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Do you believe JC can get a soft 'cake and eat it à la unicorn' - yes, or no?

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jura2 Fri 08-Feb-19 12:00:00

Well, do you?

Fennel Fri 08-Feb-19 16:22:29

Je ne comprends toujours.

lemongrove Fri 08-Feb-19 16:23:44

grin

jura2 Fri 08-Feb-19 16:41:16

Pardon? Not sure what you wanted to say Fennel, sorry.

Je ne comprends toujours pas - I still do not understand?

jura2 Fri 08-Feb-19 16:42:24

Oh heads will roll, lemon- metaphorically. Which one/s will roll first, is the question.

mcem Fri 08-Feb-19 17:35:31

What a silly title!
Attempting to be cryptic and witty but instead it's obscure and misleading!
Best thing to do is have it deleted and start again ( If you want to have anything like a meaningful discussion)!

Lily65 Fri 08-Feb-19 17:39:26

I think we are stuffed.

jura2 Fri 08-Feb-19 18:14:09

No need now mcem, as my mistake has been pointed out and corrected. We now all know what I meant- so we can just discuss the question. Can Jeremy Corbyn deliver a new deal, with all the rights and none of the responsibilities.

I say a firm 'NO'. And you mcem?

mcem Fri 08-Feb-19 23:24:05

No. Now wasn't that clear and succinct?

Beau Fri 08-Feb-19 23:38:32

Doesn't our saying mean to eat your cake yet still have it? That's what I always thought. ?
My answer is no, can't stand JC and if he was ever to become PM I know for sure DD and SIL would emigrate to Dubai or similar and I would be homeless and lose daily care of my DGS so I REALLY cannot bear to think if it. ?
I am a dyed in the wool leaver and waited 42 years to have my say - I prefer to leave on WTO terms and take the short term pain.

Ginny42 Sat 09-Feb-19 00:21:06

For 42 years you had such a miserable life waiting for the day we left the EU Beau? Why on earth were you so unhappy for all those years?

crystaltipps Sat 09-Feb-19 05:41:54

Pedant alert - the accurate phrase is “ you can’t eat your cake and have it”, for some reason in common usage it has become “ you can’t have your cake and eat it”, which of course you can , but you are then without cake at the end. ??

Chewbacca Sat 09-Feb-19 10:06:16

I'd like to join this discussion. Sadly, I can't make head nor tail of it. Is it about JC, Brexit, cake or unicorns? I only have knowledge of one of them.

Anniebach Sat 09-Feb-19 10:07:32

No

henetha Sat 09-Feb-19 10:09:18

No. Well, I hope not.

jura2 Sat 09-Feb-19 11:57:58

Chewbacca- read the thread, and all will be clear. Yes I made a mistake in the title, but it is all clear now.

It is about all of them, JC, Brexit, cake and have it, and unicorns too. And I am saying it can't and won't happen. What do you think? Can it pull it off?