Politics

[Sweep]

2 minutes ago, Ani said:

Has it now been agreed that Immigration was a factor in Brexit ? I know a few people insisted it was nt . 

Anybody who says it isn't, are away with the fairies, of course it was a major factor - maybe not for every single person of course, but it was without doubt the largest single factor, across those that voted "leave"

[globaldiver]

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/05/brexit-disaster-rejoining-channel-europe-economy

[Ani]

22 Tories including ministers rightly voted against Govt on infected blood last night, let's see if Rishi does anything about it.

[bolty58]

10 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/05/brexit-disaster-rejoining-channel-europe-economy

Yes but Spider, Gonzo, Casino, the Chorley Cheesemongrel and quite a few others on here have told me that Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster. 

[Cheese]

 

[globaldiver]

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

Yes but Spider, Gonzo, Casino, the Chorley Cheesemongrel and quite a few others on here have told me that Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster. 

Facts matter. 

[royal white]

1 hour ago, Cheese said:

 

How’d on a min, the graph you posted doesn’t reflect this. 

[Cheese]

5 minutes ago, royal white said:

How’d on a min, the graph you posted doesn’t reflect this. 

Are you still under the impression that was intended to be a genuine graph representing actual data? Jesus wept.

[royal white]

14 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Are you still under the impression that was intended to be a genuine graph representing actual data? Jesus wept.

Most knew and realised it was a shit graph made up by some desperate gawp. It was you who said it’s “pretty much true” 

[Sweep]

3 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Yes but Spider, Gonzo, Casino, the Chorley Cheesemongrel and quite a few others on here have told me that Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster. 

This made me laugh more than it should have done

 

As with all things, Brexit has been a disaster for some and not others - winners and losers.

[Cheese]

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

This made me laugh more than it should have done

 

As with all things, Brexit has been a disaster for some and not others - winners and losers.

It would be even funnier if I was from Chorley.

[Not in Crawley]

3 hours ago, globaldiver said:

Facts matter. 

Yeah, they really do.

Shame it didn't when it came to Brexit for many.

[DirtySanchez]

43 minutes ago, Cheese said:

It would be even funnier if I was from Chorley.

It wouldn't 

The Bolty way

Try and make an 'amusing' version of a username 

That only he finds funny and thinks he has caught you out 

[globaldiver]

53 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Yeah, they really do.

Shame it didn't when it came to Brexit for many.

Facts about the future? They are called “predictions “

[Not in Crawley]

14 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

Facts about the future? They are called “predictions “

Erm, if you only dealt with the past and present what the hell would anyone vote on?

That's one of the oddest posts I've seen.

[Mounts Kipper]

47 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

Facts about the future? They are called “predictions “

And most of the project fear predictions were completely wrong. As predicted. 

[Casino]

9 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

And most of the project fear predictions were completely wrong. As predicted. 

you fucking loon

ive got to admire your refusal to face reality, mind

crackers

[Not in Crawley]

12 minutes ago, Casino said:

you fucking loon

ive got to admire your refusal to face reality, mind

crackers

It's a faith, nothing less.

[Casino]

he had me taken in for ages

seen through it now

hes just taking the piss for a laugh

[globaldiver]

1 hour ago, Not in Crawley said:

Erm, if you only dealt with the past and present what the hell would anyone vote on?

That's one of the oddest posts I've seen.

Give over

[Not in Crawley]

29 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

Give over

Not really.

Look at it this way - Farage, Gove, Johnson etc al said Brexit would be fine, and then we had hundreds of economists and academics saying we'd be going through the turbulence we have and will still continue to go through. They were dismissed as fear mongers, rather than people who had real expertise in this area.

You make it sound as if it was all a case of crystal balls and guesswork - and no one had a real insight into what would happen. Which they did.

We now know who has been proven right, as was said at the time.

Yet people still try and retrospectivley post-rationalise a completely irrational (in terms of pure benefits to the UK) decision making out it was a choice based on economic facts (understood by very few) when clearly it was driven by something far more feeling led, which was played on by certain groups. From the divisive poster Farage stood in front of, to the notorious NHS bus messaging

Personally I choose to believe those who had far more understanding of the issues, than those who were looking to make political capital from this vote, which again, was pretty clear at the time.

[Sweep]

42 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Not really.

Look at it this way - Farage, Gove, Johnson etc al said Brexit would be fine, and then we had hundreds of economists and academics saying we'd be going through the turbulence we have and will still continue to go through. They were dismissed as fear mongers, rather than people who had real expertise in this area.

Y

That massive cunt, David Davis was the worst of the lot.

[Casino]

Fox was another, wasnt he?

In fact, loads with no other chance of ever being relevant jumped on the boat

Cunts

[Spider]

9 hours ago, globaldiver said:

Facts matter. 

Indeed they do

And I can show you, for a fact-a-doodle-fucking-do, that Irish (former) customers can still buy goods cheaper from Holland than from the UK.

That wasn’t the case in 2015.

But if you know a way to change that, me and 100’s of others are all ears 👂 👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[RoadRunnerFan]

Facts don't matter, feelings are where its at. That and the socials.

And by the way, we've had enough of experts in this country.