guarantee there won’t be a hard border, can you”?

May: “We are working to make sure that we leave with a good deal.”

Marr: “But if we leave without a deal, there will be a border in Ireland, won’t there?”

May: “If we leave with no deal, we as the UK Government are still committed to do everything that we can to ensure that there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.”

Marr: “But you’ll inevitably fail, because, according to World Trade Organisation rules, there has to be a border. Shouldn’t you level with people and explain that?”

May: “As the UK Government, we remain committed to doing everything we can to ensure no border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.”

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #124 on: October 15, 2018, 11:27:34 AM »
Brexit explained through the medium of cakes - by Gary Bainbridge.

LEAVER: I want an omelette.

REMAINER: Right. It’s just we haven’t got any eggs.

LEAVER: Yes, we have. There they are. [HE POINTS AT A CAKE]

REMAINER: They’re in the cake.

LEAVER: Yes, get them out of the cake, please.

REMAINER: But we voted in 1974 to put them into a cake.

LEAVER: Yes, but that cake has got icing on it. Nobody said there was going to be icing on it.

REMAINER: Icing is good.

LEAVER: And there are raisins in it. I don’t like raisins. Nobody mentioned raisins. I demand another vote.

DAVID CAMERON ENTERS.

DAVID CAMERON: OK.

DAVID CAMERON SCARPERS.

LEAVER: Right, where’s my omelette?

REMAINER: I told you, the eggs are in the cake.

LEAVER: Well, get them out.

EU: It’s our cake.

JEREMY CORBYN: Yes, get them out now.

REMAINER: I have absolutely no idea how to get them out. Don’t you know how to get them out?

LEAVER: Yes! You just get them out and then you make an omelette.

REMAINER: But how?! Didn’t you give this any thought?

LEAVER: Saboteur! You’re talking eggs down. We could make omelettes before the eggs went into the cake, so there’s no reason why we can’t make them now.

THERESA MAY: It’s OK, I can do it.

REMAINER: How?

THERESA MAY: There was a vote to remove the eggs from the cake, and so the eggs will be removed from the cake.

REMAINER: Yeah, but…

LEAVER: Hang on, if we take the eggs out of the cake, does that mean we don’t have any cake? I didn’t say I didn’t want the cake, just the bits I don’t like.

EU: It’s our cake.

REMAINER: But you can’t take the eggs out of the cake and then still have a cake.

LEAVER: You can. I saw the latest Bake Off and you can definitely make cakes without eggs in them. It’s just that they’re horrible.

REMAINER: Fine. Take the eggs out. See what happens.

LEAVER: It’s not my responsibility to take the eggs out. Get on with it.

REMAINER: Why should I have to come up with some long-winded incredibly difficult chemical process to extract eggs that have bonded at the molecular level to the cake, while somehow still having the cake?

LEAVER: You lost, get over it.

THERESA MAY: By the way, I’ve started the clock on this.

REMAINER: So I assume you have a plan?

THERESA MAY: Actually, back in a bit. Just having another election.

REMAINER: Jeremy, are you going to sort this out?

JEREMY CORBYN: Yes. No. Maybe.

EU: It’s our cake.

LEAVER: Where’s my omelette? I voted for an omelette.

REMAINER: This is ridiculous. This is never going to work. We should have another vote, or at least stop what we’re doing until we know how to get the eggs out of the cake while keeping the bits of the cake that we all like.

LEAVER/MAY/CORBYN: WE HAD A VOTE. STOP SABOTAGING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. EGGSIT MEANS EGGSIT.

REMAINER: Fine, I’m moving to France. The cakes are nicer there.

LEAVER: You can’t. We’ve taken your freedom of movement.

https://garybainbridge.com/2018/10/10/column-october-11-2018/

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #125 on: October 15, 2018, 16:37:42 PM »
yawn :-X :-X

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #126 on: October 15, 2018, 17:46:21 PM »
Well, there's one "journalist" I won't be following in future.

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #127 on: October 16, 2018, 08:55:28 AM »
Great post, Villain. 

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #128 on: October 16, 2018, 19:39:31 PM »
Seeing as I finally have a fan on the site (cheers, Lindsey!)

Here's another I spotted.

UK: We’re off.
EU: OK.
UK: But we need the trade.
EU: Here’s some models that work well.
UK: Yes please.
EU: Which one?
UK: All of them!
EU: Er, all of them?
UK: Yes, none of them.
EU: What?
UK: The benefits of each and the costs of none.
EU: You can’t cherr-
UK: OMG! Bullies!

(@NoCake4Brexit)

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #129 on: October 17, 2018, 16:54:13 PM »
The way the EU is treating the UK suggests there will be no deal. Let's see how the remoaners laugh at that.




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