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OnDoutside

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53. UKIP are only a side show, this wouldn't have come about but for the split amongst the Tories.

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 04:59 PM

Jun 2016

The only positive is that this will kill the issue, if Remain wins (which it should), and the Tories will be in disarray.

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The Brexit [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 OP

Scotland will get a second chance to go independent Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #1

Very unlikely there'd be a push for independence in Wales muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #8

I agree that Wales is split, Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #14

At the very least, Wales could be a separate entity as Scotland is now KamaAina Jun 2016 #25

They've never really shown much of a desire to breakaway, even though OnDoutside Jun 2016 #52

Wales won't leave the UK. BooScout Jun 2016 #61

well hill2016 Jun 2016 #2

Not my perception Corporate666 Jun 2016 #16

Total bollocks. truebrit71 Jun 2016 #23

I disagree Corporate666 Jun 2016 #33

Where do you live? auntpurl Jun 2016 #37

I don't live in one of those states and our economy is doing just fine. former9thward Jun 2016 #56

Well, I'm very pleased you won't get to vote in the referendum. auntpurl Jun 2016 #58

I spend my time between Corporate666 Jun 2016 #60

UKIP are only a side show, this wouldn't have come about but for the split amongst the Tories. OnDoutside Jun 2016 #53

Here's what the trade unions think about the "layers of regulation and bureaucracy" muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #38

What data is your perception predicated on? LanternWaste Jun 2016 #39

The most telling one Corporate666 Jun 2016 #62

I think it's a bad idea. I am not into nationalism. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #3

Brexit is a suicide pact Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #4

I suggest watching the "Brexit Movie" - UK is being crushed by the EU currently TampaAnimusVortex Jun 2016 #15

That's the UKIP view of it. It's also totally wrong. Zynx Jun 2016 #22

Absolute horseshit. truebrit71 Jun 2016 #24

Exactly which point made are you refuting and with what evidence? /nt TampaAnimusVortex Jun 2016 #34

Well Farage being the British version of Trump is a good start. whatthehey Jun 2016 #41

I didn't see that point in the video. TampaAnimusVortex Jun 2016 #44

All of it. I don't worry about refuting Icke's lizard people claims either whatthehey Jun 2016 #72

"UK is being crushed by the EU currently" - that's the horseshit muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #42

Lots of ad hominem there, not a lot of substance. TampaAnimusVortex Jun 2016 #45

Then the talking heads in the movie shouldn't mention the Industrial Revolution muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #46

Again with the ad hominems and little substance TampaAnimusVortex Jun 2016 #47

The polls are close; but, then again, the polls for American president are close muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #48

You may not know this, but Nigel Farage (the guy in the film) is the UK's slightly less fascist auntpurl Jun 2016 #36

Ah, words from the head Kipper. The British equivalent of the Tea Baggers. GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #40

Post-War Britian did a pretty good job of smothering themselves Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #67

Rule Britannia! Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #5

"One Hour of Patriotic British Music" sounds like a threat auntpurl Jun 2016 #6

Is it all the same song? Iggo Jun 2016 #57

I hope it will not happen. auntpurl Jun 2016 #7

What are the polls saying? leftynyc Jun 2016 #9

Same here. auntpurl Jun 2016 #11

You had to wonder if this was the outcome when GB failed to adapt the Euro Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #30

To be fair, the UK contributes a lot financially to the EU auntpurl Jun 2016 #35

1. I am hoping for it. AngryAmish Jun 2016 #10

I think unified Ireland is coming anyway Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #13

Issue is whether the Protestants are comfortable. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #20

I think they are/will be Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #27

I hope you're right, nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #31

I don't think so, as there's little demand for it in the Republic of Ireland. Financially it would OnDoutside Jun 2016 #55

I hope it won't happen, but it is very close muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #12

Brexit? Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #17

Stupid. Doubt it but possible. Small inconvenience. whatthehey Jun 2016 #18

Bad idea. Bad bad idea. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #19

...and if the Scots go, it's likely that the Welsh will want out Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #28

Not to be the spelling police... BooScout Jun 2016 #65

Sorry! Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #71

Mineral rights would revert to the indigenous people's if Q secedes nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #68

Scotland has a formidable entry barrier into the EU. KamaAina Jun 2016 #64

I don't know what it is, but it sounds yummy. Yavin4 Jun 2016 #21

It's like the breakfast you get at Starbucks at the airport before leaving? Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #29

I hear they're lovely with tea smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #59

1) Pretty negative. 2) It's starting to look more likely. KamaAina Jun 2016 #26

The CNBC types feel that global recession follows an EU exit. Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #32

Hmmm. Upon further reflection, I was thinking KamaAina Jun 2016 #43

1) Terrified, 2) Maybe, 3) Not much Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #49

I think it sounds like some sort of edible breakfast bar. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #50

I love those! BooScout Jun 2016 #66

"Trump breaks with Obama (Hillary and Bernie too) on Brexit" pampango Jun 2016 #51

From an economic point of view, snot Jun 2016 #54

I live in the UK.... BooScout Jun 2016 #63

1914 and 1939 suggest to me that the world is safer with a unified Europe struggle4progress Jun 2016 #69

Let's see: Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #70