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    Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

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    This suggests that about 3/4 of those who voted for brexit would prefer a hard Brexit.
    That half of remain voters are hoping for a miracle, and that if a further referendum was held on hard vs soft Brexit then soft would probably win.

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    Half the population couldn't tell you the name of the prime minister if their lives depended on it

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    Half the population couldn't tell you the name of the prime minister if their lives depended on it
    Presumably that's the half that voted to leave?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    Half the population couldn't tell you the name of the prime minister if their lives depended on it
    This May or May not be true!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R View Post
    Presumably that's the half that voted to leave?
    That is what I imagine he was suggesting!.

    When nearly everyone I know voted remain. And most have no interest in politics whatsoever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LordKenwyne View Post
    That is what I imagine he was suggesting!.

    When nearly everyone I know voted remain. And most have no interest in politics whatsoever.
    It's a step up from being a racist I guess

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R View Post
    Presumably that's the half that voted to leave?
    No, not at all.

    I'm just suggesting that a significant percentage of the country will have more interest in who the winner of CBB is than who the prime minister is.

    You might as well conduct a poll among babies in a maternity ward about what brand of milk they want as conduct a poll about hard or soft brexit amongst our electorate

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    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    No, not at all.

    I'm just suggesting that a significant percentage of the country will have more interest in who the winner of CBB is than who the prime minister is.

    You might as well conduct a poll among babies in a maternity ward about what brand of milk they want as conduct a poll about hard or soft brexit amongst our electorate
    Fair enough, I will let you have that one then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R View Post
    Presumably that's the half that voted to leave?
    Reaching for victim status somewhat!

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    I thought we could have it all and didn't have to choose. When are Europe due to come begging again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cartman View Post
    Reaching for victim status somewhat!
    Not a victim, just argumentative.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R View Post
    Not a victim, just argumentative.
    First time for everything.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
    First time for everything.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    The EU won't last without Britain and the US behind it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R View Post
    Not a victim, just argumentative.
    That could be it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    The EU won't last without Britain and the US behind it.
    I genuinely hope you're right

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    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    I genuinely hope you're right
    Why would you want it to fail?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    Why would you want it to fail?
    Because I believe that as we stand we're fecked. We depend on Europe for trade - we've screwed that up. We depend on Europe for funding - we've fecked that up too, exchange rates are going to increase the costs of our imports, exacerbated by the inevitable tariffs on European imports, and a summer holiday anywhere other than Barry island this year is going to cost an arm and a leg.

    We are therefore left at the mercy of Boris Johnson managing to do a deal with Donald Trump to have any chance of a favourable trade deal with a major trading bloc.

    Either that, or the whole European Union falls apart and we go back to where we were before the EU.

    Looking on the bright side, most major international banks will end up leaving the U.K. so may be the last we'll see of jursett

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by TH63 View Post
    Because I believe that as we stand we're fecked. We depend on Europe for trade - we've screwed that up. We depend on Europe for funding - we've fecked that up too, exchange rates are going to increase the costs of our imports, exacerbated by the inevitable tariffs on European imports, and a summer holiday anywhere other than Barry island this year is going to cost an arm and a leg.

    We are therefore left at the mercy of Boris Johnson managing to do a deal with Donald Trump to have any chance of a favourable trade deal with a major trading bloc.

    Either that, or the whole European Union falls apart and we go back to where we were before the EU.

    Looking on the bright side, most major international banks will end up leaving the U.K. so may be the last we'll see of jursett
    I think we would be in a much worse position if the EU disintegrates. They are and will continue to be our largest market. Turmoil in Europe will not help us.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    I think we would be in a much worse position if the EU disintegrates. They are and will continue to be our largest market. Turmoil in Europe will not help us.
    Who said there will be turmoil? Maybe the opposite will occur
    Last edited by Wales-Bales; 17-01-17 at 11:41.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    Who said there will be turmoil? Maybe the opposite will occur
    Anyone with any sense.

    If course, the EU failing would be good news for some.
    Vladimir Putin, the arms industry, large multinational companies so I suppose you're right, it isn't all bad news

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    Anyone with any sense.

    If course, the EU failing would be good news for some.
    Vladimir Putin, the arms industry, large multinational companies so I suppose you're right, it isn't all bad news
    I'm sorry, but I don't follow your logic. The vast majority of countries in the world are not part of the EU, and even if the EU ended tomorrow, do you really think that it's constituent countries would stop trading with each other?

    Brexit is about not wanting to be part of a political union. World trade will continue regardless of whether the EU exists or not.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
    Who said there will be turmoil? Maybe the opposite will occur
    European history suggests that things aren't stable when everyone fends for themselves.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    I think we would be in a much worse position if the EU disintegrates. They are and will continue to be our largest market. Turmoil in Europe will not help us.
    You may well be right, but both of us (reasonably intelligent people I'd like to think) "think", "feel", "believe", but the truth is, nobody really KNOWS for sure what the outcome will be, other than my summer holiday just got a whole lot moe expensive.
    My whole argument is though that we have made a pretty momentous decision without knowing what the outcomes will be.

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    Re: Interesting poll on hard vs soft Brexit

    Quite a few EU nationals going off on one on twitter after May's speech.

    "1 million British people live in our country (spain), hurting our health service"

    For a start it is around 300,000.

    And this is the exact sort of comment on migration that get's called xenophobic here in the UK.

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