I know we knew this would happen but it didn't stop my heart sinking when it was confirmed. It's not even about party politics. It's about him. The country is in such a terrible position and the thought of him being the one trying to solve all the problems is farcical at best and utterly depressing.
My above post was made at the same time as Yorath0 latest post was being deleted. Therefore apologies to forum members if my post does not now make entire sense on reading now.
Yorath0: The Brexit Party more than a political party. It is about Brexit and that is a concept in the hearts and minds of millions of British people. The Brexit Party is more than a mere political party – it is a concept
It never ceases to amaze me that rabid brexiteers spout about democracy being respected then encourage people to support the Brexit party which has one person decide all it will carry out.
Support Fascist Farage and gain democracy. You could not make it up, could you?
Playing fields usually contain teams of players, who work as a unit, plan tactics, hone their composite game, study the game plans of their opponents and combine to outflank and outplay them. They have a corporate strategy which gives them more power and influence than each individual could possibly exert on his own.
POGS I did say to ignore what you dislike about the man and "listen to what he says in this video" about what we are sailing blithely into at this moment.
We are about to be small fish in an ocean full of large piranhas. We'd do better in a shoal of EU countries than as solitary minnows. That is small as in size and all the national pride we can muster can't shrink the enormous size and economies of the three big players in the global power struggle that has been unfolding and will continue to get even fiercer.
We have been so long as one of the big important economies that it is hard to imagine life any other way, but it is not playing down our nation to remove the blinkers and see the playing field clearly.
If Tony Blair /Gordon Brown had not signed us up to the ruddy Lisbon Treaty without a Referendum as they promised the EU Refendum in 2016 might never have taken place.
If the view of the people had been saught from John Major / Maastericht onwards then the EU Referendum in 2016 might never have taken place.
You may not like all that he has said and done in the past, but if you are an enthusiast for leaving Europe, do watch to this video and consider what he says about exactly what is ahead of us. . Tony Blair on power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXXaX9W6daE
So what money is that? Exact amount over the exact period please, plus some idea of the services we are loosing that this money (exactly) pays for currently and the cost to us of replacing those services.
We'll go back to the others if/when I get an answer.
10 big wins from just leaving the EU on 31 October
By JOHNREDWOOD | Published: JULY 8, 2019
We can
Spend all the money we save on our priorities
Cut tariffs on imports especially where we cannot grow or make them for ourselves
Remove VAT from items as we wish – as with green items like insulation and boiler controls and feminine hygiene products
Rebuild our fishing grounds and land more of our own fish for home consumption
Work with our farmers to cut food miles and enjoy more home grown produce
Regain our seat and vote in international bodies
Sign Free trade deals that suit us with other countries – all the time we were member s they never managed an FTA with the USA and many Commonwealth countries
Decide our own laws
Cut the costs of government by getting rid of a whole unnecessary EU level
Avoid all the financial and foreign policy risks of the Euro and common EU foreign policy
It is a phrase being used quite frequently lemongrove. It's seems to have originally come from an Article called "The Ham of Fate" by Fintana O'Toole about Johnson and the books he has written here: