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For brexiters only please.

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aprilrose Sun 20-Oct-19 15:53:29

I would just like one thread for brexiters only please.

I voted leave. I would vote leave again and again and again. There has been nothing to change my mind. I have been hardened by the views of remainers.

I would really like to talk to other brexit minded posters.
Thanks.

GracesGranMK3 Sun 20-Oct-19 20:57:45

I've just seen this: mobile.twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1185989844281020418 it says it all so much better than I can .

lemongrove Sun 20-Oct-19 21:02:39

Well, there’s a ‘bossy old lady’ on another thread especially for Remainers.......quick! Hurry over there and tell her off!?

lemongrove Sun 20-Oct-19 21:06:21

Yes Jellaway I had noticed that, maybe they think the it’s those who shout loudest that get noticed.
Talking of loud shouting, that idiot who goes around shouting ‘STOP BREXIT!’ Won’t know what to do with himself if MP’s vote the deal through this week. He will have to take up whittling or crown bowls.

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:07:22

Well N.I. apparently has the best of both worlds in the deal and I bet Scottish Leavers like Boris Scj All Leavers have despaired with Theresa May!

MawB Sun 20-Oct-19 21:07:57

With all due respect to friends on this thread and friends on the “other” one, is this what we are reduced to?
Just because we may hold opposing views does not wipe out years of shared experiences, of support, of shared laughter and tears.
And now?
Bickering and formalising mutually exclusive cliques?
I am really saddened and very much doubt if I want to play any more.

Missfoodlove Sun 20-Oct-19 21:08:50

Click the link for a great Brexit parody.
This is open to leavers and remainers?

Missfoodlove Sun 20-Oct-19 21:09:32

Posted too soon!Heres the link!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLUbL1PB4BU

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:13:45

Not engaging Grandad1943 I’m sorry! This thread really isn’t for these in depth ‘tell me how it is discussions’.

See you on one of the (plenty) Brexit threads - this one of aprilrose’s is for likeminded Leavers to relax, enjoy one another’s non combative company and chat about Brexit in general without the goady comments - a pleasant change!

GracesGranMK3 Sun 20-Oct-19 21:13:53

In my experience it is teenagers who use whatsapp. When one grows up one leaves that behind.

This could have some truth; I believe those babies Brexit, the ERG have their own group.

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:17:08

No Maw I don’t think it’s meant to be taken that way. I feel this is a thread where people can come together to discuss positives about Brexit - there are some! So many of the Brexit threads disintegrate into slanging matches and this one shouldn’t, simply because it’s not about debate but consensus on the topic.

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:19:23

See what I mean Maw - look at the post above mine. It’s just not necessary on here. Why can’t people just be tolerant if they can’t be kind?

aprilrose Sun 20-Oct-19 21:20:45

I have to go and put my DD to bed now. Its a bit late for her but its not a school day tomorrow and she has been allowed to stay up.

She is too young for social media by the way smile

I have to retire because I have an early shift tomorrow. I will try and pop back as long as posters have not complained so much I get thrown off or the thread is deleted.

Have a good night all. Enjoy and stay positive.
Thanks for all the positive support and PM's supporting this thread also.

SirChenjin Sun 20-Oct-19 21:20:57

Urm are you watching the same news as the rest of us?! Northern Ireland and Scotland really really don’t see Boris as a British hero.

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:23:27

The DUP don’t see Boris as a hero. But they don’t speak for all of N.I. (who voted to Remain) and I bet plenty of moderates there will like having the best of both worlds. So much so, Scotland were annoyed they didn’t get similar ‘preferential treatment’!

MawB Sun 20-Oct-19 21:24:17

Sadly Urmstongran I think lemon has hit the nail on the head when she suggests the motivation behind starting “a *** only “ thread. sad

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:25:13

Night aprilrose thank you for this thread. It’s good to have somewhere to post uplifting news of Brexit.
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SirChenjin Sun 20-Oct-19 21:27:08

Given that NI didn’t vote to leave then it’s safe to assume they don’t see him as a British hero - and we certainly don’t here in Scotland.

Unless you can point me to something which says otherwise I’ll assume you actually meant England and Wales but typed British in error.

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:30:41

Sorry I’m being dim here Maw but I don’t see what you mean. I can’t find what lemongrove has said??

MawB Sun 20-Oct-19 21:32:32

Might be on the “other” thread.

Grandad1943 Sun 20-Oct-19 21:33:32

Well, I am off this thread and the forum now Urmstongran as i am off to our offices in Belgium early in the morning.

However, i know we are on opposite sides of the fence on Brexit UG but I do really respect your views, and that you are prepared to stick to them through "thick and thin" while other brexitiers head for the nearest bolt hole when their argument is not going so well.

Keep it up Urmstongran, and I really mean that.

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:35:51

Maybe not you Scj (well, obviously not) but I still think Leavers in Scotland & NI will be glad of Boris. Why not? They weren’t in the majority there, fair enough, but as quite a few voted Leave they’ll be glad of the progress Boris is making. Very few want No Deal. And Theresa May was useless. She treated the whole thing as an exercise in damage limitation whereas Boris is upbeat and energising!

Urmstongran Sun 20-Oct-19 21:38:58

Well thank you Grandad1943 your comment was most gallant and I’m honoured you think that way about my tenacity!
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Opal Sun 20-Oct-19 21:42:08

Well, I went offline for a few hours, and came back to six pages of remainer rhetoric - told you they would soon appear aprilrose. To all the leavers out there, I think we should have a "virtual" party when we leave the EU - any takers? [grin}

SirChenjin Sun 20-Oct-19 21:42:26

As I said Urm you’re way off the mark and are desperately trying to see the positives. I am fascinated by your blind optimism in the face of absolutely no facts to back up your claims ??????????????

Lyndylou Sun 20-Oct-19 21:43:35

I have managed over the last 3 years to have reasonable discussions about the EU with leavers and remainers with family, friends and work colleagues without it generating into any name calling. I usually bore people with my viewpoint that I have lived and worked on the continent before and after our entry into the EU and I have seen the greed of the EU Commission myself. I am more than happy for the UK to be a member of a European Union, just not this one. People like Junker, Tusk, the Kinnocks are motivated by greed and an over inflated view of self importance.

I believe the euro is heading for trouble and, even though we are not in the euro, we would still be expected to pick up a large part of the bill.

I voted, reluctantly, to remain out of fear of Russia and China but it is obvious now the EU will just roll over to both. Given the chance now to vote again I would vote leave.

Thank you aprilrose for providing me with a safe space to say this.