PNWokingham
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This seems strangely familiar!!
Brexit - or Article 50: the Phoenix!
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IanM
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SwingsitlikeHogan
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They've even missed out an Oxford comma (shock horror).
SwingsitlikeHogan
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And I see that Manning suggests dropping an Australian-style points based system as being simply a 'soundbite'.
Also I understand that if £25,600 is too high for some sectors then appropriate lower wage requirements will be set. So if BIFGA tells the government that their independent fruit grower members can't afford to pay more than £15k per annum pro rata - is that what the government will set for that sector? And at that level will those workers qualify for benefits such as rent support?
Kellfire
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Oxford commas are terrible things!
SwingsitlikeHogan
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only if you don't want to pause
IanM
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Oxford commas are of course. "optional." But if used, use consistently. (or so I was taught!)
SwingsitlikeHogan
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...though it is. I suspect, not optional to substitute full stops where a comma should be?
IanM
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Ooh no. I was also taught not to put a comma where a full stop could be used!
I was a school last century!
I was a school last century!
SocketRocket
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Oxford commas clarify a sentence that is poorly constructed.
SocketRocket
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Lets wait and see before looking for problems.
bobmac
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Old Skier
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It wont but some numpty will fall for it.
Wolf
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Sounds like the one's running the petition aren't even sure of that Bob.
ColchesterFC
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There was me thinking that the Brexit vote was for us to leave the EU. I must have missed the small print where it meant that we would no longer be European.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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I think the strapline makes 100% clear what it's about...
ColchesterFC
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Yes but they seem a bit confused. The web address and logo being "stayeuropean" and the below from their Q&A section....
"What do you mean by "European citizenship"?
At the moment, UK citizens have both UK and EU citizenship. After Brexit, the EU citizenship part of this will end, even though we did not choose ourselves to renounce it. We believe we should have the right to opt in and continue to identify as Europeans, and that the most logical mechanism for this is individual citizenship of the EU."
No-one is being prevented from identifying as European if that's what they want.
"How do you imagine the scheme would work?
We are open minded about this and understand that it would require some flexibility on the part of the EU for it to work. This is why we think the most likely hope is to make clear that we are a group within the UK of people who wish to continue as Europeans, asking the EU for associate citizenship or a similar scheme on that basis."
It doesn't matter if we leave the EU. They will still be Europeans.
Old Skier
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A problem with many who support the EU. They cannot/will not separate. or don't appreciate the difference between the two.
robinthehood
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Essential remainer golf kit.
https://www.golfdepot.co.uk/golf-balls/callaway-chrome-soft-europe-truvis
https://www.golfdepot.co.uk/golf-balls/callaway-chrome-soft-europe-truvis
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How proud we must all be of the way this man represented us as a MEP
There is a way to act and show a bit of humility and class when we leave the EU , Farage just showed the total opposite.
Good words from the VP at the end
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