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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Sat Jul 20, 2019, 08:26 AM Jul 2019

The clock is now ticking for the end of the union ...

I want his assessment to be wrong, but I really don't think it is..

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The clock is now ticking for the end of the union ... (Original Post) Soph0571 Jul 2019 OP

This, of course, is the "Nick" Clegg who: The King of Prussia Jul 2019 #1

And took the Lib Dems into a disastrous coalition. mwooldri Jul 2019 #3

Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Jul 2019 #2

The King of Prussia

(744 posts)

1. This, of course, is the "Nick" Clegg who:

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Jul 20, 2019, 11:39 AM

Jul 2019

1. Lied to gain political office.
2. Eulogised the serial paedophile Smith.
3. Was chairman of the cabinet committee with responsibility for immigration at the time the racist "hostile environment" policy was conceived and enacted.

mwooldri

(10,390 posts)

3. And took the Lib Dems into a disastrous coalition.

Reply to The King of Prussia (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:44 PM

Jul 2019

Nearly killed the Lib Dems.

However his words are correct here. If Brexit as a no-deal does go ahead, Scotland will secede from the Union, Northern Ireland will join the rest of Ireland, and Plaid Cymru's campaign for Welsh Independence will grow.

I do find it strange that the one thing holding the UK together is the EU, but there you have it....

bronxiteforever

(9,404 posts)

2. Kick and recommend.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 12:04 PM

Jul 2019

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