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

  • Stay in

    Votes: 56 47.9%

  • Get out

    Votes: 61 52.1%
  • Total voters
    117
  • Poll closed .
Bloody hell these French love a riot... Shame they didn't put up this much of a fight in 1939 as it would have saved my late uncle swimming home. Is the bloke at the bottom the fella that runs Weatherspoon's? :emoticon-0100-smile
PARIS IN FLAMES: Tensions in France ERUPT- Riot police fire tear gas at furious protestors
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sb_73 said:
Apparently the 350 of them who have signed up reckon it will take them 2 weeks to do the 270 miles to London. No chance, every inch of the route will be lined with burger vans and beer tents, and presumably defibrillators. If we get a two year extension to Article 50 half a dozen might get there before it’s up.

Farage has no plans to walk the whole thing (he’s probably aiming for the first pub they get to), and I’m worried that without a strong leader they might end up in Llandudno.
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Don't diss our Nigel. There's an awful lot of pubs on the way to which he will drive to in time for a 10 minute walk into to the town and a photoshoot, pint in hand - 5 minute walk with his buddies out of town and then back in his car planning his next stopover. Do you think he relies on the Good Pub guide or Trip Advisor? He must have picked up something from Johnson who always managed to jog into view round a corner for a soundbite but never seemed to have broken into a sweat . I gather he has now been warned by medics about his fitness. Still I suppose it doesn't stop some blue knickered Conservative ladies swooning at the mere mention of his name.
 
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ELLERS said:
Is the bloke at the bottom the fella that runs Weatherspoon's? :emoticon-0100-smile

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<rofl>
 
Goldhawk-Road said:
We cannot go for WTO because each time there's a prospect, Labour, Tig, LibDems and Scots Nats vote for a motion prohibiting it. I never said the EU would collapse with a no deal, but 100,000 redundancies in Germany and 70,000 in Belgium alone were predicted. The EU would not have allowed that to happen without making more concessions on the backstop. WTO would have been a bumpy ride for the UK at first but manageable. A huge part of the electorate were in favour and they don't believe in the Project Fear stuff. If you don't agree, Yorks, lets agree to disagree.

May's deal is not great. But it's a stepping stone. May is someone who negotiates something weak and then shows heroic strength defending it. She needs to go. I'd bring in Raab. This route seems best for me.
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I got bored after your first sentence. You should remember that the average concentration span on here is 1.5 lines at most. Otherwise you get complaints!
 
YorkshireHoopster said:
Don't diss our Nigel. There's an awful lot of pubs on the way to which he will drive to in time for a 10 minute walk into to the town and a photoshoot, pint in hand - 5 minute walk with his buddies out of town and then back in his car planning his next stopover. Do you think he relies on the Good Pub guide or Trip Advisor? He must have picked up something from Johnson who always managed to jog into view round a corner for a soundbite but never seemed to have broken into a sweat . I gather he has now been warned by medics about his fitness. Still I suppose it doesn't stop some blue knickered Conservative ladies swooning at the mere mention of his name.
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I suspect after the abortion in Parliament last week, his appeal may be extending beyond the blue knickers wearers
 
Goldhawk-Road said:
We cannot go for WTO because each time there's a prospect, Labour, Tig, LibDems and Scots Nats vote for a motion prohibiting it. I never said the EU would collapse with a no deal, but 100,000 redundancies in Germany and 70,000 in Belgium alone were predicted. The EU would not have allowed that to happen without making more concessions on the backstop. WTO would have been a bumpy ride for the UK at first but manageable. A huge part of the electorate were in favour and they don't believe in the Project Fear stuff. If you don't agree, Yorks, lets agree to disagree.

May's deal is not great. But it's a stepping stone. May is someone who negotiates something weak and then shows heroic strength defending it. She needs to go. I'd bring in Raab. This route seems best for me.
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A touch of realism at last. The opponents including Tories who have not yet left the party were always going to unite to prevent a No Deal. What was the point of taking it down to the wire when it was obvious pure Brexit was unachievable? I imagine it was hope that the longer it got to 'chucking out time' Europe would cave in. As for the second highlighted point is that a Brexiteer's version of Project Fear? I know that redundancies in Europe are seen as less important here than redudnancies in the UK but do you say there will be none here at all?
 
YorkshireHoopster said:
A touch of realism at last. The opponents including Tories who have not yet left the party were always going to unite to prevent a No Deal. What was the point of taking it down to the wire when it was obvious pure Brexit was unachievable? I imagine it was hope that the longer it got to 'chucking out time' Europe would cave in. As for the second highlighted point is that a Brexiteer's version of Project Fear? I know that redundancies in Europe are seen as less important here than redudnancies in the UK but do you say there will be none here at all?
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You've got the caving in point. It's the equivalent of a High Court action settling at the door of the court. Many do.

The figures came from sources on the Continent. There would have been some disruption in the UK, but remember, on the whole, we are the customer. We had a trade deficit with the EU of £61 billion in 2017
 
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Bloody hell these French love a riot... Shame they didn't put up this much of a fight in 1939 as it would have saved my late uncle swimming home. Is the bloke at the bottom the fella that runs Weatherspoon's? :emoticon-0100-smile
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If you know your France you should know that the Parisian is still frowned upon . They are hated in the south and always will be. The difference is they still more united than us
 
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