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T_i_B

(14,800 posts)
1. I've just been to the local supermarket.....
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 07:10 AM
Dec 2018

….for an apocalyptic taste of what life will be life if we leave the EU with no agreement. People with trolleys full of stuff queueing the whole way round the store!


And that's just for Christmas.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
2. Yep - I am heading to Waitrose in about an hour
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 07:16 AM
Dec 2018

People will be filing up the shopping trolley as it they have to flee London to survive - how the hell are they going to cope when the shelves are half full?

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
3. whether you are in England or america, we all pay when we let the crazies take over and see
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 08:31 AM
Dec 2018

why sitting out elections have consequences.

Squinch

(52,748 posts)
4. Probably a dumb question, but why can't they do a new vote?
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 09:13 AM
Dec 2018

It is acknowledged that the previous one was tampered with by hostile forces, and the majority now favors staying in the EU.

T_i_B

(14,800 posts)
5. Because they all still treat the vote as totally legitimate
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 09:38 AM
Dec 2018

And both main parties are terrified of losing the OAP vote

To tell the truth, if politicians want to "respect the vote" then they should have started by preparing properly for triggering Article 50, undertaking due diligence, being brutally honest with the electorate and not wasting time on snap elections and fighting among themselves. It says something when Paddy Ashdown, who passed away yesterday is something of a giant compared to the current crop of idiots from Conservatives and Labour.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,483 posts)
6. Actually, no-one here has tried to put a figure on any tampering
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 10:30 AM
Dec 2018

and it's just blamed on Aron Banks at most. It's not a big majority for staying in, and until it is, another referendum gives those in government just as many headaches, so they reject the idea.

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