mojomonkey Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 One really important benefit of Brexit is that we should be able to get Bombay Duck in Indian restaurants again! The EU banned it in 1997! I hope they taste better than they look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Er....great comeback. Don't let any facts get in the way of your bitter misinformed views. That is kind of ironic really seeing as the major "exit" promises were not facts, and purely played on peoples bitter misinformed views... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 ...majority voice of people in the UK, well England anyway... The majority of those that voted, realistically on 30-35% of the voting public actually voted to exit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 That's democracy. You can only conclude that those that don't vote don't give a monkey's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Anyone got an idea when they are signing that protocol to kick the process off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Tuesday 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Anyone got an idea when they are signing that protocol to kick the process off? Late 2016 / early 2017 is the current date from the PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 If the issue of Brexit comes up in conversation with folk in UK, I ask them if they at any point ever thought their referendum vote was only ever an 'advisory' one. In all cases, whether leave or remain, they ALL said no I voted to because I thought my vote counted and was for real. The time for setting the parameters/limits/provisos was at the point when parliament set the date and conditions back in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamHandwich Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 They did set the parameters in 2015, and the parameters were that it was an advisory vote. I remember seeing multiple newspaper articles before the referendum about the fact that it was non-binding. If this came as a surprise to anyone then they weren't very well informed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Slippery chaps, politicians. It's like in 1973 (when there was no vote at all), and in 1975 (when they said it was just to make trade easier and forgot to tell everyone they were voting to join a superstate). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Correct, Woolley, but had the vote been to remain, the chance of assessing the situation would be lost for another 50 years or until the union and currency break down (more likely). The fact that the referendum ended in leave, at least buys two years plus to make a decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 You are more optimistic than me, Cambon. I can't see the union lasting another 20 years even; much less the currency. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 If the issue of Brexit comes up in conversation with folk in UK, I ask them if they at any point ever thought their referendum vote was only ever an 'advisory' one. In all cases, whether leave or remain, they ALL said no I voted to because I thought my vote counted and was for real. The time for setting the parameters/limits/provisos was at the point when parliament set the date and conditions back in 2015. you must know some thick people? all referendums are advisory but it would be a suicidal pm to ignore the vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 you must know some thick people? all referendums are advisory but it would be a suicidal pm to ignore the vote You mean like quitting the day after the vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 you must know some thick people? all referendums are advisory but it would be a suicidal pm to ignore the vote You mean like quitting the day after the vote? He had no option really, did he? Nowhere to go. He had been laughed at by the EU in his "renegotiation", and his strategy had been rejected in the referendum. He could scarcely have gone back to argue the total opposite position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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