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Old 03-01-2017, 18:32
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Rules of the referendum; highest number of votes wins. End of.
Is Theresa May going to take the UK out of the EU Single Market ?
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:32
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The Daily Express has a lead story headlining Nigel backed for top Brussels job and the article mentons Rogers' replacement.

It's a UKIP MEP backing him.
What a joke of a newspaper' I thought it might include a neutral or prominent non UKIP person.
What an embarassment the DE is to British media.
It's beyond a joke.
Sounds ok to me.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:32
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If it's so much of a joke why read it or is it so you can be outraged?
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:33
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Is Theresa May going to take the UK out of the EU Single Market ?
Will the single market include FOM?, what's your guess?....
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:35
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If it's so much of a joke why read it or is it so you can be outraged?
Probably because there's millions of people in this country who do read it and take what they say seriously.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:36
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They'd rather listen to the old bloke down the pub ranting about "bloody foreigners" and how "things were better in the old days".
That's not fair. Farage isn't that old.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:37
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sounds like a job made for nigel.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:37
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Sounds ok to me.
Well it would do. But no thanks. you dont pour petrol on a fire.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:37
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Probably because there's millions of people in this country who do read it and take what they say seriously.
Mostly the Remainers on this forum it seems.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:50
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I would say the 17.4 million who voted for Brexit are against FOM, otherwise it's not Brexit at all and the referendum may as well not have happened.
That is probably the case. It seems the British public turned the referendum into one on EU immigration rather than anything to do with economics.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:51
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Well it would do. But no thanks. you dont pour petrol on a fire.
Are you saying our Nigel wouldn't enter into the spirit of negotiations and offer a sympathetic ear to the concerns of the EU commission/members sacrificing the good of the UK for the good of the EU?.......
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:54
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Rules of the referendum; highest number of votes wins. End of.
The first rule of Advisory Referendum Club...don't mention Advisory Referendum Club.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7366316.html
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:58
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That is probably the case. It seems the British public turned the referendum into one on EU immigration rather than anything to do with economics.
You sir/madam shall be called Sherlock from now on.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:58
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sounds like a job made for nigel.
It certainly does. Let's face it, you couldn't find a more staunch Brexiter than Nigel Farage.

Can you imagine the reaction from that shower in Brussels? Actually, I do believe Nigel could probably negotiate a better deal than anyone Theresa May might appoint and it would all be conducted very swiftly.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:04
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It certainly does. Let's face it, you couldn't find a more staunch Brexiter than Nigel Farage.

Can you imagine the reaction from that shower in Brussels? Actually, I do believe Nigel could probably negotiate a better deal than anyone Theresa May might appoint and it would all be conducted very swiftly.
Stop it, stop it, the thought of it is delicious. What about all those EU press conferences with our boy in them as well......
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:08
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You sir/madam shall be called Sherlock from now on.
I've said all along that a hard Brexit is the only logical outcome of the referendum result, it's clearly what the British public voted for.

I see Nigel is on the Ch.4 News at the moment saying he wants "no deal" and the UK straight out of the EU and the Single Market.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:11
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Is Theresa May going to take the UK out of the EU Single Market ?
Thats up to the EU once she has said no to freedom of movement.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:14
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I see Nigel is on the Ch.4 News at the moment saying he wants "no deal" and the UK straight out of the EU and the Single Market.
Secretly, I'm sure that he would love a soft exit as that would give him continued reason for his existence.

I also note that Farage is all over the media today while the actual UKIP leader (remember him?) is nowhere to be seen...
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:16
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I am assuming you are too young to remember life before 1973, when we joined the Common Market?
I'm not - I remember being 'the sick man of Europe'.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:21
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I've said all along that a hard Brexit is the only logical outcome of the referendum result, it's clearly what the British public voted for.

I see Nigel is on the Ch.4 News at the moment saying he wants "no deal" and the UK straight out of the EU and the Single Market.
It seems Mr Snow was asking Farage some very tough and leading questions. However Mr Snow seemed to go very easy on Nick Clegg. In fact he didn't ask him anything tough - just seemed to be agreeing with him and feeding him answers. Wasn't very nice to watch.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:39
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Secretly, I'm sure that he would love a soft exit as that would give him continued reason for his existence.

I also note that Farage is all over the media today while the actual UKIP leader (remember him?) is nowhere to be seen...
Perhaps the media saught him out.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:41
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It seems Mr Snow was asking Farage some very tough and leading questions. However Mr Snow seemed to go very easy on Nick Clegg. In fact he didn't ask him anything tough - just seemed to be agreeing with him and feeding him answers. Wasn't very nice to watch.
C4 & Snow anti-Brexit??? In the words of a serial DS poster "who'd of thunk it"
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:48
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Are you saying our Nigel wouldn't enter into the spirit of negotiations and offer a sympathetic ear to the concerns of the EU commission/members sacrificing the good of the UK for the good of the EU?.......
]Are you saying our Nigel wouldn't enter into the spirit of negotiations, yes thats what i am saying because he does not want whats best for the uk, his aim is to destroy the EU and if the uk gets hurt in that he does not care. He does not want a good deal for the uk as with most cult leaders they love themselves more than anything else
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:48
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If Freedom of Movement is so bad for eastern European countries then why are they so in favour of it?



So if we withdraw from the single market then people from eastern Europe will still be able to move to Ireland, Sweden, Germany and other wealthy western countries and we'll still have the problem of caring for our elderly. How are we in a better position?
They get to dump their young unemployed on the UK and we provide them with housing too and tax credits and free schools and free healthcare - and they export the funds back home.

So yes there is a financial and GDP benefit which is what the political class care about.

I am talking about the social consequences for those left behind as these countries suffer a loss of their young people.

I know remoaners think the only thing that matters is money and GDP growth - but there is more to life than that. Community and family are far more important. Stealing other people's talent rather than training our own up isn't good for the UK either.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:49
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It certainly does. Let's face it, you couldn't find a more staunch Brexiter than Nigel Farage.

Can you imagine the reaction from that shower in Brussels? Actually, I do believe Nigel could probably negotiate a better deal than anyone Theresa May might appoint and it would all be conducted very swiftly.
Oh, please no! He'd be rude and obnoxious at negotiations. I don't want him representing Britain.
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