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Exit from Brexit

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varian Mon 06-Aug-18 18:13:52

Brexit has not yet happened, and there can be no certainty that it ever will.

www.gfmag.com/topics/blogs/uk-could-exit-brexit

Grandad1943 Sat 03-Nov-18 07:52:33

Petra, Lemon, poppyred, your above posts will appear to many I am sure to be the Trembling jokes of some now very worried leave voters

jura2 Sat 03-Nov-18 09:09:57

Those who celebrate with glee, wine, whisky, fireworks and cakes - such news...

'He said: ‘It has become clear to the BMA that the risks of Brexit for the nation’s health are too great, and that it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure the kind of deal which will work to the benefit of patients, the medical workforce and health services across the UK and Europe.

‘Now that more is known regarding the potential impact of Brexit on patients, the health workforce and health services, the BMA believes the public should have a final say on the Brexit deal, to reject a “no deal” and all the risks that such an outcome carries.

‘Some will say the BMA is scaremongering by warning of the dangers of a "no-deal" Brexit, but this is not the case. As experts in delivering health services and providing care for our patients, we have a duty to set out the consequences of leaving the EU with no future deal in place.’

www.bma.org.uk/news/2018/august/no-deal-would-be-catastrophic

This is not scaremongering. It is a serious warning from the BMA, who I trust to understand the NHS.,

I pray for them and their families in case they need medicines, care and cancer, diabetes and anaphylactic treatment. And I, and others, are being attacked for expressing concerns - but they get away with showing not a care for them and their future, young and old.

really have to ask themselves some serious questions about their motives and a lot more.

And massive job losses, borders totally vulnerable, supply chains broken, and so much more.

One day, soon, they will have to answer for their pride and antiquated nationalism - destroying this amazing country.
Shame.

petra Sat 03-Nov-18 09:24:24

Grandad1943
You couldn't be more wrong. The glorious day can't come soon enough. I wanted it to happen on June 24th 2016, but obviously that wasn't going to happen.

Greta Sat 03-Nov-18 12:36:32

*petra^"^The glorious day can't come soon enough^."

Please tell us how, after this 'glorious day', our lives are going to improve. I really would like to know.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 03-Nov-18 12:49:43

I have many friends who voted remain, they are now utterly appalled at how the UK is being treated with utter distain by Juncker et al, that if there was a "People's Vote" they would vote leave.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 03-Nov-18 12:50:22

I meant to add that I personally do not know of one person who voted to leave that would now vote remain.

MarthaBeck Sat 03-Nov-18 14:58:22

Why are we still putting Country through pain, misery & economic uncertainty over a now flawed referendum?
No longer can it be claimed a genuine referendum based on honest democratic principles. Certainly, not one where Gov can still claim there was no undue external influence

varian Sat 03-Nov-18 16:30:42

I sometimes wonder whether the leave voters who claim that everyone they know thinks the same way have a rather restricted social life, only rubbing shoulders with readers of the same newspapers.

Smileless2012 Sat 03-Nov-18 17:29:00

I sometimes wonder whether remain voters who spend so much time on any thread that has anything to do with Brexit, have a rather restricted social life.

varian Sat 03-Nov-18 17:48:22

I do wonder whether any leave voters have the slightest understanding of the term "frictionless border". This video might help them.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/3411815-Westministenders-Reality-Bytes?pg=7

annep Sat 03-Nov-18 20:29:47

I know lots of folk who voted to leave and are sorry. We didn't have the correct info. We really should not be leaving. It is so serious.

newnanny Sat 03-Nov-18 22:44:58

Almost everyone I know voted to leave, this includes old and young and those with manual jobs and degrees. None of the leave voters I know have changed their mind, far from it. I think both sides; leave and remain have both become more entrenched. If we had another vote and leave won again which they most likely would, what then? How many votes does leave have to win before remain voters accept they are in the minority?

Smileless2012 Sat 03-Nov-18 23:28:22

I'm sure there are plenty of those who voted for Brexit who understand the term of a "frictionless border" varian.

Your insistence that those who voted to leave are intellectually lacking really is becoming rather tiresome.

petra Sun 04-Nov-18 10:22:16

Varian
As someone who has crossed every friction/ frictionless border on the continent of Europe, I can assure you I'm very aware of what it means.
All the 'problem' ones are mostly down to lack of technology.
The best one was going into Serbia when the border guard wouldn't recognise our green card because it wasn't green grin so we had to pay €125 to drive in.
Thank goodness the Romanian border guards are open to bribes wink that was prior to them going into the eu.

POGS Sun 04-Nov-18 10:52:17

Varian

Can I ask ' What do you think of the potential for a ' hard border' between Scotland and the other UK nations if Scotland votes for ' Independence ' , remains or rejoins as a member of the EU and possibly has to adopt the Euro as it's currency.

Does your opinion hold fast given what you have said over the Ireland border?

petra Sun 04-Nov-18 12:22:53

POGS
'If' Scotland did vote for independence and then went into the eu they wouldn't have an option to join the euro, all new countries joining will have to adopt it.
Not such a good idear with the Italians putting the euro in serious jeapody wink

varian Sun 04-Nov-18 12:27:24

As a Scot living in a different part of the country I had no vote in the 2014 referendum. If I had been able to vote I would have voted No as I believe that Scotland should Remain in the UK and the UK should Remain in the EU.

However I think that if brexit is allowed to happen, then the SNP will have a stronger case as Scots folk voted strongly to Remain in the EU. Brexit could cause the breakup of the UK and we could end up with a border between Scotland and England. How hard the border might be would depend on treaties and regulatory alignments. I would hate to have to show my passport to enter the country of my birth. How many leave voters actually want to see the breakup of the UK?

Smileless2012 Sun 04-Nov-18 12:51:16

I don't how many leave voters want to see the breakup of the UK varian, if any do at all, I can only speak for myself and I don't.

Greta Sun 04-Nov-18 13:12:47

Smiless, I am sure you are right, most leave voters do not want to see the break-up of the UK. However, I do not believe many leave or remain voters even considered that this could be a consequence of the UK leaving the EU. Just as I don't believe many voters had considered the Irish border.

mostlyharmless Sun 04-Nov-18 13:57:44

So Arron Banks who funded the Leave campaign to the tune of millions (possibly illegally) has said on the Andrew Marr programme this morning, that if he had the chance to vote again he would vote Remain!
He regrets that the Brexit vote was so divisive and damaging.
Oh dear! Bit late now....

Smileless2012 Sun 04-Nov-18 14:24:26

He didn't fund the leave campaign, he funded Farage, not the likes of Boris and I do think you're taking what he said out of context mostlyharmless.

He regrets the bitterness and anger that's divided the country. You only have to read some of the posts here on GN to see how the referendum result has given way to insults and rudeness. He also regrets the action and behaviour of politicians who are putting their own interests before the interests of the country as a whole. On that, and that alone I agree with him.

Smileless2012 Sun 04-Nov-18 14:25:07

Yes Greta I agree with you.

varian Sun 04-Nov-18 14:41:17

If you agree with Greta that few voters ever considered the Irish border, yoy may be right, and it is also likely that those that did (like me) voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the EU.

varian Sun 04-Nov-18 14:45:01

Arron Banks appearance on the Marr Show was appalling. He came across as an inveterate liar, as he has proved to be time and time, again yet Andrew Marr let him get away with far too much.

OK he asked where the money came from several times without getting an answer, but he could have been far more probing. Yet again we have been let down by the bias of the Brexit Broadcasting Corporation.

mostlyharmless Sun 04-Nov-18 15:19:11

smileless I think you’re splitting hairs.
Arron Banks funded the “Leave.EU” campaign, the other main Brexit campaign was called “Vote Leave”.

In the context of corruption and chaos in the Brexit campaign (him perhaps?) he clearly said (on Andrew Marr) that he regretted voting Leave but would vote Remain “if I had my time again”.