Brexit or Bregret? poll

[B'stard Child]

El stovey said:

REALIST123 said:

What about “voted once, not voting again”?

Just for you,

Not exactly - 3% is currently 10 people

I had a mind to do this but I've been busy with work so thanks OP - Voted

[Russian Troll Bot]

Where's the "I'd just keep demanding another vote until I get the result I wanted" option? Seems rather popular at the moment.

[djc206]

Russian Troll Bot said:

Where's the "I'd just keep demanding another vote until I get the result I wanted" option? Seems rather popular at the moment.

That’s the SNP manifesto isn’t it?

[B'stard Child]

RemyMartin81D said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/07/b...

Thought process

Guardian Link posted by slasher - ignore

Guardian Link posted by anyone else (especially one where not obvious if posted from a leave or remain supporter) - caution engaged but follow the link and read it

Thank you - quite an interesting article

About to dive into the comments section - I may be a while

[B'stard Child]

Ridgemont said:

RemyMartin81D said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/07/b...

Good summary. The comments thread is hilarious.

B'stard Child said:

About to dive into the comments section - I may be a while

Rich_W said:

I agree with the article


re: Comments. fking shocking! They are doing EVERYTHING the article said they shouldn't do! The irony is mental!

Jesus - I may have underestimated the amount of time I needed - it's proper frothy in there

[djc206]

B'stard Child said:

Thought process

Guardian Link posted by slasher - ignore

Guardian Link posted by anyone else (especially one where not obvious if posted from a leave or remain supporter) - caution engaged but follow the link and read it

Thank you - quite an interesting article

About to dive into the comments section - I may be a while

It was rather brave of the Guardian to publish that on their website. The regulars on there seem to be getting a little upset.

[B'stard Child]

djc206 said:

B'stard Child said:

Thought process

Guardian Link posted by slasher - ignore

Guardian Link posted by anyone else (especially one where not obvious if posted from a leave or remain supporter) - caution engaged but follow the link and read it

Thank you - quite an interesting article

About to dive into the comments section - I may be a while

It was rather brave of the Guardian to publish that on their website. The regulars on there seem to be getting a little upset.

No st sherlock Might have to put my remaining 20 mins PH viewing on hold till tommorrow

[Smiler.]

B'stard Child said:

....... slasher......

Has he left the planet?

Haven't seen his moniker in here for a few days now.

Not that he's missed.

[FiF]

B'stard Child said:

Ridgemont said:

RemyMartin81D said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/07/b...

Good summary. The comments thread is hilarious.

B'stard Child said:

About to dive into the comments section - I may be a while

Rich_W said:

I agree with the article


re: Comments. fking shocking! They are doing EVERYTHING the article said they shouldn't do! The irony is mental!

Jesus - I may have underestimated the amount of time I needed - it's proper frothy in there

What's also absolutely hilarious though too complicated to post a link from the phone, too many links too fat fingers is my excuse, is an examination of the leaked EU "Wot no Deal Brexit" document, then followed by the treatment of the same source in various sections of the media. ProRemain journals continue along the Sunny Uplands for the EU while UK heading for the Slough of Despond, while the other side concentrate on the EU is positively soiling its pants due to various nations and regions getting all worked up about their own industry and sectors.

It's really as covered in the original linked article, and indeed the comments section irony meter has hit full scale deflection hard enough to knock the endstop off and is now spinning fast enough to froth up the oat milk in some Shoreditch hipster cafe.

In the interest of full declaration I tried an oat milk hot chocolate the other day, it was quite nice, clearly I now have to take my Dave Gorman style shirt and jeans and go and get a haircut and grooming at We R Beard. These Converse aren't so good in the Hereford mud though, back to agricultural wellies. Rolls eyes.

[Pistom]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Where is the...

"I'll vote which ever way that will get this bks sorted the quickest, so that the government can actually get back to running the fking country & getting the economy back on track because the number of fks I actually give about this subject is now officially zero,"

... option?

Without realising it, that's the option I was looking for. We could have done with you writing the referendum question.

[JagLover]

RemyMartin81D said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/07/b...

Decent summary.

[wc98]

El stovey said:

RacerMDR said:

I find it hugely interesting - that result.

There is no particular gain for a car enthusiast to vote Brexit is there?

I guess it's a small number of voters thus far - but hugely interesting

I find it interesting too, it’s often easy to make assumptions and place more importance on posts we agree with but anonymous polls on here are the best way to get a true feeling about how a range of people think.

The election ones are good also.

i agree ,always interesting to see if peoples opinions have changed post vote. as for the car related points ,once all the furriners are kicked out the roads willl be empty for the rest of us to hoon at will .

[mx5nut]

mybrainhurts said:

mx5nut said:

Brexiteers - Look, our poll shows Brexit winning. It truly is the will of the people.

Also Brexiteers - Those awful bullying remainers totally outnumber us with their facts and realities, it's not fair fantasies and delusions.

Fixed glaring error for you...

Glad you kept the bit where the (majority on PH) Leave side will always manage to play the victim

Very telling.

[mx5nut]

Funkycoldribena said:

You really want to go through all that crap again?
TV debates, leaflets, posters etc?
No thanks,its done,it was binding,get Farage in the negotiating team and it'll all be done by Friday.

A Leaver afraid to put some effort in to improve things? Whatever next!?

No wonder it's mostly Remainers mitigating the damage at the moment.

[Smiler.]

mx5nut said:

mybrainhurts said:

mx5nut said:

Brexiteers - Look, our poll shows Brexit winning. It truly is the will of the people.

Also Brexiteers - Those awful bullying remainers totally outnumber us with their facts and realities, it's not fair fantasies and delusions.

Fixed glaring error for you...

Glad you kept the bit where the (majority on PH) Leave side will always manage to play the victim

Very telling.

How about doing everyone a favour & do the telling somewhere else.

[mx5nut]

Roofless Toothless said:

I have never understood why some people insist on calling the EU Commission unelected

At best, they haven't bothered to do any research. At best, it's deliberate disinformation.

The EU doesn't sound half as scary when you stick to the facts. And that worries Leavers.

[FiF]

[dromong]

FiF said:

Off the scale you will notice.

[djc206]

dro said:

Off the scale you will notice.

Any scale that doesn’t go to 11 is useless

[rdjohn]

mx5nut said:

Roofless Toothless said:

I have never understood why some people insist on calling the EU Commission unelected

At best, they haven't bothered to do any research. At best, it's deliberate disinformation.

The EU doesn't sound half as scary when you stick to the facts. And that worries Leavers.

Just as a point of reference from the EU’s website

What Is a European Commissioner?

A Commissioner is the title given to an individual who is appointed by the member states and the European Parliament to run the Commission i.e. the institution as a whole, and take its decisions. To give a business analogy, they would be the board of Directors in a company.

Individual Commissioners will be appointed to head the various Commission Directorate Generales (DG).

There are currently thirty Commissioners altogether, and when they meet, which usually happens every Wednesday, the session is known as the "college".

Commissioners have generally all held political positions in their own countries, and many have been government ministers, but as Members of the Commission they are committed to acting in the interests of the Union as a whole and not taking instructions from national governments.

A new Commission is appointed every five years, within six months of the elections to the European Parliament.

The procedure for appointing a Commissioner is as follows:

The member state governments agree together on who to designate as the new Commission President.

The Commission President-designate, in discussion with the member state governments, chooses the other 29 Members of the Commission.

The new Parliament then interviews all 30 members and gives its opinion on the entire "college".

If approved, the new Commission can officially start work in the the January following the European Parliamentary elections.

Note the repeated use of the word appointed. Many of them have, at one time, been elected in their own country. But, when voted out of office, have been appointed to the EU. That is why it is often referred to as the gravy train.

If you were sacked from your job because of incompetence, you would not expect to be offered enhanced terms by a parallel organisation.