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[rob999]

Seloc...whiny and self absorbed?? Never!!

[VIX]

Anyone seen any figures of % voter turn out by age? Eg was there a very low turn out of yoof?

Edited by VIX, 24 June 2016 - 07:25 PM.

[Mangham54]

Did a straw pole at work. Not one of the leave lot could tell me what a trade tariff was. No problem with anyone that makes an effort to inform themselves, does an assessment based on risks / benefits and votes accordingly, but I genuinely feel there were more than enough leave voters that didn't do this to swing the vote. Oh well, they give you lemons (and by fcuk this is a lemon), you make lemonade.

I bet if you asked the remain voters the same thing you would find a good number of them would also struggle. I have some very good friends who I adore, but their 'holy than thou' attitude is boiling my p*ss. As is the accusations that leavers are all unstable thickos or racist. The normally quite dignant are showing some very very nasty colours right now.

Edited by Mangham54, 24 June 2016 - 07:32 PM.

[Steve.i.am]

Anyone seen any figures of % voter turn out by age? Eg was there a very low turn out of yoof?

 

Edited by Steve.i.am, 24 June 2016 - 07:39 PM.

[TheHood]

Did a straw pole at work. Not one of the leave lot could tell me what a trade tariff was. No problem with anyone that makes an effort to inform themselves, does an assessment based on risks / benefits and votes accordingly, but I genuinely feel there were more than enough leave voters that didn't do this to swing the vote. Oh well, they give you lemons (and by fcuk this is a lemon), you make lemonade.

I bet if you asked the remain voters the same thing you would find a good number of them would also struggle. I have some very good friends who I adore, but their 'holy than thou' attitude is boiling my p*ss. As is the accusations that leavers are all unstable thickos or racist. The normally quite dignant are showing some very very nasty colours right now.

I did, all but one at least had an idea of the concept.

[WrightStuff]

 

WHY WERE SO MANY NUMPTIES GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. REALLY STUPID PEOPLE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA APART FROM BACKWARD THINKING, OLD FASHIONED, YESTERYEAR VIEWS. WE HAVE LET DOWN OUR COUNTRY, OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS, BUSINESSES & BADLY WEAKENED A UNITED EUROPE.   ...I'M SURE PUTIN WILL BE DANCING BARE CHESTED TODAY ON HIS TABLE WAVING GUNS IN EACH HAND.... 

Are you implying that 52% of the country (the majority of people) are really stupid and backward looking? If that's the case then I'd suggest that it's not the rest of the country who those accusations should be aimed at.. Statistically speaking, there must be millions of very intelligent people that considered the pros and cons of the debate for both their own personal situation and that the of the country and decided that on balance, leave was the right option. Have you stopped to consider why they made that choice? If you can only see your side of the argument, then I would suggest that you're as narrow minded and I'll informed as the idiots that you speak of but with a different outlook on life. To fully make a decision I'd suggest you need to actively look at the choice from multiple points of view and try not be blinded by individual opinions. There's something that really grates me about the 'remain voters are more informed and intelligent than leave'. My assumption is that the EU benefits the middle/upper class most and it's these people that will quite happily look down on the poor peasants and tell them to get in line and do as they're told as it's for their own good, when in fact they're just protecting their own best interests. Maybe, just maybe the leave choice was the right one for the majority of people?

 

 

Very well said Captain. 

[LY_Scott]

Epic video from Barnsley on Channel 4 facebook page. Give it a watch. Unbelievable.

Edited by LY_Scott, 24 June 2016 - 09:03 PM.

[Raptor]

I don't understand this rhetoric that the numpties voted us out of the EU (unless someone lost a tidy amount by betting to remain )

 

It's simple - Most of England had run out of patience with our government and politicians. Since 2013 (for example, Cameron's famous Jan 2013 speech)we had been promised (sold a vision) on a new relationship with Europe. A renegotiation on some blatantly obvious principles, reduced immigration (to cater to a growing number of people frustrated by this), City protection etc. 

 

His reduced (or failed in some people's eyes) renegotiation in February, marred by inter-country wrangling demonstrated that Cameron's referendum vision/promise was not going to hold. He regularly suggested that we are better in, trying to negotiate for a better Europe on better terms despite us not being historically significant here (Thatcher aside..). It is clear to me that for over the last 20 or so years that I have been interested in politics, the UK has always wanted something different out of the EU that they themselves do not want to give in return.  

 

I have already said it on here before - if you are part of the club, you have to abide by the rules. The UK to me hasn't really been comfortable with these rules and always wanted something different. 

 

Quelle Surprise!

Edited by Raptor, 24 June 2016 - 09:08 PM.

[slindborg]

Just a note.... Should all MPs supporting their direction (ie the idiot Cornish ones for not knowing how much Eu cash was spent in Cornwall to improve everything) be investigated to ensure they a)didn't lie like fcuk and that they actually knew about stuff happening in their turf. If we have to press reset on the country, we might as well hold it down for a few seconds to start more things afresh to make headway

[rob999]

That's a lot of MP's to get rid of Stu....not that I'd lose any sleep. Oh and if Theresa May thinks she wants to be the new PM.....no no no no no no no no

[slindborg]

That's a lot of MP's to get rid of Stu....not that I'd lose any sleep. Oh and if Theresa May thinks she wants to be the new PM.....no no no no no no no no

Is she worth a guilty w4nk? If so then give her a chance

[phippsy]

Some of the comments I've seen on Facebook are hilarious. "I'm selling up and moving to Sweden so my kids can be European and be decent people" and "I can't believe how racist this country is. I'd like to apologise to all my European friends" Please give me a break. I've never seen so much cutting and pasting going on in my life.

[The Batman]

ive given up with facebook

 

not even cat selfies can save it now

[rob999]

[quote name="The Batman" post="1868013" timestamp="1466803395"]

ive given up with facebook
 
not even cat selfies can save it now[/quote

Good to see you've set yourself free from the tyrany that is Facebook. Now we need to work on that social media slave Techie ;)

[The Batman]

maybe a trade should be done

 

you ditch the fake glasses and the flip flops and techie will become a facebook pro

[rob999]

If you ditch the muscle vests and work on those sparrow legs

[The Batman]

Meh i haven't been gym in months and have taken on eating on a much larger scale

[casino]

No more Eurofighters, now just fighters.

   

The Eurostar becomes the Star

   

Do we still have to take part in Eurovision Song Contest 2017?

  First the questioning why Russia where in the football tournament and now this. You do know the European Union and Europe are completely different and not readily interchangeable when being talked about? The amount of people I have heard today say that we have left Europe is staggering, unless our little island has magically floated west over night no we haven't you thick twats. 

Ahhhhh shite. I've been flashed by the fun police. Fair does guv I'll come quietly . Yep making fun in a non fun zone, please sir I won't do it again.

[Tony H]

Remainders unstandably reeling from the result.

But it is important to 'win the peace' now.

Liberal minded leave voters like me don't want the country to go full ukip.

Time for you to take a look at the EEA aka Norway option.....

[slindborg]

So the influx of immigrants can continue.... But no real say in stopping it. Ace work if that was the reason for voting out

Edited by slindborg, 25 June 2016 - 06:59 AM.