Europe, Referendum & Brexit (formerly Europe..IN or OUT??)

(29-06-2016 09:26 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  The SNP are requesting to be made the official opposition at Westminster on the grounds that their leader has more parliamentary support than Corbyn, and could actually fill all the posts in the shadow cabinet

Wow, it's all about power isn't it.

(29-06-2016 18:47 )mysterion Wrote:  The Liberal Democrats say more than 10,000 people have applied to join the party since they promised to fight the next election on the basis of cancelling or reversing Brexit.

They also claimed to have had a massive membership influx within 48 hours of last year's General Election, when they had their arses comprehensively kicked.

(29-06-2016 20:09 )wackawoo Wrote:  What is all this with the Labour party? why are they all resigning and why are they all calling for their leaders blood, haven't they just elected him?

His grass-roots membership elected him (in large numbers); it's just that most of his MP's think he's a lame duck with no chance in hell of getting a general election victory. (They are almost certainly correct in this.) They are opportunistically using his supposedly half-hearted performance in the referendum campaign (Corbyn was anti-EU in the distant past) to oust him asap.

Corbyn's trouble is he's too principled to be a politician let alone PM. He wont make his politics personal for one thing. To the media and those in the Westminster bubble that is an anathema.

Interesting:

http://heatst.com/uk/11-countries-gearin...h-britain/

Quote:While those willing Brexit to fail have been focusing on retaining access to the EU Single Market, they appear to have forgotten there is a big wide world out there.

Green shoots are already emerging, as other countries start to realise the possibilities of free trade deals with a newly-liberated Britain, less than a week after the referendum.

If you look how Corbyn was dragged away from the press on a visit to a Polish centre today & had McDonnell shouting at 5 Shadow Cabinet ministers who actually wanted to give him their support I do wonder if he is actually in charge or is just a puppet of the far left.

(29-06-2016 20:46 )Doddle Wrote:  They also claimed to have had a massive membership influx within 48 hours of last year's General Election

Yes from 47,000 to 54,000 according to their PR releases.

@heatst: Yes, yes, I'm sure all that will come. Let's get out fucking ducks in a row please. We are have no proper PM, carnage amongst our civil servants, termoil in the markets, no whiff of a team or plan to deal with the renegotiations with the EU and some want us to run off half-cocked on a five year plus to the friggin Chinese or whatever.

Apparently some EU countries, particularly Ireland, have been inundated with British nationals applying for citizenship

(29-06-2016 20:59 )wackawoo Wrote:  Interesting:

http://heatst.com/uk/11-countries-gearin...h-britain/

Quote:While those willing Brexit to fail have been focusing on retaining access to the EU Single Market, they appear to have forgotten there is a big wide world out there.

Green shoots are already emerging, as other countries start to realise the possibilities of free trade deals with a newly-liberated Britain, less than a week after the referendum.

Of course they're all going to be queueing up to sell us stuff. The reason trade deals take so long to negotiate is because it has to be beneficial to us as well.

(29-06-2016 21:16 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  Apparently some EU countries, particularly Ireland, have been inundated with British nationals applying for citizenship

i was researching wether i was entitled to a german passport as my gran is german not sure know my dad is so might be entitled to one if he was to get one