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hahahaha. They are hardly impartial are they?
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if you choose to do your āresearchā by reading and watching biased right wing media, more fool you.
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so you would prefer to become another star on the American flag?
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he wasnāt voted for. The British voter has no say over who the leader gives positions to.
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If as you claim the British public didnāt vote for Boris Johnson, How then did he become an MP?
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I think you must be confusing me with someone else Pam. I thought that I had made plain that my preference is for the UK to remain an independent sovereign country.
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p.s. ā¦ itās spelt English
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Re: the Ā£ being changed to the ā¬ ā¦ I was part of the team working on the National Irish Bank conversion to the Euro. We ādidā the NatWest bank at the same time in case the change happened in the UK. It would have been a very easy change ā¦ and then there was Mayhem ā¦
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the UK is a small insignificant country which canāt even produce all the food it needs so it needs alliances. If you really imagine we are some kind of superpower and weāll have an Empire again and all the wealth from those countries flowing into the UK, you are deluded. If you believe that leaving a large trade co-operative with bulk buying power, is better, and by having less buying power is a good thing, man you are deluded. We havenāt even left the EU yet and already food prices have risen sharply and the Ā£ has plummeted to record levels, so do you really believe that after we leave, itāll rise sharply, food prices will drop again and things will be better for those of us stuck in this narrow plutocratic county?
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āIām sure that in the next few years other countries will also be taking the leapā ā¦ the leave voters are HOPING that this will happen so that they donāt look like the only prats!
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He was first past the post in his constituency, so yes a proportion of a proportion of the national electorate voted him in as their MP. Getting a cabinet job is in the gift of the PM though, and heavily influenced by in-party hackery. Boris is an opportunist who will do and say pretty well anything in the hope that he will at some stage get the top job.
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By standing in a safe seat? A stuffed octopus would have done equally well.
Donāt worry too much about the elected MPs anyway, they all have unelected advisors who influence their choices.
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Just want to make an observation as Iām now fed up with this topic and all other topics with brexit as the subject of ādiscussionā. All of the acidic insulting comments come from the remain camp. I have yet to see a leaver berating or insulting remainers. Thatās the problem with these forums from what Iāve seen unless someone can link me to any posts proving me wrong. Does it really matter what newspaper one reads? Someone here berating the Daily mail, the Sun, Express etc, yet the Guardian is the word of god. Same person making a derogatory observation about quoting from far right media yet would be quite happy to quote from a far left paper such as the Guardian. Iām not knocking the Guardian, Daily Mail, Sun etc, just trying to make the point that all newspapers carry same stories and political opinions are just that, an opinion of a journalist, not the word of god. We all have our favourite news rag mine happens to be the independant. I also read mailonline especially the F1 section and I cannot stand Jonathan McEvoy who is obviously anti Lewis Hamilton, yep, Iām a Hamilton fan. Itās a real shame this forum canāt be conducted in a more adult manner instead of the continual sniping by the remainers. For that reason, Iām calling it a day so bye all, have a nice lifeā¦
Lee
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Roger i find your comment insulting. āthe leave voters are HOPING that this will happen so that they donāt look like the only prats!ā.
Yes I did vote leave. But you , nor anyone else, do not know what i am hoping. AND i couldnāt care less what other countries do.
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Shame youāre going Lee. Iām choosing not to participate in these ādiscussionsā. Why bother? I
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Left, Right doesnāt matter one iota to me. I tend to read between the lines whatever the political bias and come to my own conclusions. Thatās all any of us can do, right or wrong.
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Errā¦
Well Pam, whilst the UK is indeed small in physical size compared to many other nations, I really donāt think it appropriate to use the word āinsignificantā. The list of benefits brought to the world by British scientists, engineers, and inventors over the years is considerable, and the UK continues to be at the cutting edge of innovation and discovery in many fields today.
Not having alluded to either the days of Empire, nor to the question of whether the UK is a superpower or not in any of my writing on this discussion thread, I take comfort from your assertion that I am therefore not delusional.
I must admit to being rather confused by what I believe to be your description of the EU as āa large trade co-operative with bulk buying powerā. To my knowledge the EU is not really in the habit of buying anything, save perhaps for the unnecessary transportation of its administration from Brussels to Strasbourg and back again each year.
By the way, to say that āthe Ā£ has plummeted to record levelsā is factually incorrect. Yes the Ā£ has fallen, but in January and March of 2009 it was down at a shade below ā¬1.05 and ā¬1.06 respectively. Exchange rates vary all the time, and often are cyclical in nature. Once things settle down it is highly likely that the Ā£ will bounce back again. Just as with the weather, sometimes we need to exercise a little patience.
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The UK will need the pound to stay reasonably weak after Brexit to boost exports and discourage too many imports. Britainās history is of no relevance, the clock started ticking with the referendum. Thatās why āweā keep asking the same question that never gets answered, Where is the money going to come from to allow the British population to continue enjoying the standard of living they have become accustomed to?
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