I think perhaps I ought to have whatever you are drinking Flud as it certainly is revealing a creative side to your imagination I ever knew you had!
Nice try to play the "Race card" by the way (not)
OG, you have just put into words exactly my thoughts after reading Flud's post @ #3011 so I shan't add to the man's, (making an assumption as he tends to do), misery.
I have read and re-read what I posted and cannot for the life of me even begin to imagine how Flud could interpret my words in such a way as to suggest I am racist but I have met with such rank stupidity previously, when in the company of those under the affluence of incohol.
As Flud does not know me, he presumably imagines I am white, suggesting I may be the one who is racist. I have a difficulty with that as he went on to say, '
I,m black..and have never had any racial problems in UK..ever. .quite the reverse.' In my humble opinion, that would be a real novelty for a black person in the UK - I'd be interested to know indeed what percentage of black people or white people of foreign extraction, resident in the UK could honestly come out with that statement.
Has Flud ever met any, for example, Poles, Russians, Indians, Chinese, Irish or Scots, I wonder? Even if I were to believe his claim, which I don't, it's not difficult to find untold examples of racism suffered by these people. As one who campaigned for the 'Remain' camp before the referendum in a variety of locations, I can tell Flud that we were very well received and supported by the black and Asian communities. Many of those against our campaign were particularly abusive and had there been a police presence, quite a few arrests would have been made under the Public Order Act.
If you like a quiet life, I recommend avoiding campaigns like 'Remain' or any other democratic, decent movements which might incur the wrath of the 'Britain First' warriors and their associated racist, thug supporters who go under a variety of sham patriotic handles. All those who joined the 'Leave' movement knew perfectly well they were associating with some really nasty people who were predominately, if not entirely, of white ethnicity (if you could see past the tattoos and union flags) but were happy to go along with it, regardless.
Let's not forget that millions of British citizens believed the lies spouted by the fascist 'Brexit' campaign leaders that every intelligent person saw through including some of the most eminent people in spheres such as banking, economics, science, the arts, not to mention world leaders and philosophers.
If we are to believe some of the stories that have done the rounds, many of those 'Leave' voters would vote the other way if they were to have another chance. Well, frankly I no longer care; I say trigger Article 50 now and let happen whatever will happen. Being as most of our important industry, our rail network, our utilities and much of our capital city are now in foreign hands thanks to tory policies, we are no longer in control of our destiny. The EU provides many benefits and safety nets for all member states but on our own, we have to look after ourselves.
In years to come when, shall we say the Japanese for example, decide to pull the plug on British operations, how will we cope without ARM, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, not to mention all the feeder companies who supply whatever these firms require? With currency that won't buy very much of anyone else's and a diminished City of London financial centre, overtaken by Frankfurt, how will Johnson, Farage and all the other liars who misled the simpletons fix that?
We could probably start a war with some small country to divert the nation's attention from life's harsh reality and as long as we don't need aircraft carriers to provide air superiority at distance as they might still not be battle-ready, we could actually win, not lose too many of our service personnel in the process, then bask in the ignomy of our poverty. We could ask the French to help us out with a carrier or two......err, perhaps not!
Tom
