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Get Brexit Done

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MamaCaz Mon 25-Nov-19 09:20:57

Is it just me who feels almost sick every time Johnson spouts this trite little phrase (it's as puerile as his oven-ready chicken deal c**p.

My replacement for it would be:

Once Brexit is done
Britain is done!

ayse Mon 25-Nov-19 09:25:31

I think he’s been told to keep his mouth buttoned so he can’t make anymore gaffs. Of course, if he says the same thing often enough there’s a chance that he will be believed. Goebbels law ...

lemongrove Mon 25-Nov-19 09:26:46

Oh I expect Remainers will agree and Leavers disagree.?

You may be sick of hearing it, but remember that most of the country does want to get on with it, even the people I know who voted Remain say ‘get on with it’ and you have only to turn on your tv to hear the same.

ladymuck Mon 25-Nov-19 09:33:19

If and when Brexit ever does get done, will that be the end of it, or will the remainers then start a campaign to get us back in?
This is an issue that will never be resolved, as there will always be those who disagree, whatever happens.

JenniferEccles Mon 25-Nov-19 09:34:45

Well he keeps repeating it because it makes absolute sense.

Until Brexit is done nothing else is being done.

NotSpaghetti Mon 25-Nov-19 09:39:22

lemongrove - whilst I do think the Tories will win (as the remain vote is split), I think you're wrong in that most people don't actually want to just get out. I hear young people all the time on the radio for example and many seem to want to remain.

What many reasonable people want is to check if we DO still want to leave or not before it's too late.

I don't want to leave but am happy to do so if I'm genuinely in a minority. If we had already left (when I WAS in a minority) that would have been different.

Urmstongran Mon 25-Nov-19 09:41:26

I’m with Boris! No surprise there.
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lemongrove Mon 25-Nov-19 09:44:10

The ones who voted three years ago NotS are the ones who want to get on with it.
Young people hardly bothered to vote then, so cannot take what they say seriously.
It is not reasonable to have another referendum to try and overturn the original referendum, nor is it democratic.

Oopsminty Mon 25-Nov-19 09:48:43

I don't know anyone who wants to 'check' that we still want to leave.

I mix with people of all backgrounds/ages.

As soon as Brexit is mentioned you get the eye roll.

The thought of another referendum is not being welcomed by the man/woman on the street.

I know many Remainers who intend to vote for Boris as they can't cope with the thought of more nonsense.

Of course this is anecdotal and I'm sure that many Remainers on here have the opposite experiences.

But Brexit just isn't filling people's minds as much as it seems to on here

growstuff Mon 25-Nov-19 09:54:51

You obviously don't mix with a representative group of people of all backgrounds Oopsminty. Yes, it is anecdotal.

Oopsminty Mon 25-Nov-19 09:56:05

You have no idea who I mix with, growstuff.

GracesGranMK3 Mon 25-Nov-19 10:02:55

Or once Brexit is "Boris Done" we spend the next ten years getting Brexit done.

growstuff Mon 25-Nov-19 10:06:07

No, I don't, but if you don't mix with anybody who wants a second referendum, you don't mix with a representative cross section of the public.

GracesGranMK3 Mon 25-Nov-19 10:06:16

Young people hardly bothered to vote then,

So like the sort of thing your own Dear Leader would say LG. You do know it's not true don't you.

lemongrove Mon 25-Nov-19 10:13:19

1 in 3 younger voters have still not registered to vote in the upcoming GE.
Of the ones who did register, how many will actually bother to fill in and post the envelope or go to a polling station on the day.....
It’s no good younger voters protesting about any election or referendum if they didn’t bother to vote on the day.

GracesGranMK3 Mon 25-Nov-19 10:25:41

And when we were young was it any different.

When you quote figures could you quote where they come from. At the moment, reading your post, they are just out of your head and I'm afraid that doesn't give me any confidence in them from you past posts.

NotSpaghetti Mon 25-Nov-19 10:30:24

These are the government figures if anyone's interested:

www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote/registrations-by-age-group#from=2019-10-01T00:00:00Z&to=2019-11-01T00:00:00Z

NotSpaghetti Mon 25-Nov-19 10:33:24

And here's an interesting article which demonstrates the rise in younger people registered to vote.
It doesn't of course mean that there aren't loads of young people who haven't done it though.

rightsinfo.org/young-people-registered-vote/

trisher Mon 25-Nov-19 10:37:35

I was thinking that the phrase should be "Get done by Brexit" MamaCaz as I think most of us will be. With the exception of Boris and his mates who view the new EU tax regulation with horror!!!

varian Mon 25-Nov-19 10:44:01

May says 80% voted for a Brexit party in 2017. So she’s said it not me: “If you don’t want Brexit don’t vote Conservative”

twitter.com/MatthewParris3/status/1086963151395045378

MamaCaz Mon 25-Nov-19 11:23:05

Trisher

I agree.

Also, I can't get past the thought that the whole of the UK will be stuffed as a result of his oven-ready deal!

Labaik Mon 25-Nov-19 11:49:50

Something happened yesterday that just about summed Brexit up for me. I was speaking to someone socially and noted they were wearing a UKIP badge. They then went on to describe how they'd had a accident and their life had been saved by an ambulance driver who they then described as a 'darkie'. I was so taken aback I didn't respond but I wish I had.. I actually feel sickened by it.

lemongrove Mon 25-Nov-19 12:06:08

NotSpaghetti
Your last link was one that I was reading on BBC info, thanks,
And which states the fact that 1 in 3 young people are not registered.Also 25% of the black community and 24% of the Asian community, also not registered.

AllTheLs Mon 25-Nov-19 12:15:36

What many reasonable people want is to check if we DO still want to leave or not before it's too late.

NotS Like it or not, this election is about Brexit. It's why it was called in the first place, because Parliament refused to let Boris 'sort it out'. And the polls at the moment appear to be showing that the majority of people DO still want to leave.

But, if Boris does win with a majority, will Remainers then accept it?

Violettham Mon 25-Nov-19 12:18:22

I am very old. When I learned about the suffrogettes in school, I promised my self that I would go to my polling station every election to vote or spoil paper if I couldnt vote for any of them. I have done this always, maybe one if I happened to be unexpectedly away