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Off Topic General election

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General election

  1. Conservative

    28 vote(s)
    57.1%
  2. Labour

    16 vote(s)
    32.7%
  3. Libdem

    2 vote(s)
    4.1%
  4. Other

    3 vote(s)
    6.1%
  1. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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    Reg i know your a labour supporter, but mate Eu would not allow us to export like we used to, i welcome the chains off and know without paying our annual 12 billion to them fekkers and putting it into export we as a nation will rise again through British ingenuity.
     
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  2. MrRAWhite

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    The world has changed and we cannot reverse globalisation.. There were many reasons why i could understand why people voted to leave, but the economy was certainly not one of them.
     
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  3. Nostalgic

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    We have Free Trade Agreements with just about all the big markets and a new one with UK is neither here or there.

    Mind, the result of free trade with China and S Korea means they get our meat and dairy products and we now have two mobile phones each with nobody to talk to.
     
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  4. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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    i heard New Zealanders rub there cocks with pork fat, shag the lambs, then stamp them as halal, heard its worse than the Welsh....<laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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  5. Sidthemackem

    Sidthemackem Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
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    This is EXACTLY the problem with the EU. Rather than try and compete (with efficiency, not wages) it has basically set up a protectionist club which has absolutely nothing to do with free trade at all.
     
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  6. Jack TheLad

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    I have voted differently to the party I voted for the previous two general elections.

    Who else, regardless of which party, is doing the same?
     
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  7. Makemstine Roger

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    get in there Sid talk some sense into him before he votes
     
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  8. Nostalgic

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    You got the halal bit right. One of our biggest lamb/sheep markets is Saudi and they are exported on the hoof in Arabic Animal Welfare Conditions.
     
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  9. MrRAWhite

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    Because we can't compete on equal terms with countries that do not play by the same rules...This is what will be out downfall if we do not get a reasonable trade agreement with the EU..
     
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    For me, voting is about a personal philosophy of life, what your natural inclinations are.

    That means not being swayed by what you hear, read, or otherwise, every 2, 3 or 5 years.

    It's who you are, what you are. Deep down.
     
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  11. Makemstine Roger

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    new it are they taking new staff on, cos the word on the street is that, Gil will be ower there quick as a flash, hes already loved up with a bacon sarnie
     
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  12. Brian Storm

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    We don't make **** all anymore. Ultimately that's the thing that will bite us in the arse when we leave.
     
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  13. Sidthemackem

    Sidthemackem Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
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    The countries you refer to can't trade with us on terms we might like because they can't negotiate deals with us directly, only the EU. If they have an unfair advantage, and they undoubtedly do, we can build that into any trade deal, i.e. put appropriate tariffs on their imports. But the truth is we have absolutely no flexibility at all ATM and are wholly at the mercy of EU directives from Juncker and his chums.
     
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    Sidthemackem Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
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    Manufacturing about 18% of GDP ATM. Slightly more than **** all...?
     
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  15. Makemstine Roger

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    i head the London stock exchange are a world leader in making money, pity us poor fekkers never see a penny of it
     
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  16. Makemstine Roger

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    i want to give this comment 50 likes
     
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  17. Brian Storm

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    It is compared to what we used to produce, hence the 'anymore'
     
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  18. Brian Storm

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    Nowt stopping us technically, can't say I'd be confident of getting my head round the stock exchange though. I think i'd hemorrhage money, not make it. <laugh>
     
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  19. Jack TheLad

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    To me it's about voting for what I believe is right, and voting for what policies etc I agree with.

    I'm not of the opinion that people should vote for a party because 'our family have always voted for X'

    Your comment would suggest to me that you'd always vote for your party, regardless of the situation.
     
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  20. Sidthemackem

    Sidthemackem Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
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    I've always liked you Rog <laugh>
     
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