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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Stroller, Jun 25, 2015.

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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

Poll closed Jun 24, 2016.
  1. Stay in

    56 vote(s)
    47.9%
  2. Get out

    61 vote(s)
    52.1%
  1. Quite Possibly Raving

    Quite Possibly Raving Well-Known Member

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    Horrible news.
     
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  2. Goldhawk-Road

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    Agreed. All I will say is, if the Tories choose a leader that opens up the Brexit debate again, they'll tear themselves apart.

    In my opinion :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  3. sb_73

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    Kind of odd that in our intriguing political system Johnson hasn’t actually resigned as PM, simply stood down as leader of the Tories. He needs to ask the Queen for his P45.

    Labour secure charisma and policy free leadership duo as they are ‘cleared’ of breaking COVID rules.
     
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  4. Uber_Hoop

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    Interesting timing.
     
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  5. sb_73

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    Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me
     
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  6. Star of David Bardsley

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    I know. To do it the day Shinzo Abe died is poor from them.
     
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  7. Uber_Hoop

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    Frying tonight!
     
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  8. Goldhawk-Road

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    **** me, just heard Starmer sounding so self-righteous he needs a pulpit. We've got Mother Theresa to deal with for the next two years.
     
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  9. Star of David Bardsley

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    He put his career on the line for a ridiculous right wing press stitch-up and he’s been vindicated at the same time as his opponent goes through an incredibly undignified, drawn out resignation. Pretty good time to come across as morally superior, which he always has been.
     
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  10. Willhoops

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    This, did anyone really believe there was anything in it? Honestly? It was clearly a desperate attempt to deflect from Johnson and co breaking their own rules numerous times.
     
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  11. Uber_Hoop

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    I thought they’d find out he’d been balls deep in ginger growler.
     
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  12. Goldhawk-Road

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    Interesting that the Guardian asked, at a near deserted press conference, whether Starmer thought Labour needed more policies than Not-Being-Boris-Johnson. No clear answer but more evangelical stuff
     
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  13. Willhoops

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    Interesting you’re far from the first person to use that name for her, wonder where it originated.
     
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  14. Uber_Hoop

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    From the (ahem) lady herself.
     
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  15. Uber_Hoop

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    That’s apparently enough for some people.
     
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  16. Willhoops

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    Wow, she should have known that would have been jumped on.
     
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  17. Uber_Hoop

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    It’s already been ‘jumped on’ by a number of men, some of them married to other wimmin an’ ****, I hear.
     
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  18. Star of David Bardsley

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    Despite the usual hatchet job from the media, Starmer is a normal bloke who has done incredibly well for himself from a humble background and represents a centre-left Labour well IMO. Not being Boris Johnson is a major bonus.
     
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  19. Uber_Hoop

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    I don’t know him as well as you do. I fell into the trap of finding him intensely irritating.
     
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  20. Star of David Bardsley

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    I’d have a pint with him.
     
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