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The EU: In, out, shake it all about.... (7 Viewers)

  • Thread starter jimmyhillsfanclub
  • Start date Jun 8, 2016
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As of right now, how are thinking of voting? In or out

  • Remain

    Votes: 23 37.1%
  • Leave

    Votes: 35 56.5%
  • Undecided

    Votes: 3 4.8%
  • Not registered or not intention to vote

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Total voters
    62
  • Poll closed Jun 15, 2016.
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Astute

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,331
clint van damme said:
Do you think that the way people talk to each other on here is how they talk to everyone in the real world including their children?

Even for you, that's bizarre.
Are you the king of the non sequitur in real life just like you are on here?!
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Of course it isn't. They feel brave on here when they have a keyboard to hide behind.
 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,332


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Astute

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,333
SkyblueBazza said:
I admit in the past I have perhaps become as frustrated as others & responded in abusive fashion.

The other week I decided to show people on social media the same kind of respect as I would face to face.

Others seemed to post accordingly - but have reverted to type.

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And it is always the same suspects. Not seen any insults since I reblocked those who think it is OK to throw insults around when they are wrong. Have had children for a lot if years so I know how to deal with childish behaviour. Only the ignore route seems to work. That will do nicely.
 

Astute

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,334
SkyblueBazza said:
LSE thinks it is

Continental Breakfast 6: Is Switzerland a model for the UK-EU relationship?

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Even the EU says Switzerland has a unique deal with them. A deal they are not willing to offer anyone else. It is only the uneducated/clueless/liars that say differently when caught out.
 
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djr8369

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,335
Astute said:
We don't have a deal agreed. There has been no negotiations about a deal. The so called May deal isn't a deal. It is an agreement on how to go forward in getting a deal.
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Its a deal on the transition period and starting point for negotiating the future arrangements but sure.

Point still still stands though. Yes we could have our own deal but we’d have to do the same as Switz and Norway, opt for some of the off the shelf components. This has been ruled out by most leavers even though it was the platform they won the ref on and the Tory red lines make any of those off the shelf aspect impractical.

So I don’t really understand your original question of if the Swiss have their own deal why can’t we?


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Astute

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,336
djr8369 said:
Its a deal on the transition period and starting point for negotiating the future arrangements but sure.

Point still still stands though. Yes we could have our own deal but we’d have to do the same as Switz and Norway, opt for some of the off the shelf components. This has been ruled out by most leavers even though it was the platform they won the ref on and the Tory red lines make any of those off the shelf aspect impractical.

So I don’t really understand your original question of if the Swiss have their own deal why can’t we?


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Are you saying that we shouldn't look at making a deal because most leavers say so?

If we are to make a deal of some sort it will have to be like something nobody else has unless it includes everything that Ireland needs to continue as it does now. That would be close to full membership if not full membership. And this doesn't go with what most leavers or the Tories say either.

Ignore what you want and look at the logic of the situation. You will understand where I am coming from most of the time then. The problem is that you will get a few idiots calling you a leaver and will insult you for no reason.
 
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djr8369

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,337
Astute said:
Are you saying that we shouldn't look at making a deal because most leavers say so?

If we are to make a deal of some sort it will have to be like something nobody else has unless it includes everything that Ireland needs to continue as it does now. That would be close to full membership if not full membership. And this doesn't go with what most leavers or the Tories say either.

Ignore what you want and look at the logic of the situation. You will understand where I am coming from most of the time then. The problem is that you will get a few idiots calling you a leaver and will insult you for no reason.
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No I’m not saying we shouldn’t look at making a deal. I’m looking at the logic of the situation, as you suggest, and my conclusion is that a deal probably isn’t possible until one or more Tory red lines are dropped and somebody is honest with voters and makes them understand we will have to compromise on something. Unfortunately this won’t happen while we have fantasists running government.



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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,338
Astute said:
Of course it isn't. They feel brave on here when they have a keyboard to hide behind.
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Personally I call people out in real life as well when they spout nonsense.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,339
SkyblueBazza said:
LSE thinks it is

Continental Breakfast 6: Is Switzerland a model for the UK-EU relationship?

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Fine. Let’s join EFTA like Switzerland and remain in the single market and join Schengen like Switzerland and hand over control of our borders allowing free movement of people like Switzerland. I’m sure the Brexit cult will be begging for May’s deal after that.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,340
Astute said:
Of course it isn't. They feel brave on here when they have a keyboard to hide behind.
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Only I’ve met loads of people on here in person including Grendull and I’ve never changed my approach on here towards any of them since meeting them. Especially true of Grendull.
 

Astute

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,341
djr8369 said:
No I’m not saying we shouldn’t look at making a deal. I’m looking at the logic of the situation, as you suggest, and my conclusion is that a deal probably isn’t possible until one or more Tory red lines are dropped and somebody is honest with voters and makes them understand we will have to compromise on something. Unfortunately this won’t happen while we have fantasists running government.



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And where is that different to what I have said in the past? The main part we disagree on is however crap our cards are they keep getting shown to the EU as unusable for whatever reason. All they have done so far is sit back and watch catastrophe after catastrophe. The problem is that nobody is strong enough to push anything through.

We will have to either compromise or leave without a trade deal. And I honestly don't think anyone who has a say in matters wants to leave without a trade deal. The problem is that the EU doesn't want to show their hand when they don't have to. They have the top hand but don't want the losing hand to leave the table as they want to keep taking winnings in the future.
 

shmmeee

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,342
SkyBlueDom26 said:


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Great isn’t it?
 

shmmeee

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,343
Astute said:
And where is that different to what I have said in the past? The main part we disagree on is however crap our cards are they keep getting shown to the EU as unusable for whatever reason. All they have done so far is sit back and watch catastrophe after catastrophe. The problem is that nobody is strong enough to push anything through.

We will have to either compromise or leave without a trade deal. And I honestly don't think anyone who has a say in matters wants to leave without a trade deal. The problem is that the EU doesn't want to show their hand when they don't have to. They have the top hand but don't want the losing hand to leave the table as they want to keep taking winnings in the future.
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Paranoid nonsense. We know the EUs hand, they know ours. It’s all out in the open when it comes to trade and regulations.

We insist on asking the EU to compromise their customs union because we don’t want to accept that leaving the CU fucks NI. If we could get past that we’d have been out ages ago. There’s no majority for leaving the CU, and the government has no majority to force it though. And the government won’t be honest because they want to gain a majority and if they were honest about their plans they wouldn’t.
 
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Astute

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #43,344
shmmeee said:
Paranoid nonsense. We know the EUs hand, they know ours. It’s all out in the open when it comes to trade and regulations.

We insist on asking the EU to compromise their customs union because we don’t want to accept that leaving the CU fucks NI. If we could get past that we’d have been out ages ago. There’s no majority for leaving the CU, and the government has no majority to force it though. And the government won’t be honest because they want to gain a majority and if they were honest about their plans they wouldn’t.
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Paranoid nonsense? Would you like to explain?
 

shmmeee

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,345
Astute said:
Paranoid nonsense? Would you like to explain?
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This idea that the EU are trying to fuck us and we just need more leverage.

The issue is that we are asking for the impossible, not that the EU are playing hardball.

Looks like he’s decided to try and do without the DUP and put a border in the Irish Sea. I can’t see the Stormont veto getting past the Irish, but there might be some compromise there. This could have been done years ago, we have always been the blocker.
 
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djr8369

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,346
shmmeee said:
This idea that the EU are trying to fuck us and we just need more leverage.

The issue is that we are asking for the impossible, not that the EU are playing hardball.

Looks like he’s decided to try and do without the DUP and put a border in the Irish Sea. I can’t see the Stormont veto getting past the Irish, but there might be some compromise there. This could have been done years ago, we have always been the blocker.
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Indeed, I was about to pose the question if there’s been a breakthrough who has he thrown under the bus. My guess would be the DUP.

I’m sure it will be spun as a victory for BJ and he’s the man who unlocked the situation and got things moving and lead to the tories gaining a few votes in the election though.




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SkyblueBazza

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,347
shmmeee said:
The issue is that we are asking for the impossible, not that the EU are playing hardball.
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We obviously aren't otherwise they wouldn't have come up with the first WA...& finally found something Eire at least appear willing to explore.

And they HAVE played hardball in many people's opinion. They want to send subtle warnings to other nations not to do the same. Whether they will or not at some future point we shall have have to wait and see.

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SkyblueBazza

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,348
djr8369 said:
I’m sure it will be spun as a victory for BJ and he’s the man who unlocked the situation and got things moving and lead to the tories gaining a few votes in the election though.
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So he has to accept all the criticism for what has not happened, what negative stuff has been said/happened, but cannot be allowed any praise for what, if it works, WILL have unlocked the situation and got things moving?

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djr8369

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,349
SkyblueBazza said:
So he has to accept all the criticism for what has not happened, what negative stuff has been said/happened, but cannot be allowed any praise for what, if it works, WILL have unlocked the situation and got things moving?

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It depends on what has unlocked the situation. If he’s gone for a border in the Irish Sea then he’s done what everyone has been saying for 3 years, made a compromise instead of pretending we can have it all our own way. It’s also the solution that was first proposed by the EU until we suggested the backstop.

We won’t know until we hear more. My point though was that he’ll most likely have to throw somebody under the bus and most likely it will be some version of a solution that was already known but be spun as something he’s achieved due to all the bravado since he came in.

All this noise they’ve made, all this show of strength is meaningless. It’s not there to create leverage or force the EU to make a concession. It’s there to make the public think that so BJ looks strong before an election takes place. People called this months ago.


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skybluetony176

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,350
shmmeee said:
Looks like he’s decided to try and do without the DUP and put a border in the Irish Sea.
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Can’t see that. Arlene Foster came out of a meeting the other week with Boris all smiles claiming it to be a successful and productive meeting and we all know that she won’t accept May’s deal Mk1 of a border in the Irish Sea as Northern Ireland must be on the same footing as the rest of the U.K.. Unless it’s equal rights for the LGBT community and women. And it’s not like the PM has a history of agreeing one thing with one audience and then agreeing to the opposite with a different audience. Oh wait, the PM is Boris. Yes the PM does have that reputation.
 

chiefdave

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,351
SkyblueBazza said:
So he has to accept all the criticism for what has not happened, what negative stuff has been said/happened, but cannot be allowed any praise for what, if it works, WILL have unlocked the situation and got things moving?
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djr8369 said:
It depends on what has unlocked the situation. If he’s gone for a border in the Irish Sea then he’s done what everyone has been saying for 3 years, made a compromise instead of pretending we can have it all our own way. It’s also the solution that was first proposed by the EU until we suggested the backstop.
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Beat me to it. How much, if any, praise Johnson deserves will depend on what has been agreed. If, as rumoured, its a border in the Irish Sea then he deserves little praise. As djr says all he's done there is agree to what the EU proposed 3 years ago that we ruled out as it didn't meet our 'red lines'.
 

Mcbean

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,352
I think there should be a law put forward that Boris does not have to go to Parliament with his deal as we are going to get on the roundabout again with the muppets
 

skybluetony176

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,353
Mcbean said:
I think there should be a law put forward that Boris does not have to go to Parliament with his deal as we are going to get on the roundabout again with the muppets
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But then Parliament wouldn’t be sovereign like the leave campaign campaigned for.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,354
djr8369 said:
Indeed, I was about to pose the question if there’s been a breakthrough who has he thrown under the bus. My guess would be the DUP.

I’m sure it will be spun as a victory for BJ and he’s the man who unlocked the situation and got things moving and lead to the tories gaining a few votes in the election though.




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Probably won’t get through Parliament unless DUP agree to it so a long way to go.

For those Remainers in Parliament (and some of those on here) who insisted Johnson didn’t want a deal I hope they read the quote from Varadkar who was ‘absolutely convinced’ that Johnson wanted to strike a deal.

Doubt any humble pie will be eaten and theyll move away from the ‘he wants to take us out on a catastrophic no deal’ narrative onto something else

love him or hate him, and for all the flack he has taken, from day one the steps he has taken have been to try to get a deal agreed and through Parliament.....whether it can happen at this late hour remains to be seen

ps I hadn’t read all the posts but I see the narrative has changed already :emoji_joy:
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,355
djr8369 said:
It depends on what has unlocked the situation. If he’s gone for a border in the Irish Sea then he’s done what everyone has been saying for 3 years, made a compromise instead of pretending we can have it all our own way. It’s also the solution that was first proposed by the EU until we suggested the backstop.

We won’t know until we hear more. My point though was that he’ll most likely have to throw somebody under the bus and most likely it will be some version of a solution that was already known but be spun as something he’s achieved due to all the bravado since he came in.

All this noise they’ve made, all this show of strength is meaningless. It’s not there to create leverage or force the EU to make a concession. It’s there to make the public think that so BJ looks strong before an election takes place. People called this months ago.


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no, a lot called that he wanted to take us out on a No Deal and his proposals proved he wasn’t serious
 
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clint van damme

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,356
CCFCSteve said:
Probably won’t get through Parliament unless DUP agree to it so a long way to go.

For those Remainers in Parliament (and some of those on here) who insisted Johnson didn’t want a deal I hope they read the quote from Varadkar who was ‘absolutely convinced’ that Johnson wanted to strike a deal.

Doubt any humble pie will be eaten and theyll move away from the ‘he wants to take us out on a catastrophic no deal’ narrative onto something else

love him or hate him, and for all the flack he has taken, from day one the steps he has taken have been to try to get a deal agreed and through Parliament.....whether it can happen at this late hour remains to be seen

ps I hadn’t read all the posts but I see the narrative has changed already :emoji_joy:
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you can't really blame people for not believing Johnson, he is a proven serial liar. The boy who cried wolf and all that.
 
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djr8369

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,357
CCFCSteve said:
no, a lot called that he wanted to take us out on a No Deal and his proposals proved he wasn’t serious
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Yes there were a range of opinions. Please note that the government has been saying they’re ready for no deal and saying they’d do it if they couldn’t get a deal so that’s a perfectly reasonable conclusion.


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skybluetony176

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,358
CCFCSteve said:
For those Remainers in Parliament (and some of those on here) who insisted Johnson didn’t want a deal I hope they read the quote from Varadkar who was ‘absolutely convinced’ that Johnson wanted to strike a deal.
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If the stories being reported are true all he’s done is come back with May’s Mk1 deal, which he himself didn’t want. Originally. In the words of May nothing has changed.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,359
skybluetony176 said:
If the stories being reported are true all he’s done is come back with May’s Mk1 deal, which he himself didn’t want. Originally. In the words of May nothing has changed.
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Still trying to get a deal though Tony...however bad it might be (I’m not trying to justify what deal he might have agreed, I’m talking about the nonsense that he wanted to take us out without one)

still might have to happen but that is/was not his primary intention
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,360
CCFCSteve said:
Still trying to get a deal though Tony...however bad it might be (I’m not trying to justify what deal he might have agreed, I’m talking about the nonsense that he wanted to take us out without one)

still might have to happen but that is/was not his primary intention
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But if he was trying to get a deal through why didn't he vote for it the first time round when May presented it?
 
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djr8369

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,361
CCFCSteve said:
Still trying to get a deal though Tony...however bad it might be (I’m not trying to justify what deal he might have agreed, I’m talking about the nonsense that he wanted to take us out without one)

still might have to happen but that is/was not his primary intention
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Its not really nonsense though is it, the government has gone out of its way to normalise no deal.

Anyway, there seems to be progress towards a deal of some kind which is great news.


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skybluetony176

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,362
CCFCSteve said:
Still trying to get a deal though Tony...however bad it might be (I’m not trying to justify what deal he might have agreed, I’m talking about the nonsense that he wanted to take us out without one)

still might have to happen but that is/was not his primary intention
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I wouldn’t be so sure Steve. I think Parliament has forced his hand and made him do his job and the best (if the reports are true) he can do is resurrect a deal that’s already been rejected. If I was being cynical I would say it suits his real strategy of taking us out without a deal by presenting a deal he cast iron knows will be rejected so he can move onto doing what he wants to do.

Of course the reports could be wrong and he has actually thrashed out a new deal but I’ll believe that when I see it.
 

chiefdave

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,363
CCFCSteve said:
For those Remainers in Parliament (and some of those on here) who insisted Johnson didn’t want a deal I hope they read the quote from Varadkar who was ‘absolutely convinced’ that Johnson wanted to strike a deal.
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Out of intrest is there any reason that Varadkar saying Johnson wants a deal carries more weight than those involved who have said he doesn't want a deal?
 

Otis

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,364
clint van damme said:
you can't really blame people for not believing Johnson, he is a proven serial liar. The boy who cried wolf and all that.
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He also has no idea what he is talking about either.

 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Oct 11, 2019
  • #43,365
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
But if he was trying to get a deal through why didn't he vote for it the first time round when May presented it?
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I guess because deep down he (like many others) was concerned about the indefinite nature of the backstop

I’m talking about post becoming PM and then again after his first proposal, when many suggested he was pursuing a No Deal as his primary option.

Why people don’t just hold their hands up say, fair play, don’t like him, don’t like Brexit at all but i was wrong, I don’t know.
 
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