Brexit -am I stupid or what

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  1. Sheal

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    Sounds a bit like the island I moved from. :whistle:

    You do realise it'll only be a matter of time before the EU catches up with Mars? I think I'll take my chances here. :biggrin:
     
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      News is mentioning that manufacturing is down etc today - frankly I think the figures are astoundingly good with all that's going on! Progress on the talks seem non-existent
       
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        I’m with you @Loofah, I think under the circumstances they are good......I do have to ask myself if the press & media stopped scaremongering everyone & second guessing what ‘might’ be the figures would be better! I’m actually sick of hearing about it & hearing people say ‘I can’t do this & I can’t do that until we know what’s going on with Brexit’ this is going to take years to sort out, nothing is going to happen over night
         
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          I'm starting some very early veg and putting on my greenhouse heating a few weeks earlier than usual. Plus stockpiling a few more essentials than usual, but only when on offer (already started).

          Watch out for 1 min past midnight on 1st April, and try to filter out the April Fool's jokes from the real stuff.
           
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            Yikes, hadn't thought of that - could put even more people in a spin!
             
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              By the time April 1st comes it'll all be happening and 2 days old.

              Brexit day 29 March not the 31st.
               
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                Does that include a time extension and a back stop?
                 
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                  I think that it probably includes the special place in hell for the muppets behind it as well :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                   
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                    I think that is a bit harsh - I'm sure that Mr Junker, Mr Tusk and Ms Merkel are nice enough people when said and done
                     
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                      It was Mr.Tusk wot said it! I was waiting for the hue and cry over it but none was forthcoming.
                       
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                        Well I kinda like old Tusk, he has a certain way with words.
                        At least someone has stopped the beating about the bush and said what they think.

                        And now we know why we want to leave.;):biggrin:
                         
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                          No point - he is merely one of a whole bunch of objectionable eejits that call themselves politicians both here, and elsewhere in the EU.
                           
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                            I must admit that my reaction was thank god someone has finally said it! Clearly Cameron was the main target but the political opportunists (liars) of the leave campaign were equally the target.
                             
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                              He does have a point - Cameron and others do have a lot to answer for, with Cameron being at the forefront for opening the pandoras box and then sodding off when it all went wrong.

                              But, particularly at the stage we are at, his statement was incendiary at best - akin to trolling even, and came on the back of various other instances where the elected elite in the EU have shown their true colours toward the UK, and perhaps even their true colours entirely as it appears that there are many other countries deeply unhappy (as per the Greek politicians response for a start).

                              I think we have clearly established here that politicians lie. It is what they do, and everybody knows it - frankly, anyone who does not work on the basis that a politician is lying with a view to being surprised on the odd occasion that they are not lying, should not be allowed to vote.

                              Politicians, financiers and to some degree capitalism are the cause of the political unrest that we are seeing - the problem is, none of them can see it and by the time they do it will be too late.
                               
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                                It's down on paper in their job description. :noidea:
                                 
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