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Misreading the country?

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Jane10 Wed 13-Mar-19 07:01:27

It seems to me from talking to others and just listening in on conversations on buses and in shops etc that there is an overwhelming feeling that Westminster should just get on with it! This isn't a brexit/remainer thread. It's just expressing concern that Westminster is in its own little mixed up bubble and is just ignoring the people they're supposed to represent ie the great British public.

muffinthemoo Thu 14-Mar-19 19:54:03

oh Jalima consider my comment about risperidone as a reflection on the conduct of the thread

Bridgeit Thu 14-Mar-19 19:53:10

We are not,have not been Ruled by the EU we have been and are part of it, This argument that we are told what to do by the Eu & have gained no benifits / had no say in it is quite ridiculous.
As with everything in life we have to take the rough with the smooth, to pretend otherwise is like being an ostrich - head in sand bum in air .!

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 19:42:29

and I feel a lettuce shortage soon, how will I cope

Jalima1108 Thu 14-Mar-19 19:41:56

Following the sudden departure of two generic manufacturers there is an acute shortage of psychotropic medication within the UK. This supply shortage is expected to last a few months and is impacting on both the prices of medication and availability of medication forms that are available.
Drugs that are particularly affected are Olanzapine, Risperidone and Quetiapine and Haloperidol

That was from last year and nothing to do with Brexit.

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 19:38:17

nonsense

muffinthemoo Thu 14-Mar-19 19:35:36

It seems like the risperidone shortages have already begun

varian Thu 14-Mar-19 19:33:49

I'm now more than cautiously optimistic, looking forward to the UK remaining in the EU on 30th March.

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 19:32:37

omg it will

grin

grin

varian Thu 14-Mar-19 19:28:12

Time will tell

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 19:28:01

omg so many mystic Megs on here old doom and gloom....

but all will be fab

how can anyone want us to be ruled by the EU?

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 19:26:52

not in law it isnt

grin

Barmeyoldbat Thu 14-Mar-19 19:12:29

Well the vote was won to delay leaving so get use to that Andycameron

varian Thu 14-Mar-19 19:12:14

Day6 posts "There has to be an end to it and for that to happen, our elected body has to act in unison - for the good of the UK. "

It is about time that people start to understand that any kind of brexit could never be an "end to it". It would only be the beginning of years and years and years of wrangling, frustrated attempts at negotiating with the EU27 and the rest of the world to try to achieve the frictionless trade we now enjoy as long as the UK is a member of the EU.

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 19:10:19

no it would not total lies no deal is best and the only true Brexit... all this voting is non legal binding, so accept that

MaizieD Thu 14-Mar-19 18:59:53

Delay would just dig deeper hole of uncertainty.

And leaving with no deal would plunge us into chaos and economic catastrophe. Instead of the gradual decline of leaving with a deal (and, this Withdrawal Agreement isn't a 'deal', it's just an agreement on how we will leave; the 'deals' remain to be done) the whole lot just about falls apart all in one go.

We are not resigning from a golf club. It'll take years to sort this lot out.

Fennel Thu 14-Mar-19 18:50:15

I also agree with Lindiloo's post at 16.05.
Which I've said before on another thread.
Delay would just dig deeper hole of uncertainty.

Day6 Thu 14-Mar-19 18:40:10

At this juncture I couldn't now care less what happens because whatever the outcome you can bet it won't benefit the public so go for a no deal and be done with.

EllanVannin - Exactly. You have summed up the feelings in my neck of the woods.

People are very angry. My Remainer friends are too. They have had enough,

They want no more wrangling and point scoring and self-serving politicians delaying Brexit. There has to be an end to it and for that to happen, our elected body has to act in unison - for the good of the UK.

But they won't.

Nanniejc1 Thu 14-Mar-19 18:33:24

Trolls?????Seems to me you only like it if people write things on here that you agree with!! WTO Great Britain will prosper .....the EU on the other hand will eventually fall apart!!!

Day6 Thu 14-Mar-19 18:30:11

Westminster is in its own little mixed up bubble and is just ignoring the people they're supposed to represent ie the great British public

I completely agree Jane10

I feel very angry that the process of getting out of the EU seems to have been all about the personal preferences of MPs who have made our exit completely and utterly shambolic.

This is why Brexit happened - and it bucked the trend. It was a sort of revolution against being unheard, unseen unknown, by those we voted in to represent us. They have no idea of the feelings at street level and even now they carry on regardless.

I think most of the UK is united in disgust for our politicians. Very few of them have come out of this well. There is lots of anger. Ours is a Leave constituency. Our MP went on his own merry little way blocking an EU exit at every turn.

Justice of a sort will be done when he loses his seat at the next election. Oh, he'll still collect his huge parachute payment and his nice fat pension but his name will be mud and he would not dare show his face in this area again, such is the anger.

He won't give a damn though, as he buggers off to his plush southern pile, never to be seen again. He has let us down very badly.

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 18:16:35

smiles with great happiness

jura2 Thu 14-Mar-19 18:13:26

yes indeed- and never a discussion, never an argument, never a debate ...

In any other Forum I know- trolls are got rid of ...

varian Thu 14-Mar-19 18:00:14

There is a strong whiff of desperation coming from thew quitters on this thread.

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 17:40:44

yes i agree

Lilyflower Thu 14-Mar-19 17:37:51

Take the deal and get on with it?

We would be stuck in the EU effectively with no say over how it was run.

No deal is the better option, things being as they are.

andycameron69 Thu 14-Mar-19 16:51:18

just wondering can anyone say how many referendums we ought to have until, if ever, remain win ??

smile