EU Referendum

[Deleted Member 1156]

Boris seemed pretty happy to be pictured next to it.
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And why make specific statements about the NHS, knowing it was a mistruth at best, a downright lie at worst, other than to be a cynical dishonest vote winner to those easily swayed by glib political soundbites.

Didn't someone sign off the printing of a huge bus with it though? its not just a farage quote that went wrong..

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Correct me if I'm wrong but neither of those pics actually say we WILL give £350m to the NHS?

 

[Rooter]

Correct me if I'm wrong but neither of those pics actually say we WILL give £350m to the NHS?

What are they implying though?

And to be fair, 'Let's give our NHS the 350mil the EU take every week' is pretty cut and dried no??

 

[jp5]

"Let's give our NHS the £350 million the EU takes every week"... very clear to me.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Boris seemed pretty happy to be pictured next to it.
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And why make specific statements about the NHS, knowing it was a mistruth at best, a downright lie at worst, other than to be a cynical dishonest vote winner to those easily swayed by glib political soundbites.

Didn't someone sign off the printing of a huge bus with it though? its not just a farage quote that went wrong..

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What are they implying though?

And to be fair, 'Let's give our NHS the 350mil the EU take every week' is pretty cut and dried no??

"Let's give our NHS the £350 million the EU takes every week"... very clear to me.

Suggestive? Deceptive? Yes they are I agree.

But they are not clear statements that we WILL give 350m to the NHS.

 

[Rooter]

Suggestive? Deceptive? Yes they are I agree.

But they are not clear statements that we WILL give 350m to the NHS.

Let me take this 20quid* note out of my wallet and give it to you...

Want your 20? tough, i was merely suggesting it.


*(apologies, i have an American laptop with no Pound sign)

 

[Hacker Khan]

Correct me if I'm wrong but neither of those pics actually say we WILL give £350m to the NHS?

To quote Mike from The Young Ones, on instructions for video recorders it doesn't say "Ensure you don't chop up your video machine with an axe, put all the bits in a plastic bag, and bung 'em down the lavatory"!

It is just implied.

 

[Imurg]

I agree with the sentiment but the bottom line is this, the UK wide electorate voted to leave the EU and that has to be respected regardless of the fallout that it entails, no second vote and no deal to remain regardless of how attractive it may mean. The democtratic process has to be respected. If we do deals and don't come out it makes a mockery of the referendum.

But the simple truth is that they don't...
The referendum was advisory only. If the Government choose to ignore it, they can.
What that will do to the Political landscape, I don't know, but Westminster is under no obligation to go through with it.
And with such a small majority it wouldn't surprise me if they dl ignore it.

 

[jp5]

Well it's very clear that they won't do it... but that's what they committed to.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Let me take this 20quid* note out of my wallet and give it to you...

Want your 20? tough, i was merely suggesting it.


*(apologies, i have an American laptop with no Pound sign)

That's OK, dollars are worth almost as much as pounds just now

Put it another way, if you said that and I took you to court, do you think I would win? I certainly don't.

 

[Rooter]

That's OK, dollars are worth almost as much as pounds just now

Put it another way, if you said that and I took you to court, do you think I would win? I certainly don't.

If i wrote it down and addressed the nation, no WORLD, with that statement in words and in print behind me, i think the case could be very interesting..

 

[Hacker Khan]

Suggestive? Deceptive? Yes they are I agree.

But they are not clear statements that we WILL give 350m to the NHS.

I suppose it's a mater of which circle of hell the de facto leader of this country at the moment wants to be in then, the 'suggestive and deceptive' one or the 'lying' one. Neither of which are great for the future of this country.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I understand what the Daily Mash is and how it uses sarcasm to put it's view out. Call it humour if it suits.

What offends me is not that but the link you used had 'Ageist' undertones and for me Ageism is no better than Racism as it is used to vilify groups of people in the community. Your link to it with no other comment, not even a smiley suggests to me you are in support of the message it gives.

Please dont' suggest that it's just a joke and not meant seriously, that would be more of an insult to your intelligence than mine.

Welcome to the PC Brigade, SR, you are most welcome.

There's still hope for the rest of you!

 

[FairwayDodger]

Like the lie fed to the Scottish people was that the only way to remain in the EU was vote NO in the Scottish referendum.

No wonder Sturgeon has her knickers in a twist.

That was true in the context of that referendum. If we'd voted yes back then we would have been out then.

Unfortunately only two years later boris, gove and co have screwed it all up.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Not in my househould. Daughter aged 25, Son aged 27, and twin boys at 19 all voted "in".

Eh? I checked what I actually said in full, and my words 'in fact it was the under 30s who voted us out' when taken in isolation and out of context are (as you suggest) wrong. But you'll see that in context that they take a different meaning.

 

[Hobbit]

The oldie's have taken a lot of stick for the way they, in the main, voted.

However, a different slant. Only 36% of the under 25's voted compared to over 75% over the over 45's. Maybe if the youngsters really cared they would have voted. And if they had voted they would have swung it by miles. So maybe the next time a youngster kicks off, perhaps he should take a look at their peers

 

[Val]

Guy in our office quite upset today after being verbally abused whilst picking his girlfriend up at Edinburgh Airport last night. Saddening that it happened at all, let alone the fact it was her first experience of Scotland...

For what reason?

 

[Old Skier]

Breaking news -UEFA have just changed the rules for 2016 - if you don't win by 3 clear goals the match is considered a draw and both teams must blub into buckets. The first team to fill the bucket will be declared the winner. Those that spit their dummies out will be red carded and their contribution will not count.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

The oldie's have taken a lot of stick for the way they, in the main, voted.

However, a different slant. Only 36% of the under 25's voted compared to over 75% over the over 45's. Maybe if the youngsters really cared they would have voted. And if they had voted they would have swung it by miles. So maybe the next time a youngster kicks off, perhaps he should take a look at their peers

If you don't vote then don't complain. It's a very simple concept. It's not as if they can complain they didn't know the vote was happening. I was in the Remain camp but we lost. No point having a hissy fit about it, we need to get on with the decision that has been made.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The oldie's have taken a lot of stick for the way they, in the main, voted.

However, a different slant. Only 36% of the under 25's voted compared to over 75% over the over 45's. Maybe if the youngsters really cared they would have voted. And if they had voted they would have swung it by miles. So maybe the next time a youngster kicks off, perhaps he should take a look at their peers

I heard a 26yo guy on Radio5live on Saturday morning in tears that 'the older generations have sold the youngsters down the river'

Sorry mate but it's one man one vote.....use it!

 

[Hobbit]

If you don't vote then don't complain. It's a very simple concept. It's not as if they can complain they didn't know the vote was happening. I was in the Remain camp but we lost. No point having a hissy fit about it, we need to get on with the decision that has been made.

I'm Remain too, and deeply disappointed. I just don't get the whinging. Its a democratic process. Someone else had the winning raffle ticket.