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Undecideds - have you decided?

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kittylester Thu 23-Jun-16 07:48:58

I think I'm going for 'Remain' but I'm still not definite.confused

Cath9 Thu 23-Jun-16 22:59:01

I wonder what people from the other EU countries are now thinking, would they also like to have a referendum. If we do stay in, let us hope that Brussels will now realize some items must change

Devorgilla Thu 23-Jun-16 22:09:07

Well that's it folks. The die is cast. It is in the lap of the gods. All over bar the counting.
Let's hope for a good turn out and a clear cut decision.
By the sound of it outside it's a case of "Apres la referendum, la deluge".
Off to OD on the count roundup.

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 22:07:51

Better than being called athlete's foot.

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 22:07:21

Saw a photo of Boris kissing a fish. Does that count?
Actually he was just pretending.

Hey, everyone, I'm an enigma! How about that!

petra Thu 23-Jun-16 22:06:30

I understood exactly where durhamjen was going with that post. It's called emotional blackmail. It's never worked in any area of my life and certainly wouldn't/ couldn't change my mind.

Ana Thu 23-Jun-16 22:03:52

Too late to vote now anyway, etheltbags1.

petra Thu 23-Jun-16 22:00:21

ethelbags1 Not a lot to say to that.

etheltbags1 Thu 23-Jun-16 21:53:04

Im undecided but have just read on facecbook that if we vote out it will take 20 years to get everything organised, it cant just happen overnight. TBH is anyone really bothered about 20 years along the line.

Ive talked to several people who are deliberately not voting as they feel they just don't know enough about it to be able to make an informed decision.

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:49:48

We never used to!
The thought of us all having a group hug after a success makes me feel queasy - again. Perhaps everyone was very polite.
A visit to the pub to celebrate may have been in order!

merlotgran Thu 23-Jun-16 21:46:03

Nobody campaigning round here either.

Isn't it normal to give your colleagues a hug after a period of hard work and dedication?

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:40:18

JessM I think people were hugging Boris too

I haven't seen a single person campaigning around here!

harrigran Thu 23-Jun-16 21:38:33

dj I don't think any of us have enough years left to try and understand your point of view, you truly are an enigma.

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:38:23

If you have given any money to her HopenotHate, RVS or whitehelmets campaign, you will have had one today, probably
Well, I didn't, I gave to another Syrian charity but donated in memory of Jo, so I didn't get an email about love but that doesn't mean I don't care, so the attack was unwarranted and a waste of angst really.

JessM Thu 23-Jun-16 21:29:29

We've had a lot of love on the campaign trail Jalima - many hugs including this morning when one of our number was weeping with anxiety and another suffering from stomach cramps for the same reason. If it turns out we have failed, then we will still retain the bonds we have built, both between the older members of the team and the student members who have come out in force to help. Went into Waitrose and saw one of our youngest members looking very grown up, working on customer services. Another massive hug. Most younger women I talked to today in the town centre were voting IN including a gang of lovely 6th formers, in their school uniforms for the last time after their final exams.

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 21:28:59

Anya, you voted to leave. You are just trying to justify it.
You do not try to understand my point of view. Why should I try to understand yours?

Anya Thu 23-Jun-16 21:28:24

I'm off, I can't stand this hypocrisy.

Anya Thu 23-Jun-16 21:27:35

Ah yes, that's good coming from one who spreads love throughout the threads on GN!!!

Anya Thu 23-Jun-16 21:26:26

Jalima you're flogging a dead horse - those who cannot understand another's point of view are never going to listen to reason. It's beyond their ken.

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 21:26:13

Let’s all play our parts today to help love win out over fear and hatred and keep Britain in Europe, for Jo’s children and all our children.

From an Avaaz email today.
I do not care who feels queasy about it. Jo Cox has been all about love and hope.

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:25:38

Double negative in my post, but I hope you know what I meant.
I think that ...etc

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:24:51

Yes, I had heard of her before, but I do not think that using her death to promote the idea that Remain means Love is not right.

If people want to give to her charities in her name and with love, that is a different thing.
I have given to another Syrian charity which I support and said it was in remembrance of Jo Cox.

Anya Thu 23-Jun-16 21:24:51

I believe it's very irritating condition and gets under your skin * DJ* .... caused by a fungus that spreads in damp and dark conditions where very little fresh air and light get in.

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:21:25

Durhamgen.......remain being about love !!!
Where on earth have you plucked that one from??

I read that post durhamjen

Those who do not know about remain being about love have obviously not been interested in anything to do with Jo Cox

that post makes me feel quite queasy, making out that anyone who votes 'out' has not been horrified by what happened to her and that is has somehow by-passed them.
sad

I hadn't noticed much love being expressed at all on either side in this referendum debate to be frank, that is until the expressions of grief about Jo Cox and all she stood for, from most of the nation, apart from a very few hate-filled morons.

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 21:20:03

I had, but I'm a member of Hopenothate. Also, she had gone to Calais with Yvette Cooper and had arranged for two lads to be brought over here to join their families.
Maybe you are just not interested in the same things she was and I am.

merlotgran Thu 23-Jun-16 21:20:02

I was about to send a similar post, harrigran but have somehow managed to delete it.

I'd never heard of her either. I was terribly upset when I heard of her murder and moved by all the tributes but using her death to declare Remain is about love is just plain daft.