Brexit again - nothing to see here...

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Not sure what unicorn means in this instance, to me it's a sexual thing.

But you didn't answer the question.

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Your predictions are your own business James. I was just referencing the sunny uplands vision we were sold.

You are the truthpaste of Brexit evangelism.

I'm not getting into it mate. Go out and enjoy the sun. Watch you don't get trampled by unicorns.

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Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew

Your predictions are your own business James. I was just referencing the sunny uplands vision we were sold.

You are the truthpaste of Brexit evangelism.

I'm not getting into it mate. Go out and enjoy the sun. Watch you don't get trampled by unicorns.

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As in any referendum or election campaign the things we are told by any party or side never reflect reality. Pretty clear demonstrations on this thread of things Remain said that proved to be absolute nonsense. How many fell for that?

I'm not evangelical about it at all. I've always been of the belief that the impacts are nothing like what people on both sides predicted. I will always try to play things with a straight bat, on this occasion citing stats on food inflation, not random videos from activists. My aim in this (and other) debates isn't to say Brexit is a spectacular success, it's to demonstrate it's pretty insignificant, esp whem factoring in wars in Europe and pandemics.

What annoys me is when people waste everyones time firstly spending years not accepting the result then cherry picking random topics and not looking at the full picture to try and prove a point where they've already decided the outcome for themselves. It's a waste of everyones time, is unhelpful and dare I say pretty selfish. If you want to say I told you so and illustrate it with random videos that take zero account of other factors and other countries performance then crack on, but can't you set up a private group for it or something?

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

As in any referendum or election campaign the things we are told by any party or side never reflect reality. Pretty clear demonstrations on this thread of things Remain said that proved to be absolute nonsense. How many fell for that?

I'm not evangelical about it at all. I've always been of the belief that the impacts are nothing like what people on both sides predicted. I will always try to play things with a straight bat, on this occasion citing stats on food inflation, not random videos from activists. My aim in this (and other) debates isn't to say Brexit is a spectacular success, it's to demonstrate it's pretty insignificant, esp whem factoring in wars in Europe and pandemics.

What annoys me is when people waste everyones time firstly spending years not accepting the result then cherry picking random topics and not looking at the full picture to try and prove a point where they've already decided the outcome for themselves. It's a waste of everyones time, is unhelpful and dare I say pretty selfish. If you want to say I told you so and illustrate it with random videos that take zero account of other factors and other countries performance then crack on, but can't you set up a private group for it or something?

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This was the royal 'you' btw.

I don’t think anyone is saying the voting was rigged, so why say people didn’t accept the result?

The only “rigging” that went on was Russia’s interference on social media convincing gullible people that leaving the EU was a good thing.

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Originally Posted by stevo

I don’t think anyone is saying the voting was rigged, so why say people didn’t accept the result?

The only “rigging” that went on was Russia’s interference on social media convincing gullible people that leaving the EU was a good thing.

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Absolutely zero evidence of that of course.

If you are going to essentially accuse people of being stupid, how about you consider a few things?

1. The remain side told some absolute whoppers that prayed on people's fears and proved to be wildly incorrect?

2. If yes, were people gullible to believe those, yes or no?

3. Is there any evidence of Russian interference? If no, why are you posting conspiracy theories about it?

4. Is there any evidence from the video Bob posted about leaving the EU removing our 'health rights' or leaving the NHS open to US insurance companies? Yes or No?

5. Did the only actual facts in this entire thread demonstrate that food inflation peaked higher or lower in the EU than the UK, despite endless predictions to the contrary?

6. Did or did not people spend years campaigning to dismiss the result before it was implemented and did or did not at least one major party stand in the 2019 general election on a platform of "stop Brexit"?

These are yes or no questions. Have a go at answering them if you like!

As long as the "dirty foreigners" have nothing to do with Blighty the true Brexiteers will suck up anything. Remember the elite which engineered it are pretty well insulated by wealth unlike their poor misguided accolytes who actually voted for the disaster.

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Originally Posted by Dorcus

As long as the "dirty foreigners" have nothing to do with Blighty the true Brexiteers will suck up anything. Remember the elite which engineered it are pretty well insulated by wealth unlike their poor misguided accolytes who actually voted for the disaster.

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You could of course have answered the questions posed or post those boring bigoted made up insults which are about as original as calling a Cardiff City fan a sheepshagger.

No surprise which option you chose!

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

As in any referendum or election campaign the things we are told by any party or side never reflect reality. Pretty clear demonstrations on this thread of things Remain said that proved to be absolute nonsense. How many fell for that?

I'm not evangelical about it at all. I've always been of the belief that the impacts are nothing like what people on both sides predicted. I will always try to play things with a straight bat, on this occasion citing stats on food inflation, not random videos from activists. My aim in this (and other) debates isn't to say Brexit is a spectacular success, it's to demonstrate it's pretty insignificant, esp whem factoring in wars in Europe and pandemics.

What annoys me is when people waste everyones time firstly spending years not accepting the result then cherry picking random topics and not looking at the full picture to try and prove a point where they've already decided the outcome for themselves. It's a waste of everyones time, is unhelpful and dare I say pretty selfish. If you want to say I told you so and illustrate it with random videos that take zero account of other factors and other countries performance then crack on, but can't you set up a private group for it or something?

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I actually meant to write predilections earlier regarding unicorns. Sorry for any confusion. :hehe:

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

As in any referendum or election campaign the things we are told by any party or side never reflect reality. Pretty clear demonstrations on this thread of things Remain said that proved to be absolute nonsense. How many fell for that?

I'm not evangelical about it at all. I've always been of the belief that the impacts are nothing like what people on both sides predicted. I will always try to play things with a straight bat, on this occasion citing stats on food inflation, not random videos from activists. My aim in this (and other) debates isn't to say Brexit is a spectacular success, it's to demonstrate it's pretty insignificant, esp whem factoring in wars in Europe and pandemics.

What annoys me is when people waste everyones time firstly spending years not accepting the result then cherry picking random topics and not looking at the full picture to try and prove a point where they've already decided the outcome for themselves. It's a waste of everyones time, is unhelpful and dare I say pretty selfish. If you want to say I told you so and illustrate it with random videos that take zero account of other factors and other countries performance then crack on, but can't you set up a private group for it or something?

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Your third para talks about time-wasting. Think about this for second. Chill. Enjoy the weekend. None of this matters. Think of the unicorns.

These days I find reading the psychotic ramblings of rabid tory voters as boring as religious freaks off on one

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Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew

Your third para talks about time-wasting. Think about this for second. Chill. Enjoy the weekend. None of this matters. Think of the unicorns.

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I'll have a great weekend, no worries on that.

But people can't ad-infinitum post insulting comments about people (often with a distinct air of snobbery, although I'm not saying that in this case) with no backing up or anything with facts and with complete lack of self awareness that the side the chosen (eight years ago!!!) also produced some absolute nonsense that plainly people believed, without some push back from people.

A sensible debate on Brexit is great and doable, but not the way some on here go about it.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

I'll have a great weekend, no worries on that.

But people can't ad-infinitum post insulting comments about people (often with a distinct air of snobbery, although I'm not saying that in this case) with no backing up or anything with facts and with complete lack of self awareness that the side the chosen (eight years ago!!!) also produced some absolute nonsense that plainly people believed, without some push back from people.

A sensible debate on Brexit is great and doable, but not the way some on here go about it.

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You are just about the only fecker on here continually supporting the right of centre

On everything, not just brexit

That's not a coincidence

I don't know why you blow hot air into your own echo chamber as half the time it's so verbose and opinionated it's like something out of an Eton old boys club

I certainly don't bother reading most of your replies as it's the same old yeah but no but yeah excuses

I think you would be better off going for a walk than typing endless right wing essays on here

It's a bust bog flush

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

I'll have a great weekend, no worries on that.

But people can't ad-infinitum post insulting comments about people (often with a distinct air of snobbery, although I'm not saying that in this case) with no backing up or anything with facts and with complete lack of self awareness that the side the chosen (eight years ago!!!) also produced some absolute nonsense that plainly people believed, without some push back from people.

A sensible debate on Brexit is great and doable, but not the way some on here go about it.

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I am not interested in a sensible debate with a bloke who has spent 15 years on here supporting the conservatives

😂

People like you don't debate

You wriggle like a maggot on a fishing hook

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

You are just about the only fecker on here continually supporting the right of centre

On everything, not just brexit

That's not a coincidence

I don't know why you blow hot air into your own echo chamber as half the time it's so verbose and opinionated it's like something out of an Eton old boys club

I certainly don't bother reading most of your replies as it's the same old yeah but no but yeah excuses

I think you would be better off going for a walk than typing endless right wing essays on here

It's a bust bog flush

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You clearly havent read any of the thread whatsoever, so why post?

And the EU is a free market on obsessed organisation run by Conservatives for two decades, so god knows why you think someone defending a democratic vote to leave it is "right-wing" but I've long given up trying to take any logic from what you type tbf!

Still waiting for any of the people on here to answer the questions too. No one has yet, which says something.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I am not interested in a sensible debate with a bloke who has spent 15 years on here supporting the conservatives

😂

People like you don't debate

You wriggle like a maggot on a fishing hook

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Yet here I am debating and here you are calling people maggots. 💁

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Yet here I am debating and here you are calling people maggots. 💁

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No you are not

You just post whatever you have to in order to try and get the last word

It's not a debate

You have been doing it for years

Hopefully your tory boys will get done over at the election and we can have a break from your endless verbal gushing

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

No you are not

You just post whatever you have to in order to try and get the last word

It's not a debate

You have been doing it for years

Hopefully your tory boys will get done over at the election and we can have a break from your endless verbal gushing

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It is a debate. People make a point. Others respond, often with an alternative point. Instead, you've not made any points at all and totally fabricated mine. If some total weirdo on the internet comes online and calls me a maggot and makes up nonsense from a thread he hasn't read then yeah I will sometimes respond in the hope he will stop doing it.

Pointless task I know.

You can have the last word if you want, although I was kinda hoping people might actually answer the questions posed earlier, but there we go..

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Saying "Tory spokesman" in a post doesn't win you an argument anymore than posting guff videos from the political fringes does.

And that video you posted made two claims; that the NHS is now open to US insurance companies and that our health rights have been eroded. Any evidence of that, because I think that' bullshit.

The referendum was 8 years ago. Both sides sold whoppers, it's arrogant in the extreme to fail to see that some people voted remain based on those whoppers, just as some voted Leave.

I don't get the point you are making apart from some elaborate and pointless "I told you so" based on misinformation videos and ignoring Europe's most impactful war for 80 years and a pandemic unseen for centuries.

And you do that all to run down your own country.

What is the point? You and others must have better things to do with your time? If you spent even a small proportion of it actually scrutinizing the people who run our NHS and schools and economy in Wales, that would be more useful for a start

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I didn’t tell you so, it was almost a toss a coin job as to how I voted because I could remember how it was before we joined the Common market and nothing seemed to change much back in the early seventies when we joined what was then the six I believe. The only reason I voted Remain in the end was because I couldn’t face being on the same side as Nigel Farage.

It’s in the intervening years that I realised I was wrong - Brexit meant more than I thought it did and, from where I’m standing nearly all of the changes are for the worse.

You do sound like a Tory spokesman by the way. At the time of the vote, the Conservatives really were a “broad church” when it came to the EU because they had remainers and leavers in almost equal measure, but Johnson forced most of the prominent remainers out of the party and so I’d say they lost stabilising influences which may have held back the sort of excesses which have got the party into what many commentators believe could be an existential crisis. The Conservatives are unashamedly a Brexit party now, in fact there’s a degree of Evangelisism about it which I’d say you share.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

I didn’t tell you so, it was almost a toss a coin job as to how I voted because I could remember how it was before we joined the Common market and nothing seemed to change much back in the early seventies when we joined what was then the six I believe. The only reason I voted Remain in the end was because I couldn’t face being on the same side as Nigel Farage.

It’s in the intervening years that I realised I was wrong - Brexit meant more than I thought it did and, from where I’m standing nearly all of the changes are for the worse.

You do sound like a Tory spokesman by the way. At the time of the vote, the Conservatives really were a “broad church” when it came to the EU because they had remainers and leavers in almost equal measure, but Johnson forced most of the prominent remainers out of the party and so I’d say they lost stabilising influences which may have held back the sort of excesses which have got the party into what many commentators believe could be an existential crisis. The Conservatives are unashamedly a Brexit party now, in fact there’s a degree of Evangelisism about it which I’d say you share.

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As you know, how people voted in that referendum cut across party lines. Of course there were patterns but no stereotypes fitted. The duty of the government was to ensure democracy prevailed and the vote was honoured. That fell to the Tories as govt in 2016-2019 and as you will likely agree was a key reason for them winning the 2019 general election so comfortably.

I haven't mentioned anything about the Tories here though. All I've done is respond to the post about food prices and pointed out that reality has not matched rhetoric, and then asked you to justify the claims in the video you posted and then called out others for essentially calling people gullible and stupid when many of the claims on "their side" were also, demonstrably absolute hogwash designed to prey on their fears. I don't call them gullible though. Hypocrites I guess, but not gullible.

I am "evangelical" (if you like that phrase!?) about respecting how people vote esp when it's working class people. I'm not sure on all of you here, but when I think of those who most vocally slag off leave voters in my life, they universally are wealthier, often with a second home elsewhere abroad or a mum with one etc - that's not to characterise all "remainers" as wealthy (although the wealthy overwhelmingly did vote remain) but to say that in my experience those who were most obnoxious about accepting the result had a financial interest in it. So I have very little time for people who throw around insults based on that, or any other election.

I am also "evangelical" about respecting the result. The way some go on is absolutely the way some MAGA types went on about Trump losing the 2020 election, presenting all kinds of conspiracy theories about it rather than accepting defeat.

It's annoying and unhelpful.

As for leaving the EU, we simply don't know what would have happened. Everywhere in Europe has had a really bad time since 2020. It is impossible to separate COVID and Ukraine from any of it and when you look at the data without cherry picking it, it is balanced. We are doing better than some countries on some things and worse on others - was ever thus. Such a position doesn't sound evangelical to me, it sounds like the truth.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

As you know, how people voted in that referendum cut across party lines. Of course there were patterns but no stereotypes fitted. The duty of the government was to ensure democracy prevailed and the vote was honoured. That fell to the Tories as govt in 2016-2019 and as you will likely agree was a key reason for them winning the 2019 general election so comfortably.

I haven't mentioned anything about the Tories here though. All I've done is respond to the post about food prices and pointed out that reality has not matched rhetoric, and then asked you to justify the claims in the video you posted and then called out others for essentially calling people gullible and stupid when many of the claims on "their side" were also, demonstrably absolute hogwash designed to prey on their fears. I don't call them gullible though. Hypocrites I guess, but not gullible.

I am "evangelical" (if you like that phrase!?) about respecting how people vote esp when it's working class people. I'm not sure on all of you here, but when I think of those who most vocally slag off leave voters in my life, they universally are wealthier, often with a second home elsewhere abroad or a mum with one etc - that's not to characterise all "remainers" as wealthy (although the wealthy overwhelmingly did vote remain) but to say that in my experience those who were most obnoxious about accepting the result had a financial interest in it. So I have very little time for people who throw around insults based on that, or any other election.

I am also "evangelical" about respecting the result. The way some go on is absolutely the way some MAGA types went on about Trump losing the 2020 election, presenting all kinds of conspiracy theories about it rather than accepting defeat.

It's annoying and unhelpful.

As for leaving the EU, we simply don't know what would have happened. Everywhere in Europe has had a really bad time since 2020. It is impossible to separate COVID and Ukraine from any of it and when you look at the data without cherry picking it, it is balanced. We are doing better than some countries on some things and worse on others - was ever thus. Such a position doesn't sound evangelical to me, it sounds like the truth.

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I did suggest you chill. But in all honesty, you've poked the hornet's nest now.

I actually think the only thing that is annoying and unhelpful, James, is you.

Navigating the aftermath of Brexit has ripped open a chasm of frustration and anger in my life. This political circus has inflicted a deeply personal assault on my very sense of identity and belonging. It's not just about losing a few benefits here and there; it's about being violently uprooted from the cultural, professional, and social tapestry of Europe that I was seamlessly woven into. The freedom to live, work, and traverse the breadth of a continent was not a mere policy perk; it was the essence of my life's fabric, now mercilessly shredded by the shortsightedness of a referendum.

Witnessing other European countries continuing their lives with unfettered access to this rich tapestry only magnifies the sense of betrayal and isolation I now endure in the UK. The healthcare debacle, with its mass exodus of indispensable medical professionals, has thrown salt into the gaping wounds of my well-being and life expectancy. It's a brutal reminder of the real, blood-and-bone consequences of political gambles played out by those insulated from the fallout.

James, your attempts to rationalise this debacle by championing the democratic process and the 'will of the people' is nothing short of infuriating. It's a hollow echo in the void left by the loss of my European citizenship. To claim that the government's duty was to uphold democracy is a slap in the face, ignoring the complex web of implications this decision has spun across the lives of countless individuals. The sanctity of the voting process is one thing, but using it as a shield to dismiss the visceral, lived experiences of those thrown into turmoil is quite another.

The gulf between sterile economic arguments and the raw, lived reality of Brexit's impact on people like me is staggering. To reduce this seismic upheaval to political victories or economic indicators is both blind and callous. The discourse surrounding Brexit needs to make room for the searing voices of those directly in its destructive path.

Your reasons for your Brexit evangelism are your own. Stop preaching. You've pissed me off now with your usual sanctimony and f*cking pomposity. You don't want debate. You want to win your argument. It's been going on for years.

I've told you before. I will never 'move on'. It's deeply personal. Just leave it and find something more constructive to do with your time. Your obsession isn't healthy.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

As you know, how people voted in that referendum cut across party lines. Of course there were patterns but no stereotypes fitted. The duty of the government was to ensure democracy prevailed and the vote was honoured. That fell to the Tories as govt in 2016-2019 and as you will likely agree was a key reason for them winning the 2019 general election so comfortably.

I haven't mentioned anything about the Tories here though. All I've done is respond to the post about food prices and pointed out that reality has not matched rhetoric, and then asked you to justify the claims in the video you posted and then called out others for essentially calling people gullible and stupid when many of the claims on "their side" were also, demonstrably absolute hogwash designed to prey on their fears. I don't call them gullible though. Hypocrites I guess, but not gullible.

I am "evangelical" (if you like that phrase!?) about respecting how people vote esp when it's working class people. I'm not sure on all of you here, but when I think of those who most vocally slag off leave voters in my life, they universally are wealthier, often with a second home elsewhere abroad or a mum with one etc - that's not to characterise all "remainers" as wealthy (although the wealthy overwhelmingly did vote remain) but to say that in my experience those who were most obnoxious about accepting the result had a financial interest in it. So I have very little time for people who throw around insults based on that, or any other election.

I am also "evangelical" about respecting the result. The way some go on is absolutely the way some MAGA types went on about Trump losing the 2020 election, presenting all kinds of conspiracy theories about it rather than accepting defeat.

It's annoying and unhelpful.

As for leaving the EU, we simply don't know what would have happened. Everywhere in Europe has had a really bad time since 2020. It is impossible to separate COVID and Ukraine from any of it and when you look at the data without cherry picking it, it is balanced. We are doing better than some countries on some things and worse on others - was ever thus. Such a position doesn't sound evangelical to me, it sounds like the truth.

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More sanctimonious bollocks

It's never ending

You are typing all this pseudo academic nonsense on here and hardly anyone reads it

It's not about debate It's about you

Take up knitting

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

More sanctimonious bollocks

It's never ending

You are typing all this pseudo academic nonsense on here and hardly anyone reads it

It's not about debate It's about you

Take up knitting

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Don't read it then. If you have nothing to contribute to it, go fishing.

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Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew

I did suggest you chill. But in all honesty, you've poked the hornet's nest now.

I actually think the only thing that is annoying and unhelpful, James, is you.

Navigating the aftermath of Brexit has ripped open a chasm of frustration and anger in my life. This political circus has inflicted a deeply personal assault on my very sense of identity and belonging. It's not just about losing a few benefits here and there; it's about being violently uprooted from the cultural, professional, and social tapestry of Europe that I was seamlessly woven into. The freedom to live, work, and traverse the breadth of a continent was not a mere policy perk; it was the essence of my life's fabric, now mercilessly shredded by the shortsightedness of a referendum.

Witnessing other European countries continuing their lives with unfettered access to this rich tapestry only magnifies the sense of betrayal and isolation I now endure in the UK. The healthcare debacle, with its mass exodus of indispensable medical professionals, has thrown salt into the gaping wounds of my well-being and life expectancy. It's a brutal reminder of the real, blood-and-bone consequences of political gambles played out by those insulated from the fallout.

James, your attempts to rationalise this debacle by championing the democratic process and the 'will of the people' is nothing short of infuriating. It's a hollow echo in the void left by the loss of my European citizenship. To claim that the government's duty was to uphold democracy is a slap in the face, ignoring the complex web of implications this decision has spun across the lives of countless individuals. The sanctity of the voting process is one thing, but using it as a shield to dismiss the visceral, lived experiences of those thrown into turmoil is quite another.

The gulf between sterile economic arguments and the raw, lived reality of Brexit's impact on people like me is staggering. To reduce this seismic upheaval to political victories or economic indicators is both blind and callous. The discourse surrounding Brexit needs to make room for the searing voices of those directly in its destructive path.

Your reasons for your Brexit evangelism are your own. Stop preaching. You've pissed me off now with your usual sanctimony and f*cking pomposity. You don't want debate. You want to win your argument. It's been going on for years.

I've told you before. I will never 'move on'. It's deeply personal. Just leave it and find something more constructive to do with your time. Your obsession isn't healthy.

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People have passionate feelings about it, and all politics on all sides. You aren't alone in that. If you don't want to get your feelings hurt, then perhaps don't go around mocking others. You think its nice being insulted for 8 years, being called things you aren't? Think again. Less of that before the referendum, a little more understanding of people's feelings and you may have won the damned thing in the first place!

I'm sorry you feel upset, I understand how these things matter but the answer to that isn't to post insults and incorrect things on the internet. That won't change a single thing. Certain people lost the referendum, they then lost the Brexit negotiations by failing to back significantly softer exit deals. It's those people, not the voters you should look towards.

If people post things online that others think are untrue, there will be a pushback against it. Don't act in amazement when that happens.

Have a great day.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Don't read it then. If you have nothing to contribute to it, go fishing.

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You make a complete arse of yourself defending your feathered ego

I hardly ever read your political posts these days as its groundhog tory boy nonsense

Look at yourself on here it's a broken record

Like a whale coming up for air it is infuriating to some

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

You make a complete arse of yourself defending your feathered ego

I hardly ever read your political posts these days as its groundhog tory boy nonsense

Look at yourself on here it's a broken record

Like a whale coming up for air it is infuriating to some

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It's a broken record in response to the endless broken records from others posting the same nonsense they have done for 8 years!

I'd like nothing more than that to end, believe me, but posting a few facts to counter emotionally charged videos and the like is not an outrageous thing to do.

I asked 6 simple yes/no questions yesterday. Not a single person has answered them.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

It's a broken record in response to the endless broken records from others posting the same nonsense they have done for 8 years!

I'd like nothing more than that to end, believe me, but posting a few facts to counter emotionally charged videos and the like is not an outrageous thing to do.

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Feck off and have a great weekend like you said you were intending on doing then

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

It's a broken record in response to the endless broken records from others posting the same nonsense they have done for 8 years!

I'd like nothing more than that to end, believe me, but posting a few facts to counter emotionally charged videos and the like is not an outrageous thing to do.

I asked 6 simple yes/no questions yesterday. Not a single person has answered them.

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Because its you posting the questions

It's all loaded tory boy nonsense

We know you are a right wing tory so people don't want to bother

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Feck off and have a great weekend like you said you were intending on doing then

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I will do. And you you miserable old toad. 😘

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Because its you posting the questions

It's all loaded tory boy nonsense

We know you are a right wing tory so people don't want to bother

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Questions and statistics are "Tory boy nonsense" now 🤣.

Honestly!

Have a nice day Sludge.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

You clearly havent read any of the thread whatsoever, so why post?

And the EU is a free market on obsessed organisation run by Conservatives for two decades, so god knows why you think someone defending a democratic vote to leave it is "right-wing" but I've long given up trying to take any logic from what you type tbf!

Still waiting for any of the people on here to answer the questions too. No one has yet, which says something.

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Do you think leave would have won without anti immigrant rhetoric? No doubt that lots of people had other motivations to vote Brexit but without some of the more scummy farage anti immigrant campaigning I dont think they break 50%.

Low wages + benefits system disincentivising people to have more than 2 children = reliance on migration to pay for growing retired demographic. People are slowly realising that now.

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Originally Posted by Eric Cartman

Do you think leave would have won without anti immigrant rhetoric? No doubt that lots of people had other motivations to vote Brexit but without some of the more scummy farage anti immigrant campaigning I dont think they break 50%.

Low wages + benefits system disincentivising people to have more than 2 children = reliance on migration to pay for growing retired demographic. People are slowly realising that now.

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Those that voted brexit on the pretence of taking our borders back .....absolutely loads of brexit voters .....must be wondering wtf ? now the right wing anti immigration rhetoric has , under the conservatives led to a year on year INCREASE of immigration !

Who are they going to vote for now ?

It would be funny if it wasn't such a serious subject

I think acceptance that the world is changing and managing immigration sensibly ......rather than all this close the borders , stop the boats cobblers .....is the only way to deal with the post brexit cobblers

I wish people would stop fannying about and just admit they don't like foriegners

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Originally Posted by Eric Cartman

Do you think leave would have won without anti immigrant rhetoric? No doubt that lots of people had other motivations to vote Brexit but without some of the more scummy farage anti immigrant campaigning I dont think they break 50%.

Low wages + benefits system disincentivising people to have more than 2 children = reliance on migration to pay for growing retired demographic. People are slowly realising that now.

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It's an interesting question. I don't think the anri-immigrant rhetoric was that significant. I know to many remain voters it was - many wanted to characterise leave voters as being obsessed with it, but all the evidence points to it being about control, of laws, the economy, immigration, everything. I think that's fair enough.

We also know "the economy" was the biggest issue for Remain voters, so we can also speculate on whether they would have got to 48% without the injection of fear into peoples minds, with the stock market collapse, house price collapse, huge recession etc.

In practice, I think the biggest issue was that 2009-2016 was a difficult time. Austerity, global recession, high immigration and the like, and people were fed up and wanted to lash out. "Take back control" is a very powerful concept. It is the same theme that Drakeford plays on with Westminster and is obviously the core plank of the SNPs policies too.

I think The Remain campaign made a few mistakes. There was a lot of what I would call snobbery online and I think most felt they went too far with project fear. More than anything, people just wanted change. Will it make much difference? I don't think so, although I do agree in principle that laws should be made here. I also think that people want change in the UK now and we will have a new government soon, but again, I doubt it will make much difference to people's lives.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Those that voted brexit on the pretence of taking our borders back .....absolutely loads of brexit voters .....must be wondering wtf ? now the right wing anti immigration rhetoric has , under the conservatives led to a year on year INCREASE of immigration !

Who are they going to vote for now ?

It would be funny if it wasn't such a serious subject

I think acceptance that the world is changing and managing immigration sensibly ......rather than all this close the borders , stop the boats cobblers .....is the only way to deal with the post brexit cobblers

I wish people would stop fannying about and just admit they don't like foriegners

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The world isn't changing, it is being changed. You can't just rock up in any non-western country and tell them you are coming to live there as you will be thrown in jail, and then deported whenever it suits them.

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You are just about the only fecker on here continually supporting the right of centre

On everything, not just brexit

That's not a coincidence

I don't know why you blow hot air into your own echo chamber as half the time it's so verbose and opinionated it's like something out of an Eton old boys club

I certainly don't bother reading most of your replies as it's the same old yeah but no but yeah excuses

I think you would be better off going for a walk than typing endless right wing essays on here

It's a bust bog flush

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He's not the only one, some folk stay silent to avoid the nasty left side insults which can be so personal.

Far worse than the right of centre folk who to be fair are measured and not so rude.

James Wales is not one to be personal and has a right to debate his views .

The little political club that sits within CCMB is quite nasty a group.

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He's not the only one, some folk stay silent to avoid the nasty left side insults which can be so personal.

Far worse than the right of centre folk who to be fair are measured and not so rude.

James Wales is not one to be personal and has a right to debate his views .

The little political club that sits within CCMB is quite nasty a group.

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You simply can't be taken seriously as you spent 5 years saying you were a lapsed socialist and now are further to the right than the gestapo

Are you his personal assistant ?

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Originally Posted by life on mars

He's not the only one, some folk stay silent to avoid the nasty left side insults which can be so personal.

Far worse than the right of centre folk who to be fair are measured and not so rude.

James Wales is not one to be personal and has a right to debate his views .

The little political club that sits within CCMB is quite nasty a group.

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:hehe: :hehe:

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Originally Posted by life on mars

He's not the only one, some folk stay silent to avoid the nasty left side insults which can be so personal.

Far worse than the right of centre folk who to be fair are measured and not so rude.

James Wales is not one to be personal and has a right to debate his views .

The little political club that sits within CCMB is quite nasty a group.

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I can give as good as I get, but I do try not to start it, although I appreciate that makes me sound 12 haha .

It is hard work trying to discuss things sometimes mind.

From a former French Diplomat:


Post-Brexit Britain remains just as strong

François-Joseph Schichan former French Diplomat .
Monday April 08 2024, The Times.

It is a common wisdom among most political commentators that Brexit has been a disaster for the UK’s influence in the world. Latest to repeat this line was David Miliband in an opinion piece for The Observer. According to him, Britain has become a lower-status nation as a result of Brexit.

But the facts contradict this simplistic vision. Since Brexit, there has been no sign that the UK has lost its influence in the world. If that was the case, why did the US and Australia join with Britain to sign the Aukus agreement in 2021, one of the most consequential partnerships for the Indo-Pacific region in recent times? How did Britain play such an important role in designing and implementing western sanctions against Russia?*And why did this country manage to sign several free-trade agreements with major countries on terms that are as good as what the EU has managed to negotiate itself?

While many British pundits might see the UK’s influence as having been diminished by Brexit, other countries — friends and foes — clearly do not think the same way. Britain is not, for sure, the global superpower it once was. Just like France and other European countries, it has been a middle power for some time and will continue to be a middle power after Brexit.

This does not mean that closer co-operation with the EU is not advisable — quite the contrary. There is space to intensify bilateral contacts with EU institutions and individual member states on security and foreign policy. The EU should welcome the Labour Party’s proposal for a foreign policy and security pact, and work pragmatically with the UK on the challenges we face together.

There are other issues that could have much more impact on Britain’s place in the world than Brexit. The “special relationship” with the US, a mix of reality and fantasy, will continue to be tested regardless of the result of the US election. Either way, it will be America first. Russia and China will be other challenges.


The EU is facing the same challenges and it is not yet proven that its approach — ever greater integration including on foreign policy and security — is necessarily the best one to defend and promote its interests. Just look at the EU’s internal contradictions on Russia, Gaza and China. In this new fragmented and more uncertain world, post-Brexit Britain has all to play for.

After Brexit reports now state China generates the most wealth from exports - more than three and a half times as much as the UK - followed by the United States, Germany and then Britain. May not see this on BBC

Indeed. UK exports have increased. Again, this is actual data and not predictions

You can see how culture wars happen. Cos the media outlets that many on the left read simply do not report this stuff, so we end up with the kind of arguments we saw earlier in this thread.

It is beyond frustrating

https://www.cityam.com/why-uk-servic...w-post-brexit/