Off Topic BREXIT

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How will you be voting?

  • Remain

    Votes: 89 46.1%

  • Leave

    Votes: 104 53.9%
  • Total voters
    193
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SimonGraysJacket said:
Don't pay any attention to the bookies odds....
Ladbrokes today confirmed that the bets they were taking were around 60-70% on Brexit but low stakes.
Someone lumped £25 grand on remain beginning of week which meant they slashed their odds, nothing to do with the outcome just normal bookie practice. Other bookies reported similar large bets.
Financial people in the City hinted the large bets were placed with bookies on remain to do just that, slash the odds so they could open long positions betting on the FTSE and the Pound rising.
We are being played.....with so much emphasis on the bookies odds fueling more greed in the City.

I have a sneaking suspicion for a leave vote around 59%........
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i know what you mean, but they're drifting further now I think
If you expect a leave vote then lump on at 9/2. You can only get 1/7 on remain (I haven't checked them all, in fact only one)
 
balkan tiger said:
Of all the things this referendum means you would make your choice based on the potential impact Siemens said it may have, wow!
Talk about not seeing the big picture, you have seen a drop in the ocean.
You're welcome to come back and say as you don't live in Hull you have made your choice based on other factors.
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As I don't live in Hull I have made my choice based on other factors.
 
Actually I do have a question, the answer of which I'm genuinely interested in - has the official stance of our club and the Premier League influenced anyone on here? Has it made even a 1% difference or aren't you influenced by that?
 
Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
Actually I do have a question, the answer of which I'm genuinely interested in - has the official stance of our club and the Premier League influenced anyone on here? Has it made even a 1% difference or aren't you influenced by that?
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Didn't realised they had a stance until you mentioned it. What is it out of curiosity? I've already vote and wouldn't change it if I had the option because I voted purely on principle and nothing else.
 
Voltaire said:
Didn't realised they had a stance until you mentioned it. What is it out of curiosity? I've already vote and wouldn't change it if I had the option because I voted purely on principle and nothing else.
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Remain. The Premier League and every one of the 20 clubs publicly declared this position.
 
Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
Remain. The Premier League and every one of the 20 clubs publicly declared this position.
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Well, like I said, the experts and politicians didn't alter my opinion, on either side, so I can't see celebrities, football clubs or anyone else altering it. I'll admit that I voted for selfish reasons; I voted because I see the EU as an obstacle to my own ideals which would be some form of individualistic philosophical anarchism. If it was up to me I'd break up the UK as a nation state as well.
 
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Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
Actually I do have a question, the answer of which I'm genuinely interested in - has the official stance of our club and the Premier League influenced anyone on here? Has it made even a 1% difference or aren't you influenced by that?
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I think OLM for one it did, he said if the A. Allam were voting to leave, and the guy is obviously crackers then that made his mind up for him.
 
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Voltaire said:
Well, like I said, the experts and politicians didn't alter my opinion, on either side, so I can't see celebrities, football clubs or anyone else altering it. I'll admit that I voted for selfish reasons; I voted because I see the EU as an obstacle to my own ideals which would be some form of individualistic philosophical anarchism. If it was up to me I'd break up the UK as a nation state as well.
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I totally agree on your first point, I'm just interested in it. I wonder why both sides in such arguments are desperate to get endorsement? Does the way David Beckham votes from his mansion in LA influence anyone?

It's the same as advertising, who buys a perfume cos it's got somebody in the advert or indeed is named after them? I mean, it must work or they wouldn't continue to do it but I just don't know who is influenced by it.
 
Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
I totally agree on your first point, I'm just interested in it. I wonder why both sides in such arguments are desperate to get endorsement? Does the way David Beckham votes from his mansion in LA influence anyone?

It's the same as advertising, who buys a perfume cos it's got somebody in the advert or indeed is named after them? I mean, it must work or they wouldn't continue to do it but I just don't know who is influenced by it.
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I'm not sure why people are influenced by others in their decisions, particularly by celebrities. To me it suggests people are vulnerable and susceptible to mass propaganda. You would never see me telling others on Twitter to [HASHTAG]#VoteRemain[/HASHTAG] or [HASHTAG]#VoteLeave[/HASHTAG]. It's not my responsibility to tell you how to vote based on my own views. Do as you wish. My own political views come mainly from philosophy and even then I don't fully agree with the philosophers I've read. I like Stirner's egoism, Nietzsche's amoralism and Proudhon's absence of a master. I didn't vote because of parliamentary sovereignty; I actually detest parliamentary democracy. I voted for selfish reasons and that's that. I understand you're voting Remain? Again, I don't care how you vote and my life won't be particularly different either way but the EU is one obstacle of many to my own views and if I've got an opportunity to remove one obstacle, I'll take it. Opportunism and selfishness motivated me in my decision and I'm content with that.
 
Voltaire said:
I'm not sure why people are influenced by others in their decisions, particularly by celebrities. To me it suggests people are vulnerable and susceptible to mass propaganda. You would never see me telling others on Twitter to [HASHTAG]#VoteRemain[/HASHTAG] or [HASHTAG]#VoteLeave[/HASHTAG]. It's not my responsibility to tell you how to vote based on my own views. Do as you wish. My own political views come mainly from philosophy and even then I don't fully agree with the philosophers I've read. I like Stirner's egoism, Nietzsche's amoralism and Proudhon's absence of a master. I didn't vote because of parliamentary sovereignty; I actually detest parliamentary democracy. I voted for selfish reasons and that's that. I understand you're voting Remain? Again, I don't care how you vote and my life won't be particularly different either way but the EU is one obstacle of many to my own views and if I've got an opportunity to remove one obstacle, I'll take it. Opportunism and selfishness motivated me in my decision and I'm content with that.
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Why do you think I'm voting remain?
 
ellewoods said:
Maybe, they hardly talk about it at all on the regular news but the financial news has been talking about it all morning.
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To be honest, no matter where you live, the thinking behind your news story is just daft.
 
Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
I totally agree on your first point, I'm just interested in it. I wonder why both sides in such arguments are desperate to get endorsement? Does the way David Beckham votes from his mansion in LA influence anyone?

It's the same as advertising, who buys a perfume cos it's got somebody in the advert or indeed is named after them? I mean, it must work or they wouldn't continue to do it but I just don't know who is influenced by it.
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You'd be surprised. The overwhelming majority have wool pulled firmly over their eyes and tag along to the mainstream party line. The type of people who hve no idea music exists outside of the top 40, who watch X factor, and buy perfume because it's called Britney Spears or Rihanna.
 
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Anyone who votes the same way as the Premier League, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof needs a long chat with themselves in the mirror.....
 
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