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I'm absobloodylutely sick of it!

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phoenix Tue 21-Jun-16 21:25:41

And will be glad when it's all over.

Figures being bandied about, leave say that what we pay each week would pay to build a new hospital, (wrong/not actually accurate, take your pick),remain coming out with other statistics, politicians who were firmly in one camp, suddenly changing sides, what on earth is Joe Average supposed to think!

I found Radio 4 programme "More or Less" on Saturday, when they unpicked some of the stats, more informative than a lot of the rhetoric.

There will be carefully considered votes, knee jerk reaction votes, and ill informed votes, but come Friday I doubt if the world will have stopped turning on its axis, the birds will still sing, there will still be the poor, the underprivileged and the fat cats who will always be ok.

Yes, I will be voting, I always do as a matter of principle, even though in the past I have known to deliberately spoil my ballot paper, but I am truly sick of it all.

So, shoot me, I'm not even going to don the flack jacket and tin helmet.

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Luckygirl Wed 22-Jun-16 08:00:19

And the poor quality of the debate during that vast quantity of media time is abysmal.

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TwiceAsNice Wed 22-Jun-16 08:30:41

I have not listened to any of it. When I have caught a few minutes changing channels etc I've thought it horrendous. I have already voted by post and chose according to my own reasons and have just forgotten about it

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POGS Wed 22-Jun-16 09:01:45

Printmiss summed it up for me.

'The same song sang to a different tune every day".

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tanith Wed 22-Jun-16 09:32:17

phoenix I merely meant that I stopped listening to it all a while ago. Nothing against your postings.

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NonnaW Wed 22-Jun-16 09:42:03

Everyone is sick of it and yet...... We still have 2 pages devoted to it!

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NonnaW Wed 22-Jun-16 09:42:28

2 more, I should have said

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ayse Wed 22-Jun-16 09:51:00

Can't be bothered to listen to all the rubbish that's been talked by our politicians. Hubby listens to it all and I go to bed to read. (I postal voted a while ago now). What could have been an interesting and informative time has turned into both sides slinging insults at each other. Waiting for the result with trepidation.

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CelticRose Wed 22-Jun-16 10:02:52

Over the years, I have drifted in and out of GN to read what people my age group are up to from the world over it seems and, occasionally, post comments myself. (I must check to see if countries other than UK have a GN community.) Not lost the plot just yet! Well said to all posters here. I, too, channel hop - as you may well note. Radio 4 at 9am this morning. An interesting discussion from those who actually work in the European Parliament. German and French citizens are rising towards OUT and calling it their own Brexit. Jean Claude Juncker - the Luxembourgian EU President - stated last week that the EU law of governance over 28 bloc countries does not work and needs to reform at the very least. Even with Brexit, it will take at least 5 or 6 years and possibly more to extricate from EU law.

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annodomini Wed 22-Jun-16 10:56:08

Having posted my vote to remain a fortnight ago, I've largely been keeping out of the debate. It will be a relief when it's all over......or will it?

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Devorgilla Wed 22-Jun-16 12:25:41

Annodomini, it will only just begin after the result. Then the real bickering will start, but hopefully just among the politicians. At least with the referendum we actually had an 'end' date. The encore will run and run and run and run...............

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Nonnie1 Wed 22-Jun-16 12:47:12

Friday will say more about me as a person than the result of a vote.

Bring it in !

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