I should also remind leavers that some people have been moaning and campaigning against the EU since the referendum affirming our joining
Indeed there were but those who wanted to join/ be part of the EU have constantly told those who have complained about the centralization, the hide bound rules and regulations, the asset stripping of businesses, the allocation of funds from a central point, the increasing central role of an un accountable commission making rules and over riding democracy , they need to accept it and get on with it.
So , now back at ya!
Go on, moan, but remember you must make it work for you, just as I have had to accept it when we were part of the EU.
You want to rejoin? Then wait 45 years and we might have another referendum but of course that would only be advisory wouldnt it? Or would that one be binding because remainers/rejoiners say it is?
I think I said several weeks ago that for the majority of us, the EU has not produced any benefit. Thats why Leave won the referendum.
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Will the remainers admit defeat?
(341 Posts)I have always said that if there was another referendum the country would vote to leave again. We have voted to leave the EU three times!
2016 Referendum - the country voted to leave
2017 General Election - Hung parliament and a bit of a hiccup due to Theresa May running a poor campaign.
2019 European Election - the country voted to leave when the Brexit Party turned the country Brexit blue.
2019 General Election - the country voted to leave with a massive Conservative majority.
How many more times does the country need to say we want to leave the EU?
To Aprilrose
"WE have to wait until we have left to actually begin to improve things."
And we come back to the everlasting question. Just what do you think will improve that couldn't be improved by our own government - should they have chosen to do so - within the EU, while also working to improve and change it?
Sparkling please explain how Remainers are supposed to "make it work". Are we supposed to keep quiet when Johnson does something we disagree with? He's already done several things, such as bringing into law that the transition period must not be extended beyond 31/12/2020.
I should also remind leavers that some people have been moaning and campaigning against the EU since the referendum affirming our joining
I do not understand what remainers think I have to do to make Brexit a success for them? Why is it my job to make it work for them? Get out like the rest of us and make it a success for yourselves. The opportunity is there for anyone who wants it to take up.
If you cannot do that, then maybe you need to do as Boris Johnson has suggested and put a sock in the megaphone.
WE have to wait until we have left to actually begin to improve things. Three and a half years of remainer led limbo have not been helpful, but still the GB economic growth has been greater than inside the rest of the EU, probably on the basis that many other countries know we are leaving, despite all attempts to stop it.
That said I am sure the first volcano to erupt, the first tsunami , earthquake or the first car crash pile up after 31st January 2020 ( assuming we do get out this time) , no matter where in the world it is, will be blamed on Brexit by the remain minded.
Forget any small fluctuations in currency or similar. They will pounce on those even if fake news.
As for me, I am not counting down now, not until it happens. Then yes, I will be going all out to make Leaving the EU a success for me and my family. I trust that I will still have a job this time next year because Brexit will have secured it ( this I know already). Other benefits will follow I am sure.
Over to you - it's your problem now
growstuff and GracesGran - I completely agree with you.
To the PM who put the decision to the nation - not one of your best ideas, eh?
Defeated or defrauded?
Exactly, and that will be the thinking for the next 30 years until all the documents are released and people have time to do a forensic review of what happened. The only thing that will change thinking is to make a success of the coup that caused it. I, for one, do not believe the leave voter capable of that.
Each time an idiot puts up a goading OP they will, no doubt get much the same answer. You cannot just sit there say "nah nah na nah nah we won" and expect people to believe that childishness on an intellectual basis.
As for the name-calling, each time I see the word "remoaner" I think that these people are directly responsible for the statistic of the decade - that we have had a horrifyingly low 0.3 growth in productivity in that time. This is because of the under education and under-investment that has happened while the "remoaner-caller" has run business, run the government and worked in our economy.
I cannot say more than Growstuff does to the inane people who insisted they "won".
Over to you - it's your problem now.
I'm not bitter. I just want those who voted to leave to get on with telling us all how they're going to improve things.
It really is getting a little tiresome to be called childish names and to told time and time again that I need to get over it. I have. It's over to you now … You own Brexit.
It doesn't seem to matter how many times it is explained that because the referendum was only advisory it could not be challenged in law. Will leave voters admit that this referendum would have been declared nul and void had it been a legal instrument.
To expect remain voters just to accept the result of this flawed referendum because they 'lost' and should just ”get over it” is truly undemocratic.
Remoaners will be just that, unless they try to make it work, because if not they are to be a very long time being bitter. It is as it is. Its like me wanting to be young and pretty once more, that ship sailed.
Hope Santa doesn't forget to put a wooden spoon in your stocking aprilrose.
What on earth do you expect? Should those who voted to remain wear hair shirts for the rest of their lives? It's almost like stamping on somebody's face when he/she is already lying on the ground.
Move on! The UK is leaving the EU. How about seeing some of this positivity and tangible hope for the future those who voted to leave the EU and/or voted Conservative are always bleating on about?
Still at it? Its nearly Christmas .
Still cannot accept the situation here I see? Will remainers admit defeat asked the OP. Well if you seek the answer - look on this thread .... clearly a NO I think.
Defeated or defrauded?
BTW I'm curious about the claim that China has no laws for industry when it most certainly does. The Chinese government is acutely aware of foreign perceptions of China. As the country relies on exporting, it is sensitive to criticism. If you look at graphs of pollution in Chinese cities, there was a levelling off about two years ago, which coincided with directives for Chinese factory owners to use cleaner fuel. Educated Chinese (and there are millions of them) are aware of foreign news. Many of them study abroad, which is why they're so keen to learn English, so are aware of the restrictions their government places on their freedom of speech. On the other hand, ordinary Chinese people value education highly and many of them are living proof that social mobility means even the lowliest can have better lives than their parents did.
Britain is indeed a wonderful country, despite some of the people who live here [sigh]. Thank goodness I don't have to bump into them in real life (not very often, anyway).
AprilRose
Here is a link for a postal vote.
I believe anyone whose name is on the register is entitled to one so I don't understand why you were asked for reasons.
Hope this helps.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-postal-vote
Chestnut
Your OP said we have voted to leave 3 times.
This is plainly not true.
There was only one referendum which was, we now know, subject to interference of such an order that had it been anything other than advisory (whatever the politicians said) would have had to be run again.
Just feel this needs saying again.
The only ones going to hell in a handcart are the Labour Party, thanks to the British electorate. So I think I'll stick around .....
Opal, whatever. Police yourself luv. No one died and made you GNHQ.
I happen to think the UK is going to hell in a handcart, thanks to a right-wing govt. If you don't like the freedom of speech here, maybe YOU should go elsewhere.
I've seen your posts on the politics threads, and all you seem to do is talk the country down and criticise it. If you love Britain, love being British, love living here and are proud of your country, then own it and say it, and cut out the constant doom and gloom - it's not a balanced view at all and completely biased. And you can insult me all you like, I don't give a s**t, if I think you're wrong, I'll call it.
Isn't it a typical Brexit supporter reaction 'if you don't like it, move somewhere else'. How many times have I heard that over the past few years. Well, some of us loved where we were but that was before Brexit turned us into a divided nation. And I find that heartbreaking and will NOT be celebrating on the 31st.
I LOVE where I live. I like being a teacher in the UK (although it's impossible if you're over 50). I LOVE my bolshy, loud, personality-plus students. I ADORE my grandson. I'm proud of how political most Brits are. I'm proud of the LP for having morals and ethics. I'm very proud of how left-wing my friends / family / acquaintances are because they care about the less fortunate, the vulnerable and the needy. There is a HUGE amount I'm proud of, with the British. The REASON you've never read any of those things, Opal, is that you aren't on the other threads I'm on because you and I have NOTHING in common.
I could say EXACTLY the same to you, except I'm not interested enough. You 're just a right-wing VL. Not real.
Oh what a load of rubbish, Gagajo you really are scraping the barrel. It must be bloody awful to be such a negative person, you only ever criticise the UK on these threads, I don't think I've ever read a positive word from you. Is there anything about this country you DO like? People who live in the UK are amongst the luckiest in the world. Feel free to try living anywhere else if you think you can find somewhere better.
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