Off Topic The Politics Thread

[Stroller]

Congratulations to all you Brexiters. I hope the Cameron and Osborne predictions of economic doom prove to be as exaggerated as you presumably consider them to have been. I look forward to the extra £350m a week for the NHS.

Just heard Nicola Sturgeon talking, as you would expect, about a second independence referendum for Scotland justified on the fact that Scotland had voted overwhelmingly for Remain. Interestingly, she said that she had spoken to Sadiq Khan and that he and she shared the same view about their areas remaining in the EU. Independence for London - now there's an fascinating prospect! Why should Londoners, who also voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU, be ruled by faceless bureaucrats in, er, London?

 

[Tramore Ranger]

Didn't take long for Spain to renew their claims to Gibraltar........or for the SNP to re-hash their Independence call after their once in a lifetime vote last year.....

 

[Didley Squat]

Good night all ................ I've had too many 'liquids' to offer any sensible comment so on that note .....................

 

[ELLERS]

Didn't take long for Spain to renew their claims to Gibraltar........or for the SNP to re-hash their Independence call after their once in a lifetime vote last year.....

Scotland won't leave. After Brexit other countries will demand a referendum Holland/Spain/Italy/Austria/France/Sweden and it will be the break up of the EU (that's one thing Farage has got right). Scotland cannot survive on their own. I won't happen

 

[sb_73]

Agree with Shefford, massive showing of sour grapes from the 'Remains'......Sorry comrades, that's democracy for you, the nature of the beast, and you're not able to pick out the bits that suit your agenda.

There's exciting and scary times ahead and history is being made before our very eyes so strap yourselves in for what could be a bumpy ride. We as a country have definitely taken the red pill so prepare yourselves for our descent into the rabbit hole.......

Hard left hard right alliances are always amusing, 'ends justifies the means' stuff. Sadly the left will have absolutely no say in the leave negotiations and shaping the way this country looks in the next few years, unless you move to Scotland. That's democracy for you.

 

[Uber_Hoop]

Good night all ................ I've had too many 'liquids' to offer any sensible comment so on that note .....................

That's never held you back before on any given subject, Aussie

 

[QPR999]

Good heavens! The Uk has voted out and now our tiny island nation will have to stand alone. The PM has resigned, the economy has nosedived, Scotland is making a new bid for independence and Labour is about to take out its leader. I hope this nightmare is just a bad dream as a result of having had too much cheese at suppertime.

 

[durbar2003]

Good heavens! The Uk has voted out and now our tiny island nation will have to stand alone. The PM has resigned, the economy has nosedived, Scotland is making a new bid for independence and Labour is about to take out its leader. I hope this nightmare is just a bad dream as a result of having had too much cheese at suppertime.

And it could get worse, Donald Trump!!!

 

[sheffordqpr]

We will now enter a period of panic headlines, rumour and counter rumour. Things will be a lot clearer in 6 months time. Whilst I voted OUT, I too have concerns about the future, but at least it is a future where WE are in charge rather than unelected eurocrats.

 

[qprbeth]

We will now enter a period of panic headlines, rumour and counter rumour. Things will be a lot clearer in 6 months time. Whilst I voted OUT, I too have concerns about the future, but at least it is a future where WE are in charge rather than unelected eurocrats.

And all cheese will be banned at suppertime until everyone has recovered.

Good heavens! The Uk has voted out and now our tiny island nation will have to stand alone. The PM has resigned, the economy has nosedived, Scotland is making a new bid for independence and Labour is about to take out its leader. I hope this nightmare is just a bad dream as a result of having had too much cheese at suppertime.

 

[Tramore Ranger]

Just clocked our vote outcome....bang on the money, we could have told them the result at the start........

Stay off the late night cheese 999's unless it's washed down with copious amounts of Port, all of which will now be more expensive.......

 

[Sutfol]

I think Boris and co need to publicly distant themselves from Farage. Farage wasn't even part of the official Leave campaign. Scary but exciting times ahead but Farage has his own agenda. Good one with our poll - as mentioned, spot on.
Now back to football.

 

[durbar2003]

Some people think traders made a lot of money from the stock market and sterling drop but the opposite is true. People who shorted these markets covered their positions as it looked like remain was going to win in the days before the vote. In fact some actually went long so the drop caught a lot of them out and cost them a lot of money>

 

[Bush Rhino]

Congraz to those who wanted britain to leave. It appears to me as a hasty and intensitive decision, but then again what do i know because im not a briton and im living in the back of scandinavia......Im just concerned, not just a economical impacts in europe because of this, but the fact that Putin is celebrating wildly in kreml. Yes, he is always wanted EU to crash and now it crashed big time. Not a good thing for the future.

I can't speak for anyone but myself, I couldn't place my vote on the effect on Russian foreign policy, I voted on what I felt were our best interests long term.

We'll never know who was right, but I doubt that will stop us all pointlessly speculating forever more.

 

[sb_73]

Some people think traders made a lot of money from the stock market and sterling drop but the opposite is true. People who shorted these markets covered their positions as it looked like remain was going to win in the days before the vote. In fact some actually went long so the drop caught a lot of them out and cost them a lot of money>

Good. Feckless ****ers to a man.

 

[GoldhawkRoad]

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[durbar2003]

Good. Feckless ****ers to a man.

Are you calling me a ****er?

 

[GoldhawkRoad]

Some people think traders made a lot of money from the stock market and sterling drop but the opposite is true. People who shorted these markets covered their positions as it looked like remain was going to win in the days before the vote. In fact some actually went long so the drop caught a lot of them out and cost them a lot of money>

Presumably the bookmakers took a hit too - they got the odds badly wrong. I looked at the even telephone and internet polls at the time and thought - the bookies must know something I don't. Turned out they didn't

 

[sb_73]

Are you calling me a ****er?

No, unless you are a 'trader'. And even then it's a generalisation, not specifically aimed at you, if indeed you are a 'trader'.

 

[durbar2003]

No, unless you are a 'trader'. And even then it's a generalisation, not specifically aimed at you, if indeed you are a 'trader'.

I am a trader and your comment was aimed a traders "to a man"