Brexit, for once some facts.

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For once you are right, it isn't, never has been and never will be . There are intrinsic reasons to leave. ( Read Peter Hargreaves)
ah, if only everyone had voted for those reasons.

I'll post this again from up this way this week.

and just to be clear about it..... Since Barnsley has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside ... this fear is based on what??

 
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Zlatan

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ah, if only everyone had voted for those reasons.

I'll post this again from up this way this week.

and just to be clear about it..... Since Barnsley has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside ... this fear is based on what??

So you base your opinion about my voting on a lady from Barnsley ? Hows that work ???
 

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you added this bit after I replied, but its VERY important so I'm going to reply.

This is at the heart of my issues.

You think I should be more critical before I say its wrong...

I'd argue you're asking me to sign up to something you yourself don't even have a grasp of. What is Brexit??

No deal? Norway style? or something else... I know you might know what you want it to be, but there are 17 million of you guys who voted for this and you all have very different ideas. So how am I supposed to be in favour of something that hasn't even been agreed yet?
You should take what TM and David Davis say as truthfully the UK position.
We are looking for a deal more than Canada, less than Norway, a bit like Switzerland - a bespoke deal.
The EU wants about £60 billions. It isn't exactly a ransom, most of it can be justified liabilities. The last point is important. Although our net contribution is roughly 11 billions a year, we build up liabilities years after years, because the EU is ambitious, it plans to spend for ever more.
When you add the extra liabilities, about £4 billions a year, plus we can't decide on who will get EU money, there is a clear benefit to brexit regarding how the £26 billions that we commit to the EU project each year will be spent post brexit.
Most of us can agree at least on trade with the EU. 700 billions a year employ a lot of people on both sides and that volume of trade will grow for the foreseeable future.
So paying £60 billions where we know most of it are real liabilities for a trade deal is good business.
 
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So you base your opinion about my voting on a lady from Barnsley ? Hows that work ???
no no no... I'm saying there are a % of people who voted for basic racist or ignorant reasons, and this % could have been what swung it in such a narrow majority.

I've met a couple of people who had one good reason to leave, the problem is I'm sure my wife could find more than one reason to leave me. But she doesn't leave because there are many reasons to stay. One reason, or even some reasons to leave, doesn't mean leaving is better than staying.
 

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I believe prior to the ref Peter Hargreaves funded letters to 15 million voters. There isn't a single mention , reference or implication of a racial nature. If I post that letter 15 million times will it make remainers accept that many many leavers voted leave with absolutely no racist motivation.

As for your reasoning I could find somebody who voted to remain for some prejudiced reason. Its a stupid argument to make. Because one person votes leave for a certain ( incorrect BTW) reason so must si many more. The lady in question could quite easily be a remainer...muddying the water.. You still haven't got a clue either which way she voted or why !!!
 
I believe prior to the ref Peter Hargreaves funded letters to 15 million voters. There isn't a single mention , reference or implication of a racial nature. If I post that letter 15 million times will it make remainers accept that many many leavers voted leave with absolutely no racist motivation.
15 million wouldn't have won though would it!

They needed the support of the racists to beat the 16 million remain vote ;)

You've added another bit to your post, which I do agree with really. Its the problem with asking such a serious important question. Its why the referendum was only ever supposed to be advisory. A barometer of public opinion etc etc.
 
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no no no... I'm saying there are a % of people who voted for basic racist or ignorant reasons, and this % could have been what swung it in such a narrow majority.

I've met a couple of people who had one good reason to leave, the problem is I'm sure my wife could find more than one reason to leave me. But she doesn't leave because there are many reasons to stay. One reason, or even some reasons to leave, doesn't mean leaving is better than staying.
Bet she can find loads, you,ve exhibited a few on here tonight. The 16 million racists for a start is pathetic. Its not worth responding to. BFN.
 

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I'll cut your post of at this point and ask... at what point in time do you want me to take their postition.

Last year? maybe?

that point of view is not incompatible with what the UK is seeking.
As I said, the UK will place citizens right and security cooperation above trade. We'll will probably sort out citizens rights, euratom, open skies, europol, erasmus etc and 2 year transition before October 2018.
The trade deal will be completed in the transition period.
Pensioners will be able to retire to Spain, the Pound will get back to pre vote level etc, people's life won't be disrupted further. Not much to worry about.
 

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The trade deal will be completed in the transition period.
Now that is cloud cuckoo land.

A Swiss style trade deal within a two year transition period?

That will only just begin the bargaining, look how long we've been in the Brexit negotiations with them only now starting seriously after months of no progress.
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You are assuming again OG. I,ll state again, if we had a second ref I,d vote remain, not because I don't think we will prosper out of EU ( If PH thinks we will who are you and I to disagree) but to help prevent the divisive route current remainers have forced us down. In interests of unity I,d vote remain, but I fully support leaving. Its not that complicated OG, but then again it doesn't have to be to confuse some..
Has your friend PH said that the UK will prosper or has he said that he will prosper?.
There would or should be only one reason for voting remain or leave, do you think your country would be better? Better defined in any terms you choose
What this thread has attempted to show over 20,000 posts and 1200 pages is that leaving Is not simple. After so many months of negotiation, nothing has been agreed.
 
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but to help prevent the divisive route current remainers have forced us down.
Your ability to avoid seeing the obvious is incredible.
The responsibility for the present situation is entirely the responsibility of the leave voters.
First of of all had the vote gone the other way there would not have been any dissent would there from Remain Voters?
Secondly they have been ignored and vilified by the Murdoch Press and other Media on a daily basis .
Yet you persist with your inverted logic, blaming them where the situation would not be any different if the Remainers had never spoken a word.
It's a disaster and entirely due to the vote to leave, and for no other reason.
You Broke it, you own it.
 

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In many ways it's irrelevant. The pound against other currencies goes up and down most days of the week, as do Stocks and Shares. However, with Brexit that brought uncertainties and it went down. OK, imports, some, not all, are more expensive, but our exports are cheaper, so we sell more - that's good for 'real' jobs and there are still plenty of them. Fear not, the Pound will rise again and in many way Harold Wilson, was right. You might have noticed that out tax revenues went up the last quarter so much so that the deficit was significantly reduced.
Are you sure you're not a writer? That little story is make-believe and I think you just made it up.

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i also wish more people thought about it BEFORE they voted for it. I'm sick of seeing videos of people who voted leave for reasons like this!

The will of the people... can be wrong.


Such bigoted ignorance! Did the producer deliberately leave out all those interviewed who were pro-remain or am I to believe that this selected clip is typical of all Barnsley people......or all Yorkshire folk.....or all England? I couldn't help but notice the reference from at least one responder to England and the English language as if there is no United Kingdom.

I squirm watching that kind of material and it makes me ashamed to be British.

Tom
 

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Now that is cloud cuckoo land.

A Swiss style trade deal within a two year transition period?

That will only just begin the bargaining, look how long we've been in the Brexit negotiations with them only now starting seriously after months of no progress.
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Philip Hammond wanted 4 years instead of two.
My guess we'll have completed half in the two years then either try that or ask for 2 more years transitioning.
 
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15 million wouldn't have won though would it!

They needed the support of the racists to beat the 16 million remain vote ;)

You've added another bit to your post, which I do agree with really. Its the problem with asking such a serious important question. Its why the referendum was only ever supposed to be advisory. A barometer of public opinion etc etc.
That is a stupid argument. You could say either side needed the support of some minority group. And it assumes racists are unique to leave, which by any objective criteria is not the case.
Its all part of the smear and fear campaign remainers have either produced or bought into. Its actually both ironic and sad. Ironic because its remain who insist leave have been misled and sad because its desperate , repetitive and wrong.
Its also very insulting and inflammatory. Its the usual start of argument and eventually will cause violence. Nobody likes to be labelled but you insist on doing so. Why ?
 
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