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so Schengen is dismissed based on.....well, nothing
All EU countries apart from Ireland and UK are legally obliged to join (not all have yet though) and the non-EU participants in the SM have all bern obliged to join
Now it seems that the UK can continue as before according to you
It would also solve another issue which is the snomaly of the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK ehich may be something else the EU will not be happy with....UK treating one type of EU citizen differently than another....not something they are fans of..see Switzerland vs Croatia recently
But everything will be okay wont it because....?
If the EU make Schengen a red line as it is for everyone else would you accept it?
All EU countries apart from Ireland and UK are legally obliged to join (not all have yet though) and the non-EU participants in the SM have all bern obliged to join
Now it seems that the UK can continue as before according to you
It would also solve another issue which is the snomaly of the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK ehich may be something else the EU will not be happy with....UK treating one type of EU citizen differently than another....not something they are fans of..see Switzerland vs Croatia recently
But everything will be okay wont it because....?
If the EU make Schengen a red line as it is for everyone else would you accept it?
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I didn't say "the UK can continue as before".
I said the EU would get a price- some technical changes to rules over the City could be worth billions and billions, and pass pretty much under the radar. Then of course there's the ongoing advantage the EU has of being able to set rules that chip away at the UK in the City and other high value industries.
I said Schengen isn't going to be a problematic precedent for the EU.
I said the EU would get a price- some technical changes to rules over the City could be worth billions and billions, and pass pretty much under the radar. Then of course there's the ongoing advantage the EU has of being able to set rules that chip away at the UK in the City and other high value industries.
I said Schengen isn't going to be a problematic precedent for the EU.
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& perhaps Bill Cash might have added
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Afternoon all. Been a busy weekend.
It's been an interesting couple of days for the Labour Party. Glad to read some of the more infrequent posters, hope they stay around to not just have a pop at Labour.
It's been an interesting couple of days for the Labour Party. Glad to read some of the more infrequent posters, hope they stay around to not just have a pop at Labour.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/ ... free-trade" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
International Trade Secretary's speech at the AEI during his US visit for the first meeting of the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group.
International Trade Secretary's speech at the AEI during his US visit for the first meeting of the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group.
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It's going to be interesting in the mail and the express.
Being anti GM and the changes to food safety versus being pro Brexit.
Being anti GM and the changes to food safety versus being pro Brexit.
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how do you know it isnt going to be a problem.....been speaking to Barnier have you?
It could be an issue and may arise from the Common Travel Area which will not survive in my view based on how the EU look at these things
Also we would sacrifice economic benefits for Schengen in your scenario........but that is alright as it is 'under the radar"
Sometimes it feels as if I am talking to Brexiters who respond to scenarios with opinions stated as fact
Just admit it is really hard to find a way out and with so little concrete information this continued ranting after every comment made by Labour politicians on the subject is not really helpful
As a number of posters on this have not been very supportive of Labour anyway then I suppose it is to be expected to use this as a new way of criticism despite being so wrong about electability. TE will be back soon to add his wisdom
It could be an issue and may arise from the Common Travel Area which will not survive in my view based on how the EU look at these things
Also we would sacrifice economic benefits for Schengen in your scenario........but that is alright as it is 'under the radar"
Sometimes it feels as if I am talking to Brexiters who respond to scenarios with opinions stated as fact
Just admit it is really hard to find a way out and with so little concrete information this continued ranting after every comment made by Labour politicians on the subject is not really helpful
As a number of posters on this have not been very supportive of Labour anyway then I suppose it is to be expected to use this as a new way of criticism despite being so wrong about electability. TE will be back soon to add his wisdom
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That article is about as deceitful as it can be. The quote is false, the article highly selective, bearing little resemblance to the intervview itself. That seems to be the current strategy, lie about corbyn and then get outraged. I see the usual suspects on here doing it, and I have just remonstrated with the leader of my party for tweeting it.AngryAsWell wrote:Jeremy Corbyn: “wholesale” EU immigration has destroyed conditions for British workers
The Labour leader has told Andrew Marr that his party wants to leave the single market.
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I voted remain, I would again, but we lost. It was a referendum, that simply cannot be ignored if we want our democracy to survive. I hate it, but that is the simple truth.
Frankly, those on here who bleat the most about it, seem simply to use it as a stick to bash corbyn rather than any principled stance. I mean there is literally no criticism of the people actually in charge of the brexit process today, simply an incessant whine about the leader of the opposition. It's almost as if they have an agenda beyond brexit, and its remarkably striking that the attack lines peddled in the right wing press (Mail sun and toryraph) seem to jump so easily from their keyboards into this forum.
Our membership of the EU is over. Access to the SM and customs union has to be negotiated. That is the realistic situation we are in, trying to turn the clock back to before the referendum cant happen. Of course, on here I see little real care about our standing in Europe and how we realistically move forward, just the same old circular attacks on the leader of the opposition. And its the same people who have been consitsently wrong about pretty much every aspect of our politics in the last three years.
As I say, it's almost as if they have an agenda.
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just a point on Schengen.....I had the same response from a Brexiter elsewhere than I saw from Tubby earlier
Basically, it won't apply and we will find a way around it
Their response was equslly unconvincing
Also, it is a possibility to comply with the EU requirements on the status of their citizens that we may need to introduce a universal id card system? Non EU residents have one already but if there is a decision to make EU citizens have one as well then it will have to be generally applicable
These are solutions to some of the problems that may arise and it could test Remainers resolve as much as Brexiters
I am okay with both Schengen and id cards by the way
Basically, it won't apply and we will find a way around it
Their response was equslly unconvincing
Also, it is a possibility to comply with the EU requirements on the status of their citizens that we may need to introduce a universal id card system? Non EU residents have one already but if there is a decision to make EU citizens have one as well then it will have to be generally applicable
These are solutions to some of the problems that may arise and it could test Remainers resolve as much as Brexiters
I am okay with both Schengen and id cards by the way
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(cJA edit)Willow904 wrote:I didn't get to the end of Owen Jones' "why we must support leave" piece. Does he actually support leaving the single market? Or is it all about how a poorly drafted and implemented referendum trumps all other democracy and negates our democratic right to oppose? Because I'm not an MP. I didn't promise to implement the result of the referendum.
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It's one thing to support leaving and giving positive reasons for it, rather another to tell people they have to support it just because other people voted for it. Other people voted to keep FPTP, do I have to support that too? Or can I continue to support efforts to introduce PR? I get that by voting for the referendum MPs put themselves in an impossible situation, but I have little sympathy. They didn't have to support David Cameron's flawed referendum.
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...agrees leaving the EU is a bad idea but people are being unreasonable by opposing it is a little bit desperate IMO.
In order to preserve the legitimacy and constitutional integrity of UK government we're in the preposterous position of having to do what a former PM said we'd have to do should 'Leave' receive more votes than 'Remain' as a result of that PM's jackass referendum. I can acknowledge this as almost adequate justification for current 'Brexit' action. If that's the reason we got to do this thing are the consequences of 'Brexit' less harmful to people and nation than binning 'Brexit' potentially risking UK constitutional integrity?
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I think 'Brexit' is too harmful to nation and people.
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(cJA edit)Tubby Isaacs wrote:--- I'm rationalizing my vote as a vote for Carwyn Jones, just about. But I should have voted Lib Dem.
Umunna might have turned a corner. We might get a couple of others waiting their time. But it looks pretty awful.
Splitting non-Tory votes would've done nothing but hand Theresa May a larger Tory majority rather than doom current minority Tory government.
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Wouldn't you just know it? Corbyn answers a question about freedom of movement with some waffle about "wholesale importation" (of what? Iron ore? Lamb chops?) and carries on ignoring actual data on the effect of freedom of movement. It's the MSM and Blairites being mischievous!
You know what I think it was? I think it was Farage stuff. Get asked about Freedom of Movement, and you go off on one about foreign criminals. So Jez goes off on some completely atypical gangmaster riff.
He must know lots of people have "got the wrong end of the stick" by now, right? We can expect him to set the record straight then.
You know what I think it was? I think it was Farage stuff. Get asked about Freedom of Movement, and you go off on one about foreign criminals. So Jez goes off on some completely atypical gangmaster riff.
He must know lots of people have "got the wrong end of the stick" by now, right? We can expect him to set the record straight then.
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Totally disagree I maintain my right to criticise any leader and/or position as I see fit,people can make their own minds up as to legitimacy or not.Equally about lists of deemed traitors and veracity with regard to source.Unless continued "democracy" intentions leads to any deviation being penalised by enforced listening to Kylie Minogue records on a loop or some such,which might be even too much for me,I will continue to do so.
Not wholly serious.
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Yeah, none of us "bleating" on here have any record of being pro-European, have we? We couldn't possibly be unhappy about jobs and GDP being pissed up the wall.
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Labour had enough votes in my constituency. My MP immediately popped up on TV and acted like Labour voters had endorsed everything in the manifesto, including Hard Brexit.citizenJA wrote:(cJA edit)Tubby Isaacs wrote:--- I'm rationalizing my vote as a vote for Carwyn Jones, just about. But I should have voted Lib Dem.
Umunna might have turned a corner. We might get a couple of others waiting their time. But it looks pretty awful.
Splitting non-Tory votes would've done nothing but hand Theresa May a larger Tory majority rather than doom current minority Tory government.
I suppose I did, really.
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I'm now seeing a Corbyn defender on Twitter saying in fact Corbyn was talking about workers rights. Funny, I'd got the impression from him over the years that we ought to fix that at home.
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All of us on here seem to be unhappy about the brexit result and GDP and jobs being pissed up against the wall. Only some of us on here want to use that as a stick to unendingly beat up on the people least responsible for the referendum being called, the result, or the subsequent clusterfuck it has caused, rather than the actual culprits.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Yeah, none of us "bleating" on here have any record of being pro-European, have we? We couldn't possibly be unhappy about jobs and GDP being pissed up the wall.
The whining is not designed to change people's position on brexit or the EU, it's not designed to criticise or challenge those in charge of brexit, its simply a continuation of the attacks on corbyn and his politics. It's laughably transparent and pathetic.
And, most frustratingly for those of us who actually really do want as close a relationship with the EU as possible, it is clearly counterproductive in the current climate; it is entrenching brexiteeers and alienating remainers. But then again the purpose isn't to get a good brexit, the purpose is to attack corbyn, so...
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I like cooperation
disagreement is fine
successful resolution of differences is a skill requiring practice
I won't square off against people I've no fundamental problems with
Generally speaking, Tory policy is fundamentally harmful for a lot of people
Labour are mostly okay
Labour leadership's recent communication regarding Brexit alarms
We'll work it out
Practice respectfully disagreeing
disagreement is fine
successful resolution of differences is a skill requiring practice
I won't square off against people I've no fundamental problems with
Generally speaking, Tory policy is fundamentally harmful for a lot of people
Labour are mostly okay
Labour leadership's recent communication regarding Brexit alarms
We'll work it out
Practice respectfully disagreeing
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Thank you.citizenJA wrote:@RogerOThornhill
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Thanks for update.
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It's a good pointTubby Isaacs wrote:I'm now seeing a Corbyn defender on Twitter saying in fact Corbyn was talking about workers rights. Funny, I'd got the impression from him over the years that we ought to fix that at home.
E-mail and/or post this point to Corbyn, seriously
I trust the Labour leader enough to pay attention
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Reafing some of this today has helped ne understand why so many people voted for Brexit....
All I have seen is moaning and whining about Corbyn from some posters - funnily self-admitted as to supporting other parties - but with no attempt to look at solutions to the current predicament
All I have seen is moaning and whining about Corbyn from some posters - funnily self-admitted as to supporting other parties - but with no attempt to look at solutions to the current predicament
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Some,as is their right.of course there is a danger of (mis) assuming/interpreting other "users" positions.I would suggest a bit disingenous about the other party thing,given prior and indeed,continued supporting of other parties,which equally is their right.
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In relation to Corbyn.
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What do I know.
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Attacking somebody for bad policy and rhetoric. Fancy that! And yes, lots of us doing it were against Corbyn all along- not least because we saw the problem with his history on this very issue.Temulkar wrote:All of us on here seem to be unhappy about the brexit result and GDP and jobs being pissed up against the wall. Only some of us on here want to use that as a stick to unendingly beat up on the people least responsible for the referendum being called, the result, or the subsequent clusterfuck it has caused, rather than the actual culprits.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Yeah, none of us "bleating" on here have any record of being pro-European, have we? We couldn't possibly be unhappy about jobs and GDP being pissed up the wall.
The whining is not designed to change people's position on brexit or the EU, it's not designed to criticise or challenge those in charge of brexit, its simply a continuation of the attacks on corbyn and his politics. It's laughably transparent and pathetic.
And, most frustratingly for those of us who actually really do want as close a relationship with the EU as possible, it is clearly counterproductive in the current climate; it is entrenching brexiteeers and alienating remainers. But then again the purpose isn't to get a good brexit, the purpose is to attack corbyn, so...
I don't at all recognize this "you lot are entrenching attitudes". That sounds like the sort of "stop ramming it down people's throats" nonsense that was chucked at gay rights advocates. And unlike gay rights, there's a very particular clock ticking on Brexit.
And I think lots of the whiners are trying to change opinion. They want Corbyn and Labour to change to position, then use their campaigning power to get a good result in the Single Market.
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it is pertinent when posters come on here and portray themselves as objective when they arent
I am a Labour supporter snd am not particularly objective about Theresa May
Most of the posts are about how bad the leader is and selectively quoting in order to continue the same arguments made before June 8th
No mention is made of those actually negotiating or a desire to address some of the difficulties that face the Remain side as much as Brexit
I have seen exactly the same response today from a Remainer that I got from a Leaver...at least the latter doesnt exude the arrogance and sense of superiority as the former
As I said the approach of some posters on here helps explain ehy people still have not shown any inclination to dramatically change thrir position
I am a Labour supporter snd am not particularly objective about Theresa May
Most of the posts are about how bad the leader is and selectively quoting in order to continue the same arguments made before June 8th
No mention is made of those actually negotiating or a desire to address some of the difficulties that face the Remain side as much as Brexit
I have seen exactly the same response today from a Remainer that I got from a Leaver...at least the latter doesnt exude the arrogance and sense of superiority as the former
As I said the approach of some posters on here helps explain ehy people still have not shown any inclination to dramatically change thrir position
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I've got a solution. Norway. I can't guarantee it, but I thought I made a case why it would be acceptable to the EU.howsillyofme1 wrote:Reafing some of this today has helped ne understand why so many people voted for Brexit....
All I have seen is moaning and whining about Corbyn from some posters - funnily self-admitted as to supporting other parties - but with no attempt to look at solutions to the current predicament
How does that first bit work? Did the people in my road think "I don't like him, fancy metropolitan, it's Brexit for me!"
That's Brendon O'Neiil stuff.
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Well they are doing a shit job of it arent they?
And I think lots of the whiners are trying to change opinion. They want Corbyn and Labour to change to position, then use their campaigning power to get a good result in the Single Market
I am more inclined to go the othercway after reading yours and Hugos posts today
And what does that final phrase mean 'get a good result in the single market'
It means nothing and I will be very surprisef if anyone changes their views based on the minutaie of the Single Market
You keep saying Labours position is untenable but at the same time you cant see why some of us find what you want to be unrealistic as well.....it could be none of us really know what the EU and the British electorate will accept until we approach the end game
Just to emphasise what i mean
You want the SM and the CU and pay for the priviledge (not to mention potential Schengen and other things lurking in the background). I wouldnt like to be the person selling that to the electorate at the moment.....
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Norway, so no deal on agriculture and fisheries. No Customs Union and no say in the rules.....Schengen as well. No passporting eitherTubby Isaacs wrote:I've got a solution. Norway. I can't guarantee it, but I thought I made a case why it would be acceptable to the EU.howsillyofme1 wrote:Reafing some of this today has helped ne understand why so many people voted for Brexit....
All I have seen is moaning and whining about Corbyn from some posters - funnily self-admitted as to supporting other parties - but with no attempt to look at solutions to the current predicament
How does that first bit work? Did the people in my road think "I don't like him, fancy metropolitan, it's Brexit for me!"
That's Brendon O'Neiil stuff.
Or do you mean Norway but other things as well and some bits left off so essentially not Norway
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Politics. Government is public service, communities organised and administered even-handedly and effectively. It's not personal. It's communal work. Collective endeavours fall apart when individuals are too singled out in public life. Personal, private lives happen in appropriate spaces. Professional behaviour and standards are necessary in order to achieve goals.
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I think Tubby Isaacs is a person with legitimate concerns not a person with a personal axe to grind against the Labour party leader. Tubby Isaacs has appropriately communicated specific problems with Labour Brexit policy.
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HindleA wrote:What do I know.
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I don't agreecitizenJA wrote:I think Tubby Isaacs is a person with legitimate concerns not a person with a personal axe to grind against the Labour party leader. Tubby Isaacs has appropriately communicated specific problems with Labour Brexit policy.
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Okay but I think Tubby Isaacs is too practical to waste time on political grudges.howsillyofme1 wrote:I don't agreecitizenJA wrote:I think Tubby Isaacs is a person with legitimate concerns not a person with a personal axe to grind against the Labour party leader. Tubby Isaacs has appropriately communicated specific problems with Labour Brexit policy.
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I don't, I see no objectivity whatsoever, merely attack Corbyn all the time. Same as Hugo and others, and it's their right of course, but its also my right to call it for what it is: bitter centrists who have lost every political argument in the last decade determined to do as much damage to the labour brand as possible rather than be proven wrong again. It was the same before the election, trash labour and hope to get rid of corbyn, and it backfired spectacularly, as is the current use brexit to attack corbyn incessantly. The electorate aren't listening, and why should they when the whole approach reeks of bitter sneering, arrogance and deceit.citizenJA wrote:I think Tubby Isaacs is a person with legitimate concerns not a person with a personal axe to grind against the Labour party leader. Tubby Isaacs has appropriately communicated specific problems with Labour Brexit policy.
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How come we can't have nice things?...the UK government’s recent transport investment strategy virtually ignores the greatest infrastructure programme the world has ever seen.
...led by China...a plan to create a massive economic zone connecting Asia, Europe and Africa through a network of roads, ports, bridges, tunnels and pipelines.
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Some good news from 38 Degrees:
After months and months of hard work, a group of 38 Degrees members in Essex have saved their hospital’s A&E. They proved to NHS bosses that the plan to downgrade Broomfield Accident & Emergency department was unpopular and dangerous. Now the plan has been scrapped.
Here's how they did it:
November: Andy from Chelmsford sprung into action when he heard about the threat to Broomfield A&E. He couldn't accept that people in a life-threatening emergency would be forced to take a longer, riskier drive to another hospital. So he started a petition on the 38 Degrees website and set up a Facebook page.
December: Andy's petition had gathered thousands of supporters already! Many of them wanted to roll up their sleeves too, so together they set up petition stalls to get even more signatures.
January to March: Andy and the other campaigners organised a march for hundreds of people. Lots of other people emailed the NHS bosses, demanding they scrap their plans, and they delivered the 22,000-strong petition.
April to June: They organised lots more petition stalls and public meetings, including a hustings to quiz council candidates on what they'd do to save the A&E. The campaign kept hitting the front pages of local newspapers, and loads of people wrote in to share why the A&E matters to them.
Last Friday: NHS bosses announce that the A&E will be saved! NHS boss Claire Panniker said that it was the "significant concerns" of so many people that made it happen - that's the 30,000 people who supported Andy's campaign.
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'too practical'? what does that mean?citizenJA wrote:Okay but I think Tubby Isaacs is too practical to waste time on political grudges.howsillyofme1 wrote:I don't agreecitizenJA wrote:I think Tubby Isaacs is a person with legitimate concerns not a person with a personal axe to grind against the Labour party leader. Tubby Isaacs has appropriately communicated specific problems with Labour Brexit policy.
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What the fuck does gay rights have to do with anything here? what sort of nonsensical bullshit is that? As someone who has always been an advocate for gay rights, I find that both insulting and demeaning.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Attacking somebody for bad policy and rhetoric. Fancy that! And yes, lots of us doing it were against Corbyn all along- not least because we saw the problem with his history on this very issue.Temulkar wrote:All of us on here seem to be unhappy about the brexit result and GDP and jobs being pissed up against the wall. Only some of us on here want to use that as a stick to unendingly beat up on the people least responsible for the referendum being called, the result, or the subsequent clusterfuck it has caused, rather than the actual culprits.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Yeah, none of us "bleating" on here have any record of being pro-European, have we? We couldn't possibly be unhappy about jobs and GDP being pissed up the wall.
The whining is not designed to change people's position on brexit or the EU, it's not designed to criticise or challenge those in charge of brexit, its simply a continuation of the attacks on corbyn and his politics. It's laughably transparent and pathetic.
And, most frustratingly for those of us who actually really do want as close a relationship with the EU as possible, it is clearly counterproductive in the current climate; it is entrenching brexiteeers and alienating remainers. But then again the purpose isn't to get a good brexit, the purpose is to attack corbyn, so...
I don't at all recognize this "you lot are entrenching attitudes". That sounds like the sort of "stop ramming it down people's throats" nonsense that was chucked at gay rights advocates. And unlike gay rights, there's a very particular clock ticking on Brexit.
And I think lots of the whiners are trying to change opinion. They want Corbyn and Labour to change to position, then use their campaigning power to get a good result in the Single Market.
When you are trying to persuade someone in an argument, its best not to lie, insult, misrepresent, refuse to listen to counter arguments, throw up ridiculous straw men and get faux outraged, and incessantly repeat the same circular arguments ignoring all else. That doesnt persuade, it entrenches. Stonewall demonstrated the paucity of homophobic arguments by persuading, not insulting, misrepresenting, peddling lies, and refusing to engage; The gay rights movement used exactly the opposite tactics to your chosen method, Tubby. If they had taken your stance we would still see people being arrested for sexuality.
And just as a point, I'm not trying to persuade here. I'm pointing out the utterly shameless bullshit being peddled. There is no point in trying to persuade, we have all tried that, but there is every point in demonstrating their motives are corbyn driven not brexit driven, corbyn driven not good of the country driven.
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Hi,cja fellow totally conveniently ignored,partner.Shall we form a breakaway group.Sister in law is secretary of the Brussels Labour Party a bleater on the Brexit thing,whining away in traitorous style after helping Labour and various leaders,knows Ed quite well the traitorous cur.Met Starmer a few times in obvious enjoined immorality.There is now a majority against the bedroom tax and other fascistically intended policy,which of course ,is.an unhelpful description because they actually are and same choice as fit and able utterations are only eugenistic if you can't see the bloody obvious.All such things are despite Brexit which is heartwarming,rant contd on page 234.
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If Tubby Isaacs is concerned about a thing, it's not likely initiated by personal malice
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Yet he incessantly focuses on one personality to the exclusion of all else in the situation, so...citizenJA wrote:If Tubby Isaacs is concerned about a thing, it's not likely initiated by personal malice
Re: Monday 24th July 2017
No breakaway groups - we're staying together or we're staying together, goddamn itHindleA wrote:Hi,cja fellow totally conveniently ignored,partner.Shall we form a breakaway group.Sister in law is secretary of the Brussels Labour Party a bleater on the Brexit thing,whining away in traitorous style after helping Labour and various leaders,knows Ed quite well the traitorous cur.Met Starmer a few times in obvious enjoined immorality.There is now a majority against the bedroom tax and other fascistically intended policy,which of course ,is.an unhelpful description because they actually are and same choice as fit and able utterations are only eugenistic if you can't see the bloody obvious.All such things are despite Brexit which is heartwarming,rant contd on page 234.
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I'd be delighted to be in Schengen, but I don't think it'll be conceded easily or pushed too hard by the EU, for reasons I've said.howsillyofme1 wrote:Norway, so no deal on agriculture and fisheries. No Customs Union and no say in the rules.....Schengen as well. No passporting eitherTubby Isaacs wrote:I've got a solution. Norway. I can't guarantee it, but I thought I made a case why it would be acceptable to the EU.howsillyofme1 wrote:Reafing some of this today has helped ne understand why so many people voted for Brexit....
All I have seen is moaning and whining about Corbyn from some posters - funnily self-admitted as to supporting other parties - but with no attempt to look at solutions to the current predicament
How does that first bit work? Did the people in my road think "I don't like him, fancy metropolitan, it's Brexit for me!"
That's Brendon O'Neiil stuff.
Or do you mean Norway but other things as well and some bits left off so essentially not Norway
Being outside the Customs Union but in the EEA means that Norway only has Customs checks for stuff originating outside the EU. That's our best hope of doing right by Ireland, and having a low key border, like Norway and Switzerland do.
The CAP isn't generally considered something it's disastrous not to be in.