On 8/16/2018 10:46 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Taxed and Spent" wrote in message news >
> On 8/16/2018 6:26 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Druce" wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:22:13 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>> "Druce" wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:42:31 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>> "Druce" wrote in message
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>>>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:48:16 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:36:04 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>>> That is bloody awful from my perspective. As for Boris, the polls are
>>>>>> going
>>>>>> up fast in his favour. So, I guess they know what they are doing
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>>>>>> If we have a soft Brexit we won't be able to make our own laws, choose
>>>>>> who
>>>>>> comes here, we will have to live under the ECJ, and still have to pay
>>>>>> £billions to keep that mob in luxury.
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>>>>>> They can speak out now, which they couldn't as Ministers. Boris (who
>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>> my first choice) is now the favourite to be the next PM. At least he
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> be better than the rubbish we have now!
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>>>>> So then they have to topple May before the Brexit deal is made,
>>>>> otherwise she gets her soft deal. I don't know it that's possible and
>>>>> what the timelines are for May's reign and the Brexit deal.
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>>>>> Her reign will actually end on the 5 May 2022 under the Fixed-term
>>>>> Parliaments Act 2011, unless she is booted out.
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>>>>> What is happening now is to do with a 'vote of no confidence' If
>>>>> enough
>>>>> mp's send in some kind of letter she could be out! Problem is the
>>>>> number
>>>>> of
>>>>> remoaners in gov. who will back her. I don't know why we bother to
>>>>> have
>>>>> elections when some mp's decide they don't like the results and try to
>>>>> stop
>>>>> them. I only hope they are acting on the preferences of their
>>>>> constituents
>>>>> or they will be out on their bums at the next election.
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>>>>> I suppose they get their ideas from the EU who keep holding elections
>>>>> until
>>>>> they get the right results. They are trying to do that here now.
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>>>> Isn't there also something to be gained from a soft Brexit? Better
>>>> access to the internal EU market or something like that? May cs must
>>>> have their reasons. I don't know much about this. It's not a hot item
>>>> in NL or AU, as you can imagine.
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>>>> Believe me, they need us far more then we need them. They sell HUGELY
>>>> FAR
>>>> MORE stuff to us!
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>>> I doubt that, considering the numbers of people in UK vs EU.
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>>>> They just play their game of being The Boss and insist we do what They
>>>> want.
>>>> Well we people are sick of it. We want our sovereignty back!
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>>> Don't recent polls say most UK people want to stay in the EU now? That
>>> it was just a protest vote?
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>>> You can doubt all you want but you need to check it out before you start
>>> deriding what I say!
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>> I'm not deriding what you say, but Germany alone is a bigger economy
>> than the UK, let alone the entire EU.
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>>> As for polls ... how many did they ask? Was it the millions who actually
>>> voted?
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>> I don't know the details. I heard this on Australian TV.
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>> No I don't expect they gave those. We keep hearing all the time about
>> polls
>> but when you go into it, the numbers are minute in comparison the the
>> Election, as you would expect.
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> And you always have to see what the actual questions were. "Do you
> prefer to stay in the EU, or face drastically higher taxes and
> unemployment rates?" Huh?
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> lol I haven't seen that) I think we might be a wee bit better off when
> we are no long paying £billions to keep that commission in absolute luxury.
> The
> they haven't had their books audited successfully for many years btw and
> have no regrets or explanations))
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Hey, if it is good enough for the U.N., . . .