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The EU: In, out, shake it all about.... (31 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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Grendel

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  • Oct 21, 2018
  • #22,261
Sick Boy said:
Why the UK will not become an EEA member after Brexit
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It’s a lot of Euro drivel but based on a premise we’d change the arrangement - if not we’d remain in it
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 21, 2018
  • #22,262
Grendel said:
Which means that we can remain in the EEA which is my point
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We can. But we’ll have to remain in the single market and the customs union. Which apparently we aren’t doing either because apparently that’s not what the people voted for. So that eliminates EEA membership by default.
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,263
Grendel said:
It’s a lot of Euro drivel but based on a premise we’d change the arrangement - if not we’d remain in it
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The premise is that all our contracts through the EU will end with Brexit. Then we are not in EFTA and have to apply to rejoin EFTA. If we are only using EFTA as a stepping stone to third party status, they will not want us trying to renegotiate EFTA‘s agreements with the EU. Which means we must keep freedom of movement and accept EU SM regulations. Which we didn’t vote for apparently. Although no one can claim to know that as leaving the SM was not on the ballot slip. We will have to keep paying to the EU. Which we didn’t vote for apparently. EFTA members don’t have to accept us.
 

Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,264
skybluetony176 said:
Because you’re a boring moron if you want the truth. Can’t be arsed to deal with your twisting of what people say and failing to understand the basics of what people are telling you.
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Is that right? Try looking at yourself.

You go on about how our food standards will fall when we leave the EU. But they are already better than most of the EU. You talk about the crap we will be eating when we leave. No evidence comes with it. You talk about how animals will suffer but they suffer because of EU rules and regulations. Just like the bird population has been decimated because of farming rules and regulations. Africa even suffers because we keep food prices artificially high then dump cheap food around the world.

But yes you are right and I am wrong.
 

Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,265
skybluetony176 said:
We can. But we’ll have to remain in the single market and the customs union. Which apparently we aren’t doing either because apparently that’s not what the people voted for. So that eliminates EEA membership by default.
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Yeah nobody will want to trade with us once we leave the EU. And it isn't scaremongering. We hear you Tony. We always do.

Try looking up something that isn't pro EU and anti Brexit. Try reading something that isn't scaremongering. You might find out something truthful for once.
 
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dutchman

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,266
martcov said:
The horsemeat scam was a crime. Against EU law ( and any country‘s law ). The EU‘s police agency caught the crooks via EU countries cooperation. Well done EU!!! Good reason for remaining. Is that your point?

„A Spanish-led police operation has cracked a racket in horsemeat unfit for human consumption, the EU's police agency Europol says.“
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Strange, I can't recall horsemeat ever being passed off as beef here before the UK joined the Common Market? Perhaps that was because the price of meat had not yet been hugely inflated in order to subsidise French and German farmers?
 
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dutchman

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,267
martcov said:
The UK was told at the very beginning that the EU was a rule based organisation and that there was no way that they would be changing the rules of the 27 to accomodate the1.
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That's actually a good point and rules out any prospect of so-called 'reform' of the EU from its present form.

And by the way there were only SIX other members when Britain applied to join.
 

Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,268
dutchman said:
Strange, I can't recall horsemeat ever being passed off as beef here before the UK joined the Common Market? Perhaps that was because the price of meat had not yet been hugely inflated in order to subsidise French and German farmers?
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Horse meat scams still happen in the EU. But our standards will drop when we leave?

Europol says 66 people have been arrested over the horsemeat scandal

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/02...-the-true-extent-of-europes-power-in-britain/

Bad Romanian horse meat stampedes across Europe - IRPI
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,269
Astute said:
Horse meat scams still happen in the EU. But our standards will drop when we leave?

Europol says 66 people have been arrested over the horsemeat scandal
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It's already been said that to secure a trade deal with the USA that standards will have to be dropped.
 
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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,270
Astute said:
Yeah nobody will want to trade with us once we leave the EU. And it isn't scaremongering. We hear you Tony. We always do.

Try looking up something that isn't pro EU and anti Brexit. Try reading something that isn't scaremongering. You might find out something truthful for once.
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WTF are you waffling on about. I answered a question that Grendull asked. You’re twisting again. If you don’t understand the question stay out of it.
 

Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,271
Sick Boy said:
It's already been said that to secure a trade deal with the USA that standards will have to be dropped.
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But do we have one with them now?

It is used against us leaving the EU. But there are problems within the EU food chain presently. This gets ignored.

So why does the EU want a trade deal with the USA?
 

Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,272
skybluetony176 said:
WTF are you waffling on about. I answered a question that Grendull asked. You’re twisting again. If you don’t understand the question stay out of it.
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What is wrong Tony? Can't you defend the EU here?
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,273
Astute said:
But do we have one with them now?

It is used against us leaving the EU. But there are problems within the EU food chain presently. This gets ignored.

So why does the EU want a trade deal with the USA?
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In that case there's likely problems with all food supply chains. It was illegal activity that was discovered by Europol.

Crime is committed everywhere, even in the UK.

The EU is going to have way more clout that the UK when negotiating with the USA, which is why the USA has said that the UK will need to align itself with the USA.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,274
Astute said:
What is wrong Tony? Can't you defend the EU here?
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Defend them from what? The question was about the brexit process, there’s nothing to defend anyone from. It was about the technicalities of article 50. You’re twisting again.
 
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Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,275
Sick Boy said:
In that case there's likely problems with all food supply chains. It was illegal activity that was discovered by Europol.

Crime is committed everywhere, even in the UK.

The EU is going to have way more clout that the UK when negotiating with the USA, which is why the USA has said that the UK will need to align itself with the USA.
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I am not going to have a go at anyone that doesn't have a deal that means a lowering of standards. Just like I didn't have a go at the EU when it was after a trade deal with the USA.

And yes I would be extremely vocal against any deal that would lower our food standards.
 

Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,276
skybluetony176 said:
Defend them from what? The question was about the brexit process, there’s nothing to defend anyone for. It was about the technicalities of article 50. You’re twisting again.
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So you are allowed to mention chlorinated chicken for what reason?
 

skybluetony176

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,277
Astute said:
So you are allowed to mention chlorinated chicken for what reason?
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Twisting again. Where have I mentioned chlorinated chicken in reply to Grendulls question?
 

Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,278
skybluetony176 said:
Twisting again. Where have I mentioned chlorinated chicken in reply to Grendulls question?
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So you can mention the food chain when you want but I can't?
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,279
Astute said:
So you are allowed to mention chlorinated chicken for what reason?
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Oh, by the way. If I had mentioned chlorinated chicken I’m allowed to because its a free country. Moron.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,280
Astute said:
So you can mention the food chain when you want but I can't?
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You can do what you like. You’re twisting again. I haven’t said you can’t talk about a particular subject. It’s a bit early to be on the pop isn’t it?
 
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Astute

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,281
skybluetony176 said:
Oh, by the way. If I had mentioned chlorinated chicken I’m allowed to because its a free country. Moron.
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So it is a free country for you but not for me?

Then you have the nerve to call me a moron
 

Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,282
skybluetony176 said:
You can do what you like. You’re twisting again. I haven’t said you can’t talk about a particular subject. It’s a bit early to be on the pop isn’t it.
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So you never said why I brought up links on the EU food chain?

Especially as I replied to Dutchman......
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,283
Astute said:
So it is a free country for you but not for me?

Then you have the nerve to call me a moron
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I’m going to ignore you now because you’re clearly trolling.
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,284
dutchman said:
That's actually a good point and rules out any prospect of so-called 'reform' of the EU from its present form.

And by the way there were only SIX other members when Britain applied to join.
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No, it doesn’t rule out reform. It maybe makes it hard to reform the SM and CU, but no one wants to do that. There are plenty of other things to reform.
 

SIR ERNIE

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,285
Ashdown said:
That march today..... Pathetic , exaggerated and publicised as much as possible by the liberal press. Sickening politics going on again.......those seeking power would back anything and promise everything that might have short term voting popularity. Brexit doesn't mean leaving Europe, it doesn't mean not embracing the fabulous diverse culture and not appreciating the exquisite architecture and infrastructure across Europe and its natural wonders and it doesn't mean alienating people across that zone. It means retreating from a bunch of middle men, a bunch of needless bureaucrats, who create wealth for themselves with intricate laws and mandates. These people take a great chunk of UK cash for their own ends and then spread the rest around the EU according to where they think they might get the best return for French and German industrialists.
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Organisers of recent rallies have exaggerated attendance figures by a factor anywhere between x2 and x5 so 130k is probably closest to the truth.

The official line is that the campaign is neither for nor against Brexit :smuggrin: they merely want the electorate to have a say on the final deal.

Believe that, you’ll believe anything.

Just another day of Remain lies.
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,286
Astute said:
Yeah nobody will want to trade with us once we leave the EU. And it isn't scaremongering. We hear you Tony. We always do.

Try looking up something that isn't pro EU and anti Brexit. Try reading something that isn't scaremongering. You might find out something truthful for once.
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The truth is that all trade deals via the EU cease when we leave.

The truth is that we will be a distressed trading partner.

Now twist that.
 

Grendel

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,287
martcov said:
The truth is that all trade deals via the EU cease when we leave.

The truth is that we will be a distressed trading partner.

Now twist that.
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The truth is we have no idea what arrangement has been made - and one clearly is on the verge of being an announced - and whatever is a transition period will mean the deals won’t cease in March
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,288
SIR ERNIE said:
Organisers of recent rallies have exaggerated attendance figures by a factor anywhere between x2 and x5 so 130k is probably closest to the truth.

The official line is that the campaign is neither for nor against Brexit :smuggrin: they merely want the electorate to have a say on the final deal.

Believe that, you’ll believe anything.

Just another day of Remain lies.
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Haha. Now take a look at Farage‘s statement about millions.

Take a look at the people in the hall at his leave means leave rally. Virtually all of them ageing. The men had greying, grey or receeding hair. No, or very few, young people ( or youngsters as Farage likes to say ). These people want us to leave at all costs, thus damaging the future of younger people.

I know whose side I am on. Not the older generation of pensioners , but the future of Britain.

It looked like an OAP outing.
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,289
Grendel said:
The truth is we have no idea what arrangement has been made - and one clearly is on the verge of being an announced - and whatever is a transition period will mean the deals won’t cease in March
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Never said they would end in March. I think it is more likely to be a fudge to enable the transition period to be extended. This kicking the disaster down the road.

It gives time to get facts on the table before the inevitable people’s vote, or election on the subject. I hope we have an opposition party prepared to oppose Brexit by that time. Corbyn is not the opposition in this case. He is what was called a „Mitläufer“ because he won’t stop Brexit.
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,290
We are in the EU.
 

Grendel

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,291
martcov said:
Never said they would end in March. I think it is more likely to be a fudge to enable the transition period to be extended. This kicking the disaster down the road.

It gives time to get facts on the table before the inevitable people’s vote, or election on the subject. I hope we have an opposition party prepared to oppose Brexit by that time. Corbyn is not the opposition in this case. He is what was called a „Mitläufer“ because he won’t stop Brexit.
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There is no chance of a people’s referendum - why is it called that? Didn’t people vote last time. Once the treaty period ends in March there’s no chance of a return,.

There is an opposition party - they were massacred at the last election
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,292
Astute said:
Horse meat scams still happen in the EU. But our standards will drop when we leave?

Europol says 66 people have been arrested over the horsemeat scandal

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/02...-the-true-extent-of-europes-power-in-britain/

Bad Romanian horse meat stampedes across Europe - IRPI
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Crime happens everywhere. There are horsemeat and dog meat scandals in the UK. Dog meat turns up every few years in Chinese restaurants ( I recall it years ago in Coventry ).

It took me a few seconds to find a case in the UK: Horsemeat scandal: businessman found guilty of fraud

But you only select crimes that occur in other parts of the EU. The biggest food chain scandal in an EU country that I recall, Dutchman won’t recall it because he suffers from selective amnesia, is BSE. A purely British fxxk up that destroyed the UK beef industry and cattle sperm industry for a period of years. It also reduced Irish meat exports because consumers assumed beef would be smuggled from NI to Southern Ireland.

Whatever, either way it has nothing whatsoever to do with leaving the EU or Brexit.

We can swap crimes and scandals all day, but why? What is your point?​
 

Grendel

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,293
martcov said:
Haha. Now take a look at Farage‘s statement about millions.

Take a look at the people in the hall at his leave means leave rally. Virtually all of them ageing. The men had greying, grey or receeding hair. No, or very few, young people ( or youngsters as Farage likes to say ). These people want us to leave at all costs, thus damaging the future of younger people.

I know whose side I am on. Not the older generation of pensioners , but the future of Britain.

It looked like an OAP outing.
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It reminded me of a Hitler youth rally. Deluded fools being led to the Fourth Reich with the ghastly Alistair Campbell as the Pied Piper
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,294
Grendel said:
There is no chance of a people’s referendum - why is it called that? Didn’t people vote last time. Once the treaty period ends in March there’s no chance of a return,.

There is an opposition party - they were massacred at the last election
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People are seeing through the Brexit lies and Brexit won’t happen for another couple of years yet. No way will we go over the cliff in March.

We have an official opposition who are as divided as the government and the country.

The game is far from over and you will never get a pro Brexit March as big as Saturday‘s. The euphoria is gone. Now it is bitterness because everyone can see what a fxxk up Brexit is. Instead of admitting it they go on about crimes in the EU, George Soros paying 600000 people 20£ each or trying to down play down crowd size.

Truth is that the writing is on the wall.
 
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martcov

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  • Oct 22, 2018
  • #22,295
Grendel said:
It reminded me of a Hitler youth rally. Deluded fools being led to the Fourth Reich with the ghastly Alistair Campbell as the Pied Piper
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Were you at one in your youth? You are obviously one of the old codgers moaning about the youth of today and trying to control the uncontrollable. Make your insults and go down the pub and complain about the teachers and social workers misleading the youth of today. Grumpy old man.
 
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