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Discussion in 'Leeds United' started by MIGHTY, Oct 1, 2017.

  1. dbc

    dbc Well-Known Member

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    Ok so lets concentrate on the top ranking universities in the UK - Cambridge ranked the 3rd best university in the world and Oxford voted the 7th best university in the world.

    Cambridge voted 73.8% to remain and if you break it down to the city centre ward where the majority of students and lecturers and university workers are registered then it was 87.8% to remain. And Oxford voted 70% to remain.

    Thank god we're leaving an democratically elected EU so we give more power to the unelected House of Lords......
     
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    dbc Well-Known Member

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    Ok sell it to me - what do you honestly think is going to be better by leaving. Not general statements like Taking Back Control. But what is actually going to be better?
     
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    Immigration will end. :bandit:
     
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    I wonder if some of our Brexiteer friends sometimes think in their quieter moments, perhaps, while picking their noses when having a **** if Boris Johnson and his friends might just have over sold Brexit, or do they still think that getting rid of foreigners will solve Englands problems?.
     
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    Don't have to sell it to anyone,we voted out and are leaving,get over it and suck it up.<whistle>
     
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  6. lifecheshirewhite

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    No never think that for one second,do often think how gullible and stupid remain voters were though.:emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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    Gee your a fool quoting some pollsters who said we would never vote out,do you believe in fairies and santa as well.<doh>
     
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    They don't.
     
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  9. dbc

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    I'm quoting the results not polls. What a fool I am.....
     
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    Millwallsteve Waterloo's Finest
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    Better than thinking 'consultatively'. <whistle>
     
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    dbc Well-Known Member

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    Which is why as I said in my post remainers only have to wait a short while for enough Brexiteers to die and then public opinion will have shifted to remain and it's not hard to understand why when you've failed to come up with a single reason for why it will be better when we leave.
     
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    So your quoting a towns results not the university who may have voted 100% to leave,in effect your quote means Jack ****.with bullshit and spin like that you could have got a job on the remain campaign.
     
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    Young people tend to vote Labour and remain,but as they grow up they change to Tory and out and so will the youth of today,you will die still waiting.get over it you lost.<cheers>
     
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    Millwallsteve Waterloo's Finest
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    Isn't getting shot of the failed and corrupt EU enough and to get as far away as possible from the un-elected Junker & Tusk, Cameron told the EU 3 years ago that the British public would turn more against it if it appointment Junker, well, well, well. <doh>

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/27/jean-claude-juncker-bad-day-for-europe
     
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    Millwallsteve Waterloo's Finest
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    That's simplistic total bollocks. <doh>
     
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    Bet he has a degree as well
     
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    Millwallsteve Waterloo's Finest
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    It wouldn't surprise me. <laugh>
     
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    So the unelected Junker; as president of the European council was nominated by all the democratically elected leaders of the European nation states and then his appointment is ratified or vetoed by all the directly elected (by the much more democratic proportional representation) MEPs.

    Tusk again is chosen by the democratically elected leaders of the nation states but there has been calls to make the position more directly elected but this would mean the role was more presidential and would potentially give a greater mandate than national leaders which is why they have been resisted.

    But now we've taken back control remind when do I get to vote for the unelected House of Lords?
     
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    Yes which is the level that seems to work with brexiteers as to date just about every question I've asked in this thread has gone unanswered.
     
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    I was also quoting a ward with in a city. A ward that has a very high number of students.

    Even taking away the student vote only 7% of Cambridge residents have no qualifications compared to national average of 22% and 47% have A-Levels or above compared to 27% nationally so it was always more likely to vote remain.
     
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