Tempy wrote:

Keep getting some gobshite comedian called Lee Hurst retweeted into my timeline telling me it'll be ok now because he lives before mobile phones and the internet and joining the EU (he was 10 when we joined) and it was great. He might have a point, before the internet I would never have had to see his puckered arse mouth whilst eating.

He had an amazing twitter run about 2 months ago about tying a bomb to a baby. He's a slapdomed hills have eyes Greg Wallace with cancer fuckwit of a man.

Assuming it does embolden other nations, then I really do wonder what happens in situations like e-On having the contract for Hinkley Point, or the massive brown coal plant that Germany recently built in Poland

Also the war thing, I doubt we'll see countries wanting to leave NATO or the UN which is far more likely to be a contributory factor to the lack of declarations of war in the last few decades

Euro timeline
195? - Germany, France, Italy, Benelux
1973/4 - Uk, Ireland, Denmark
1980s - Greece, Spain, Portugal
1992/3 - Maastricht treaty
1990s - Sweden, Finland, Austria
2000s - 12 new countries

I genuinely think that with the misgivings held by the people and government prior to Maastricht, that if it was known that it would more than double in around 15 years, we might well have not signed off on it in the first place

Not saying that makes it a valid reason to leave it now, but given that it's an economic area, the massive differences in wages, costs etc across the "common" area make central control a very difficult job, what's best for Sweden isn't necessarily best for Italy, I'm intrigued to know how those decisions are made, to whose benefit, and was anything ever done to attempt to mitigate the massive movement of people to address of greater pay, or was that a desired side effect, did certain industrialised countries require an influx of semi skilled cheap labor to keep their factories running

I don't know, but equally I don't know what the future of the union holds either, what I do know is in or out, we're going to get fucked either way. If the politicians tell us it's a recession then even if people are doing fine, the giant supermarkets will make sure we feel the pinch anyway. I recall when minimum wage came in, all the groceries suddenly went up

nick_md wrote:

'Terror Nut Was A Benefits Cheat' headline in the Star today.

Work was thin on the ground after The Really Wild Sharif.

I was a big fan of Adrian Edmondson, but this new character is beyond the pale.

Brexectile dysfunction.

regmcfly wrote:

Guys I think Labour is poised to come back strong in Scotland. Look at this fucking video

https://twitter.com/braidenht/status/846694655450398720

Someone who previously did no scopes for sure

Ah well, that's the SNP fucked.......

Quick show of hands, because it's hard to work out from out usual chorus of bleating...

Are you happy with the general election call?

I'd personally be happier if it was slated for later this year...

Right now just feels like a shit time to do it. 

There's just too much noise in the media with Trump being an arse as it is. Not sure when negotiations with the EU are due to start, but this won't make the UK look too smart either, will it?

EU negotiations are set for 2 years so in that regards if we have to have a GE the sooner the GE the better as to not interfere.

Fiver says at next pmq's an SNP mp asks may to agree that brexit is the most important thing happening just now, and does the prime minister not then also agree that 'now is not the time' for a general election?

Then it'll get made into a 'thug life' vine and numpties like me will share it on Facebook.

Diluted Dante wrote:

I'd quite like them to be interfered with to be honest.

It wouldn't ever be in our favour.

cockbeard wrote:

SNP can fuck off, just as bad as UKIP, one policy party trading on emotion, popularity and stirring up fervour so as to self serve

Using the same definitions of hypocrisy how can Brexit be bad but independence be good? (from a Scottish point of view, I can see the benefits to the British taxpayer of Scotland leaving the Union)

Just as bad as ukip.

I often thought folk on this forum were a bit harsh on you, now I get it.

Are you fucking insane?

And if the rest of Britain would be so better off without us, why do they try so hard to keep us?

Is it possible that a party could say that they will overturn brexit if the voters help them win the election?

Would be turmoil if the Conservatives lost unfortunately there is a lame duck in charge at labour.

Dinostar77 wrote:

Is it possible that a party could say that they will overturn brexit if the voters help them win the election.

Lib Dems.

You're aware that in Scotland the snp are the leading party in their parliament? Do you think they run it talking about independence all day?!