Branson - I will block Brexit !!
Discussion
gizlaroc said:
Hainey said:
Years ago I knew someone who claimed to have been a paid shill at one point in his life on certain motor racing forums. I did not doubt him in the least.
I would not be surprised if pistonheads, being the largest mass male forum in the UK, has the same infiltration.
Worth reading this, last couple of lines made me chuckle.I would not be surprised if pistonheads, being the largest mass male forum in the UK, has the same infiltration.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/22/1519056/-C...
Why didn't Branson et-al try to block the Brexit referendum from happening in the first place - if they were never going to accept the result of it - if it was to actually exit.
Surely it would have been far better to argue that a referendum should never be held - than to hold it then try to change the result.
Surely it would have been far better to argue that a referendum should never be held - than to hold it then try to change the result.
Moonhawk said:
Why didn't Branson et-al try to block the Brexit referendum from happening in the first place - if they were never going to accept the result of it - if it was to actually exit.
Surely it would have been far better to argue that a referendum should never be held - than to hold it then try to change the result.
He did, but he lost the argument. Now he is upset, ahh didums.Surely it would have been far better to argue that a referendum should never be held - than to hold it then try to change the result.
He is entitled however to do what he likes and risk his companies and his employees.
This protesting/complaining about or even vowing to block or overturn the result appears to be a relatively new thing - is this what the future holds now.
It happened after the Scottish Referendum, the 2015 General Election - and now the Brexit Referendum.
I don't recall it happening all that much before those three.....what has changed?
It happened after the Scottish Referendum, the 2015 General Election - and now the Brexit Referendum.
I don't recall it happening all that much before those three.....what has changed?
Moonhawk said:
This protesting/complaining about or even vowing to block or overturn the result appears to be a relatively new thing - is this what the future holds now.
It happened after the Scottish Referendum, the 2015 General Election - and now the Brexit Referendum.
I don't recall it happening all that much before those three.....what has changed?
apparently after a Vote if your Party or point of view did not win the Vote then the people who won are all idiots and not intelligent enough to know who to vote for. Its for their own good .It happened after the Scottish Referendum, the 2015 General Election - and now the Brexit Referendum.
I don't recall it happening all that much before those three.....what has changed?
johnxjsc1985 said:
Moonhawk said:
This protesting/complaining about or even vowing to block or overturn the result appears to be a relatively new thing - is this what the future holds now.
It happened after the Scottish Referendum, the 2015 General Election - and now the Brexit Referendum.
I don't recall it happening all that much before those three.....what has changed?
apparently after a Vote if your Party or point of view did not win the Vote then the people who won are all idiots and not intelligent enough to know who to vote for. Its for their own good .It happened after the Scottish Referendum, the 2015 General Election - and now the Brexit Referendum.
I don't recall it happening all that much before those three.....what has changed?
Social media doesn't help.....
Tryke3 said:
You do understand 48% of the so called loosers are in no mood to accept loss of access to what the eu offers, good or bad.
I dont blame Branson, i doubt he is doing it because of business interest, I'm sure he will not live forever and he knows money will not follow him.
Perhaps some people dont like to be told to have faith, when last 6 months have been a complete car crash
But yeah calling people loosers is what YOU should be doing, all the time
You want everyone to take you seriously, yet you are unable to comprehend how to spell 'losers'. Not a typo either, seeing as you did the same thing twice.I dont blame Branson, i doubt he is doing it because of business interest, I'm sure he will not live forever and he knows money will not follow him.
Perhaps some people dont like to be told to have faith, when last 6 months have been a complete car crash
But yeah calling people loosers is what YOU should be doing, all the time
If you're going to lecture people on how they should think, get your own house in order first.
don4l said:
Yipper said:
Is this the same Branson who lives in a low-tax island on the other side of the world...
To be fair, though, with Theresa Mayhem going all-out for Daily Mail hard Brexit and thousands of jobs already starting to flee the City of London (Britain's last remaining great industry), beardy Branson is right to be concerned.
How do you explain the fact that unemployment is falling if thousands of jobs are fleeing the city?To be fair, though, with Theresa Mayhem going all-out for Daily Mail hard Brexit and thousands of jobs already starting to flee the City of London (Britain's last remaining great industry), beardy Branson is right to be concerned.
Tryke3 said:
You do understand 48% of the so called loosers are in no mood to accept loss of access to what the eu offers, good or bad.
They were quite happy to accept a referendum on the basis that might happen though.Why didn't this 48% seek to block the referendum in the first place - if they were never going to be in the 'mood' to accept the result should the vote go against their wishes.
Moonhawk said:
Tryke3 said:
You do understand 48% of the so called loosers are in no mood to accept loss of access to what the eu offers, good or bad.
They were quite happy to accept a referendum on the basis that might happen though.Why didn't this 48% seek to block the referendum in the first place - if they were never going to be in the 'mood' to accept the result should the vote go against their wishes.
It's also why there is a distinct lack of call for "another referendum please"
All this anti democratic whining by the 'Liberal Elite' is quite amusing I find. What's the alternative? A dictatorship or communism or what?
It's a hard thing to lose an election but the tories did three times in a row and there weren't riots on the streets.
Remainders should do a bit of growing up and respect the will of the people irrespective of whether they think the general public are ill educated or wrong or whatever. They usually come to that conclusion only after they've lost, anyway.
I think May should have activated article 50 the day the referendum result came in but hey, it's going to happen whether Branson throws entire fortune at it or not.
It's a hard thing to lose an election but the tories did three times in a row and there weren't riots on the streets.
Remainders should do a bit of growing up and respect the will of the people irrespective of whether they think the general public are ill educated or wrong or whatever. They usually come to that conclusion only after they've lost, anyway.
I think May should have activated article 50 the day the referendum result came in but hey, it's going to happen whether Branson throws entire fortune at it or not.
zarjaz1991 said:
Tryke3 said:
You do understand 48% of the so called loosers are in no mood to accept loss of access to what the eu offers, good or bad.
I dont blame Branson, i doubt he is doing it because of business interest, I'm sure he will not live forever and he knows money will not follow him.
Perhaps some people dont like to be told to have faith, when last 6 months have been a complete car crash
But yeah calling people loosers is what YOU should be doing, all the time
You want everyone to take you seriously, yet you are unable to comprehend how to spell 'losers'. Not a typo either, seeing as you did the same thing twice.I dont blame Branson, i doubt he is doing it because of business interest, I'm sure he will not live forever and he knows money will not follow him.
Perhaps some people dont like to be told to have faith, when last 6 months have been a complete car crash
But yeah calling people loosers is what YOU should be doing, all the time
If you're going to lecture people on how they should think, get your own house in order first.
But yes, not being able to spell loooser does mean i have to get my house in order first. What a silly man
Edited by Tryke3 on Sunday 22 January 12:08
So is the general consensus here that the way democracy works is that you get one chance to vote then if it goes the wrong way from your point of view you have to shut up entirely until the next time you get a chance to vote?
Why do we have an official opposition party then, I wonder?
Democracy isn't like some kind of playground dominance game. It's a continuous process, with a variety of decision-making mechanisms. The only constraint is that everyone has to follow the law of the land; making those laws is what you get to do if you win. So *anything* that someone chooses to do in order to continue to oppose a decision with which they disagree is absolutely part of the democratic process, so long as it's legal.
Frankly, given the current ineffectiveness of the official opposition, I'm grateful to anyone who steps up to keep the government on its toes and questions its decisions. I say that without regard to the way I voted in the referendum (or the preceding general election, for that matter). I think it's particularly important while we have a government which is no longer led by the people who wrote the manifesto that originally got it elected, and which is no longer following that manifesto.
Why do we have an official opposition party then, I wonder?
Democracy isn't like some kind of playground dominance game. It's a continuous process, with a variety of decision-making mechanisms. The only constraint is that everyone has to follow the law of the land; making those laws is what you get to do if you win. So *anything* that someone chooses to do in order to continue to oppose a decision with which they disagree is absolutely part of the democratic process, so long as it's legal.
Frankly, given the current ineffectiveness of the official opposition, I'm grateful to anyone who steps up to keep the government on its toes and questions its decisions. I say that without regard to the way I voted in the referendum (or the preceding general election, for that matter). I think it's particularly important while we have a government which is no longer led by the people who wrote the manifesto that originally got it elected, and which is no longer following that manifesto.
Tryke3 said:
You know, unlike 99% of the population I dont have predicted text on my phone, i do have quite fat fingers and i did post that after a very long day
But yes, not being able to spell loooser does mean i have to get my house in order first. What a silly man
The reader doesn't know or care what device you were posting with.But yes, not being able to spell loooser does mean i have to get my house in order first. What a silly man
Edited by Tryke3 on Sunday 22 January 12:08
I post from iPhones and iPads regularly, and I still make sure it's correct before I submit. If it's auto-corrected wrongly, I change it. That's because I cannot expect people to take any points I make seriously if they are riddled with spelling and grammar errors.
Would you send in a job application spelled like that, and then say "sorry it's all come out wrong, I typed it on a phone"?
A typo is a typo but using completely the wrong word is just sloppy and lazy. Many, myself included, will take the view that if the author does not even understand the words he uses, then what value is his opinion? (See also: people who type "would of / should of / could of" etc...they clearly don't understand the words they are using, so their opinion is not worth very much.)
Make the effort if you want to be taken seriously.
zarjaz1991 said:
Tryke3 said:
You know, unlike 99% of the population I dont have predicted text on my phone, i do have quite fat fingers and i did post that after a very long day
But yes, not being able to spell loooser does mean i have to get my house in order first. What a silly man
The reader doesn't know or care what device you were posting with.But yes, not being able to spell loooser does mean i have to get my house in order first. What a silly man
Edited by Tryke3 on Sunday 22 January 12:08
I post from iPhones and iPads regularly, and I still make sure it's correct before I submit. If it's auto-corrected wrongly, I change it. That's because I cannot expect people to take any points I make seriously if they are riddled with spelling and grammar errors.
Would you send in a job application spelled like that, and then say "sorry it's all come out wrong, I typed it on a phone"?
A typo is a typo but using completely the wrong word is just sloppy and lazy. Many, myself included, will take the view that if the author does not even understand the words he uses, then what value is his opinion? (See also: people who type "would of / should of / could of" etc...they clearly don't understand the words they are using, so their opinion is not worth very much.)
Make the effort if you want to be taken seriously.
Countdown said:
crankedup said:
No panic at all, just a news story amongst hindreds of others. But for me it demonstrates big business are in a panic over Brexit. Pity he and bis tribe cannot respect democracy and have such disdain for the British public.
There is nothing he is doing which isn't (a) democratic or (b) open to others to do.Aarron Banks did much the same, as did many others during the referendum.
Countdown said:
Guybrush said:
Tax dodging / avoiding megalomaniac doesn't like the majority decision and wants to change it. Hypocrite? Dictator mentality? Not a good combination.
It's a good thing PH isn't hypocritical. You forgot to suggest that he probably speeds as well.Oilchange said:
All this anti democratic whining by the 'Liberal Elite' is quite amusing I find. What's the alternative? A dictatorship or communism or what?
It's a hard thing to lose an election but the tories did three times in a row and there weren't riots on the streets.
Remainders should do a bit of growing up and respect the will of the people irrespective of whether they think the general public are ill educated or wrong or whatever. They usually come to that conclusion only after they've lost, anyway.
I think May should have activated article 50 the day the referendum result came in but hey, it's going to happen whether Branson throws entire fortune at it or not.
Spot on. The Liberal (lefty?) mentality, is at heart a 'we know best' dictatorship. i.e. communism.It's a hard thing to lose an election but the tories did three times in a row and there weren't riots on the streets.
Remainders should do a bit of growing up and respect the will of the people irrespective of whether they think the general public are ill educated or wrong or whatever. They usually come to that conclusion only after they've lost, anyway.
I think May should have activated article 50 the day the referendum result came in but hey, it's going to happen whether Branson throws entire fortune at it or not.
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