Off Topic OLOF's political thread

[LeedsLover]

Maybe if you had looked it up you’d have got your facts right.

Markets hate uncertainty - sterling had been falling against the dollar for a while prior to the referendum - a primary reason was uncertainty over the referendum. Hence I was referring to a rate I happened to buy something at in late 2015, not a rate artificially pegged down by the upcoming referendum.

When a remain win was forecast it bounced back up to around 1.50 - predictions were for it to continue to rise... then leave won and it hit its lowest rate in decades.

Who knows what effect brexit will actually have on sterling but the market fear of it, has fcked our currency

The pound, like all foreign currencies fluctuate on a regular basis for varying and different reasons.

 

[ristac]

Actually not so, their result was as bad as bad can be. They were coming off very poor previous results with chances to win back seats they’ve held often in the past. Total abject failure. Even failed to win Winchester near me.

Also I won’t get started on Corbyn, but Swinson goes down as an exceptionally hopeless politician, completely out of her depth. There was no need to give Johnson this election, it’s given him the chance to say he has a mandate for Brexit (with 43% of the vote). She was the first turkey to go for it (apart from SNP who don’t count) and this pushed Corbyn. I suspect she thought as she was on over 20% in the polls at the time and the only clear Remain party she could cash in. ****ing idiot. At least she lost her seat.

Before I start channelling my inner Tory bellend, my last serious observations:
- Tories + Brexit Party got 45% of the vote, a few Labour votes will have been from Leavers but there’s no evidence Leave would have won a second referendum. That means this election is not going to unite the country (and even less so when you see the case for a Scottish referendum is now very strong, and for a United Ireland).

- Johnson is completely amoral, with a large majority he can do what he wants, don’t be surprised if he does things the Brexiters, DUP and ERG don’t like either, he can now. I don’t mean he won’t do brexit but he’s no longer in thrall to the ERG and has scuppered Farage for the time being so can do brexit with an eye on not completely screwing up the economy.

That’s me done, my bellend twat of a Tory alter ego has now taken over.

I truly believe Leave would have won by an even larger margin. Adding together Brexit and Conservative party votes and guessing a few labour is like me saying Lib Dem and SNP together were just over 15% voting remain and assuming half the 32% who voted labour were remainers that’s around 30% remain. Nobody has any idea really, the only benchmark is Lib Dem as they were the only ones who said they’d scrap it.

I might hate some of the policies Boris puts through, if so I’ll vote accordingly next election but at least things can get done, a hung parliament is no good for anyone. The country will unite quicker now than they did over Brexit as there is zero chance of another referendum. He can tell Cranky to go and shout in the corner as nobody is listening.

Labour had zero chance of an overall majority, best chance was a coalition with the SNP and they’d have had to offer an independence vote. Until Labour can win over a few Scottish seats they’ve got a long time ahead sitting in the shadows so an independent Scotland would be unthinkable for Labour.

 

[Infidel]

I just cannot wait for Johnson to put that evil little bitch Sturgeon in her place, he now has the backing and status to do it.

 

[2020VisionofLeeds]

I just cannot wait for Johnson to put that evil little bitch Sturgeon in her place, he now has the backing and status to do it.

If the Scottish want to leave the UK they will. It can be delayed that’s all. At the moment the polls I’ve seen are not overwhelmingly for Leave though, that’s Sturgeons main problem.

 

[LeedsLover]

Ah, but you can’t judge irony by what is written, that’s sort of the point of it. But you crack on.

If you don't say it or write it, how can you judge what is irony or not........

 

[LeedsLover]

If the Scottish want to leave the UK they will. It can be delayed that’s all. At the moment the polls I’ve seen are not overwhelmingly for Leave though, that’s Sturgeons main problem.

Scotland won't leave the UK, not during this century any way.

They don't have the industry to survive, they won't be able to survive on Whisky and fish alone.

 

[2020VisionofLeeds]

If you don't say it or write it, how can you judge what is irony or not........

Indeed

 

[brisbane-lion]

Even from this distance that was apparent but then I think Johnson is a pillock too.

Maybe, but that pillock won.

 

[2020VisionofLeeds]

Scotland won't leave the UK, not during this century any way.

They don't have the industry to survive, they won't be able to survive on Whisky and fish alone.

Just like the Irish, eh? Only got potatoes and Guinness.

 

[brisbane-lion]

Scotland won't leave the UK, not during this century any way.

They don't have the industry to survive, they won't be able to survive on Whisky and fish alone.

Maybe not, but I'd like to help them try.

 

[brisbane-lion]

What is it you don't see about the EU being controlled by George Soros, Merky Merkel, Muddy Macron and two faced Tusk.

The EU is all about dictatorship and control, they'll even tell you what bog paper to use.

They are pushing for every Country in EU to give up their sovereignty to the EU, which is dictatorship and control, same thing Hitler wanted.

How would you feel if Australia give up it's sovereignty to the Chinese.

Weeeell, now you mention it..............

 

[lifecheshirewhite]

Actually not so, their result was as bad as bad can be. They were coming off very poor previous results with chances to win back seats they’ve held often in the past. Total abject failure. Even failed to win Winchester near me.

Also I won’t get started on Corbyn, but Swinson goes down as an exceptionally hopeless politician, completely out of her depth. There was no need to give Johnson this election, it’s given him the chance to say he has a mandate for Brexit (with 43% of the vote). She was the first turkey to go for it (apart from SNP who don’t count) and this pushed Corbyn. I suspect she thought as she was on over 20% in the polls at the time and the only clear Remain party she could cash in. ****ing idiot. At least she lost her seat.

Before I start channelling my inner Tory bellend, my last serious observations:
- Tories + Brexit Party got 45% of the vote, a few Labour votes will have been from Leavers but there’s no evidence Leave would have won a second referendum. That means this election is not going to unite the country (and even less so when you see the case for a Scottish referendum is now very strong, and for a United Ireland).

- Johnson is completely amoral, with a large majority he can do what he wants, don’t be surprised if he does things the Brexiters, DUP and ERG don’t like either, he can now. I don’t mean he won’t do brexit but he’s no longer in thrall to the ERG and has scuppered Farage for the time being so can do brexit with an eye on not completely screwing up the economy.

That’s me done, my bellend twat of a Tory alter ego has now taken over.

Unite the country ? God no we don't want that, we just want you to suck it up.

 

[lifecheshirewhite]

If the Scottish want to leave the UK they will. It can be delayed that’s all. At the moment the polls I’ve seen are not overwhelmingly for Leave though, that’s Sturgeons main problem.

The SNP are doing a grand job of fooking up the Scottish economy, people will start to see that soon.

 

[Infidel]

If the Scottish want to leave the UK they will. It can be delayed that’s all. At the moment the polls I’ve seen are not overwhelmingly for Leave though, that’s Sturgeons main problem.

Well the jocks want to make there minds up!!! They have have just showed there support in numbers to her

 

[ristac]

@Eric Le Merde How can you judge someone who has been in office for such a short term and during that time his hands were tied by Labour and Bercows antics?

The UK can judge Boris more from what has been reported in local news over the years but I seriously doubt he has had much airtime in Australia prior to becoming PM?

Look, I honestly don’t care anymore if you really are genuine or an alt account, my comments have zero to do with my past accusations but I just find it so hard to understand your heated feelings and knowledge if you are on the other side of the world.

In Comparison half the UK would not have a clue who the PM is in Australia, 99% couldn’t name the opposition leaders and as to caring who won the next Australian elections I’d hazard a guess 100% would not care

 

[2020VisionofLeeds]

The SNP are doing a grand job of fooking up the Scottish economy, people will start to see that soon.

They haven’t noticed how we are ****ing up ours here in England. Don’t underestimate the stupidity of the plebs, they’ll believe anything we feed them.

 

[lifecheshirewhite]

They haven’t noticed how we are ****ing up ours here in England. Don’t underestimate the stupidity of the plebs, they’ll believe anything we feed them.

Get your EU flag on eBay before the rush starts, they have no value anymore

 

[lifecheshirewhite]

Labour, Liberals and the SNP were shouting out how many votes in Parliament they won and Boris lost, well let's see how that run goes now then.

 

[milkyboy]

The pound, like all foreign currencies fluctuate on a regular basis for varying and different reasons.

Thanks for clearing that up

 

[milkyboy]

Get your EU flag on eBay before the rush starts, they have no value anymore

Nonesense... be Collectable in a few years time... like smurfs