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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by bobo the clown » Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:46 am

^^ you could have more time for Spain's argument about Gibraltar if they didn't have a more or less identical piece of Moroccan land at Cueta.
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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by Hoboh » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:27 am

TANGODANCER wrote:Gibraltar, there's another problem to be considered. The Gibralfarians are worried that Spain will get feisty about its borders if we leave the EU. It's a point....
I believe a hell of a lot of Spaniards are employed on Gibraltar, if they get shirty the Spanish, maybe we should import some Bulgarians, Romanians and Poles in before we leave, just in case.

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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by Hoboh » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:57 am

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... referendum" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Some interesting things in here.

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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by Worthy4England » Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:19 am

Just wait until. 2 weeks before when we open our arms to 2m migrants still sat on buses, give 'em a council house and a ballot paper...piece o pi$$.

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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by Hoboh » Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:23 am

Worthy4England wrote:Just wait until. 2 weeks before when we open our arms to 2m migrants still sat on buses, give 'em a council house and a ballot paper...piece o pi$$.
:lol:

Cameron.
The prime minister has admitted for the first time his “fear” Britain could sleepwalk out of the EU. He told the Independent on Sunday that the result of the 23 June referendum was now on a knife-edge and revealed his biggest concern was in persuading enough people to turn out to deny victory to the Brexit campaign.
Worried?

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Post by thebish » Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:51 pm

^ duh - bog standard political tactic used by EVERYONE to ensure that your own voters don't stay at home through complacency...

c'mon Hoboh - you'll need better straws than that!!

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Post by Worthy4England » Sun Mar 20, 2016 1:53 pm

Hoboh wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:Just wait until. 2 weeks before when we open our arms to 2m migrants still sat on buses, give 'em a council house and a ballot paper...piece o pi$$.
:lol:

Cameron.
The prime minister has admitted for the first time his “fear” Britain could sleepwalk out of the EU. He told the Independent on Sunday that the result of the 23 June referendum was now on a knife-edge and revealed his biggest concern was in persuading enough people to turn out to deny victory to the Brexit campaign.
Worried?
Not sure how you mean. I think we'll vote out...

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Post by bobo the clown » Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:41 pm

As the media ramps up & the migrant issue regrow for 2016 and the EU 'solution' is the one which opens the zone to 75m Turks (& fck knows how many not-really Turks) I think you're right Worthy.

The referendum Pru said was pointless & that had no chance will, at the very least, be blooming close.
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:13 pm

Let us face the facts here, Gentlemen. Britain will vote out of Europe.
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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:00 pm

Not according to Pru. Not in a million years. Then again he said we won't end up eleven points behind MK Dons...
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:14 pm

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Not according to Pru. Not in a million years. Then again he said we won't end up eleven points behind MK Dons...
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Post by Little Green Man » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:21 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Let us face the facts here, Gentlemen. Britain will vote out of Europe.
And at maybe Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will vote to stay in.

I'm pretty sure Scotland will. That will quickly precipitate a second In/Out referendum that will almost certainly result in an Out vote. So a vote for Out of Europe is likely to be also for a vote to break up the UK. Just thought I'd mention this in case there are others like Mr Farage who haven't joined the dots.

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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:29 pm

Little Green Man wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:Let us face the facts here, Gentlemen. Britain will vote out of Europe.
And at maybe Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will vote to stay in.

I'm pretty sure Scotland will. That will quickly precipitate a second In/Out referendum that will almost certainly result in an Out vote. So a vote for Out of Europe is likely to be also for a vote to break up the UK. Just thought I'd mention this in case there are others like Mr Farage who haven't joined the dots.
Northern Ireland vote to stay in. England vote out. That'll fxck Unionism full time. Ulster: a province of ... France.
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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by Prufrock » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:52 pm

Nonsense. Panic fannies the lot of you. I keep saying this, but then it's true. You generally need a 10 point poll lead to win a referendum against the status quo. Last poll I saw, I think last weekend, using the referendum wording, had a TWELVE point lead for remain. It'll get ugly, and as it gets nearer the polls will get narrower, one a few days before will even have Brexit in front. Then the result will be to stay in by 8-10%.
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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by thebish » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:12 pm

predicting this with any suggestion of certainty is a mug's game, either way...

a plague on all your "I know what's gonna happen" houses!

(I reckon we'll still be in the EU in 48hrs - then summat crucial will happen...)

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Post by thebish » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:16 pm

for those what like polls (no - not Poles, Hoboh - calm down!!)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... /poll.html

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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by Harry Genshaw » Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:52 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Not according to Pru. Not in a million years. Then again he said we won't end up eleven points behind MK Dons...
We will vote out of Europe
That's a bold prediction. I'll wager a post park run brekkie that you're wrong! :)
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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:02 pm

Harry Genshaw wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Lost Leopard Spot wrote:Not according to Pru. Not in a million years. Then again he said we won't end up eleven points behind MK Dons...
We will vote out of Europe
That's a bold prediction. I'll wager a post park run brekkie that you're wrong! :)
And I'd be happy to settle that debt if I am, Harry. Interestingly I had eight meetings with Dutch blokes the week before last, all of whom asked me at the end of our meeting which way I'd be voting. I turned the question round on all of them and asked them what they'd do if they were me. All of them said that if they had the chance then The Netherlands couldn't get out of Europe fast enough.

I'm still waiting for some erudite, balanced type such as Mervyn King to run through the pros and cons rather than listening to either Cameron or the 4uckwit Mayor of London.
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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by bobo the clown » Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:51 pm

^^^ which is very important. Many in that Europe have decided it's a busted flush. IF the UK exits (& I think it narrowly won't) there will be others who decide to have a look.
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Re: The wonderful EU and Migration thread!

Post by thebish » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:12 pm

bobo the clown wrote:^^^ which is very important. Many in that Europe have decided it's a busted flush. IF the UK exits (& I think it narrowly won't) there will be others who decide to have a look.
are you an inner or an outer, then, Bobo?

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