I predict.....

Keep to the point of the thread Gabriella

Anyone else want to join the 'sheep pen'? It could get into the Guinness Book of Records.

Be offended. It's you whose BP is rising, not mine.

It's offensive to anyone who has humane feelings towards their fellow human beings.

It’s not only offensive G23 it’s completely wrong, uninformed and devoid of all evidence. So nothing new there then.

Granny23
It's only offensive to those to whom it applies...IMO, of course.

How about naming names oldbatty?
Better to be transparent in comments rather than hinting about unnamed 'transgressors'. You left us wondering and we might come to the wrong conclusions.

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GG said With our cushy benefits system there are no poor people, only profligate, or lazy wasters

I think that is the most offensive statement I have ever seen on GN.

There is only ONE country in the world that operates solely under WTO terms. That is Mauritania. For those of you not familiar with Mauritania, it’s GDP is $4,714million (0.2% of the UK’s), 50% of its exports consist of Iron Ore, and between 1% and 17% of the population still live in slavery.
It appears that this is the country that Leave.UK wish to emulate. I am afraid that this is not a vision for Britain’s future that I can share.

quizqueen, thank you so much for recommending that article from Ruth Lea. I found it on utube and thoroughly inspiring and comforting it was. I do recognise the lady from newspaper review sessions, question time etc. A real bright spark and full of common sense applied to her vast knowledge and experience. Again, thank you. Really appreciated.

I'm sure the Arbuthnot banking group are enthusiastic about a hard Brexit because they stand to make a great deal of money speculating in the ensuing instability. Let nobody underestimate how much volatility there will be, some will win some will loose I guarantee the smart and rich will win.

There will certainly be a period of difficulty, a "cliff edge" until the new system gets established, as for a free trade agreement with other countries, the US for example, there will be so many exemptions due to competition, protectionism and environmental differences it will be anything but free.

Think of no deal as upsetting a very large Jigsaw Puzzle, it's going to take a very long time to put back together and find all the missing pieces.

Of course we will stay in Europe; it's the continent we are attached to by the continental shelf under the English Channel. The EU is a different matter altogether.

Hopefully, we will leave the EU on March 29th next year and trade on WTO rules just as most of the world do successfully. Most of the world has 'no deal' with the EU or any other country for that matter! We can then decide whom we would like to have a Free Trade Deal with. Let's not pretend we have one with the EU now; we pay over 50 billion pounds a year for the pleasure of it.

For those who do not know what WTO tariffs mean then please google an excellent article by Ruth Lea CBE called Liberation from the EU. Ruth Lea is economic adviser at the Arbuthnot Banking Group. The article explains it all very nicely and tells you how the majority of our politicians and the media have been lying to us about 'falling off a cliff edge' rather than 'walking through a door of opportunity'.

With our cushy benefits system there are no poor people, only profligate, or lazy wasters.

GrannyLondon
.. and life is SO much better now?
Don't make me laugh.

mcem
Yes indeed. I'm quite well aware that, with the knowledge displayed on here and other threads, some GNers might well have dipped their toes in political waters, if not their whole foot.
As for my last sentence. That's only your opinion. I certainly don't profess a love for British politics. More than half of them have no idea how to make toast never mind run a country but I gladly leave them to it. Whatever the outcome, we have little say in it right now and I will happily live with whatever fate we are presented with. I've no intention of getting into a stew about it as there is more to life than worrying about politics.

AND I’d like to see a Socialist Government in charge.
I’m tired off these Tory spivs making massive profits & making the poor pay.

I think it will be a very tight win.
Northern Ireland will beg to become united with Ireland so they can stay in the E U.
GG, JRM yes the British way of life about a century ago.

She will lose the vote ...... she will go back to the EU and they will tinker with it ....... and come up with a revised version ....

GG have you thought that several posters are or have been very active politically as councillors or party workers and had things gone differently in their lives, several might have been MPs or even been in TM's shoes?
Mind you, your final sentence removed any doubts about your own political credentials!

A lorra lorra wannabe politicians on here.
If some of you have the answers and are smarter than the average bear punter, why not stand as a candidate in your area? So many alternative deals being mooted that there are bound to be a very large number of dissenters when all is done and dusted.
I believe that JRM, a true 'underwriter' of the British way of life, should be heard.

I believe Theresa May will lose the vote - the only thing to speculate about is how badly she will lose. Unless its pretty close there will be a no confidence vote by her own party and a leadership contest will ensue. I have no issue with this but I do not want either Michael Gove or Boris Johnson as the next leader of the Conservative Party. Time to let a backbencher take the lead - on both sides of the house they often have far more sensible views and are more respected in their constituencies than most front benchers of either stripe. Not a popular opinion on here, but I would love to see Jacob Rees-Mogg nominated - he is a staunch Brexiteer with an alternative vision for our future relationship with the EU. Cameron can shut up - he ran for the hills as soon as he lost the referendum - whilst I think May is weak, I do not think he has any right to comment.

Another rabbit? What happened to the first one charjoy? ?

A weekend break in Aleppo?

I think we have to let it run until we know what happens firstly on Tuesday and in the days following.

I’m only going to judge those who made a prediction about what they think will actually happen, not what they would like to happen. Two different things.

Re a prize? Open to suggestions. I quite like the tin hat ⛑ idea.