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swhisper1

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18. thank God

Reply to One_Life_To_Give (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:16 AM

Jun 2016

Nationalism isnt a bad thing, but I bet the 3rd wayers are drinking heavily tonight in dispair

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BBC forecast: UK votes to leave the EU [View all] AntiBank Jun 2016 OP

Boris Johnson is a Conservative, with some racist tendencies. Interesting that both Murdock and still_one Jun 2016 #1

And Nigel Farage wysi Jun 2016 #2

and Johnson has already offered him a job in Post BRExit. Is it Tabloid or accurate? still_one Jun 2016 #15

Murdoch... wysi Jun 2016 #4

you are applying overly simplistic binary thinking, just because a side I disagree with on most AntiBank Jun 2016 #7

" If you are anti-TPP then you probably should be anti-EU." nikto Jun 2016 #54

thanks back AntiBank Jun 2016 #55

everything is not black and white PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #56

If there was only a US referendum to leave the WTO brentspeak Jun 2016 #3

agreed, past due, actually swhisper1 Jun 2016 #24

Me, three ... nikto Jun 2016 #61

Certainly a setback to globalization nt One_Life_To_Give Jun 2016 #5

thank God swhisper1 Jun 2016 #18

In Europe nationalism IS a really, really bad thing. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #71

just watch and learn swhisper1 Jun 2016 #72

Agree Kilgore Jun 2016 #78

not really PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #57

The UK is a few hours away from an economic abyss nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #6

that fear mongering rhetoric is part of the reason Remain lost AntiBank Jun 2016 #8

One with fewer civil liberties and worker protections. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #10

again you fall into false propaganda traps AntiBank Jun 2016 #23

No I'm talking as someone who understands how many rights will be lost geek tragedy Jun 2016 #27

you are simply out of your depth, parroting the duplicitous platitudes of the monied technocratic AntiBank Jun 2016 #33

The neoliberals will never come around. They assume if they are pro-choice and anti-discrimination Vote2016 Jun 2016 #48

I would add anti-discrimination at racial levels too, they are that (on the good side) AntiBank Jun 2016 #53

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #81

agreed swhisper1 Jun 2016 #22

Though it looks like it will be bad for the UK economy... iandhr Jun 2016 #12

Fortunately, the US isn't England, their problems geek tragedy Jun 2016 #13

The 2008 crash caused a global economic crisis. iandhr Jun 2016 #16

Fortunately the US never embraced austerity the way the UK did geek tragedy Jun 2016 #17

I agree. Everything will be affected tomorrow, but the UK economy will feel the brunt of this still_one Jun 2016 #30

other than the EU being a US baby? The US isnt physically effected- we are across the pond swhisper1 Jun 2016 #73

The EU is not a "US baby" geek tragedy Jun 2016 #74

yes it is- totally swhisper1 Jun 2016 #77

If you say so nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #79

I doubt that. 840high Jun 2016 #26

I heard Sweden wants out----where I heard that I don't know. virgogal Jun 2016 #9

Hopefully this result pushes us to have our own Swexit referendum AntiBank Jun 2016 #14

What kind of economic policies would you say Venezuela has? still_one Jun 2016 #19

a disastrous one that was funded off oil money and foreign debt, now called to heel AntiBank Jun 2016 #29

it had nothing to do with the policies of Hugo Chavez, which helped push that country into debt, and still_one Jun 2016 #31

is that a question? of course Chavez gambled huge with reliance on the petrol economy AntiBank Jun 2016 #34

It was, and you answered it. Thanks still_one Jun 2016 #35

You're adorable Scootaloo Jun 2016 #39

so are you still_one Jun 2016 #40

no, there will be a domino effect. US pressure is a real turnoff swhisper1 Jun 2016 #20

It's interesting to see how many people are saying the sky is falling Hydra Jun 2016 #11

exactly. I can see corporate CEOs jumping from windows if Sweden declares too swhisper1 Jun 2016 #21

The 1% aren't not going to be hurt by this, they never are. We will see what happens to still_one Jun 2016 #25

It's a little hard to hurt people who have so much money they don't know what to do with it Hydra Jun 2016 #32

The NWO has had a massive setback Reter Jun 2016 #28

Hopefully Scotland can get off of this sinking ship, become independent and rejoin the EU. RAFisher Jun 2016 #36

How reliable is the Scotsman? still_one Jun 2016 #37

As an American living in the UK, I disagree with your assessment PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #38

Sound like you agree with John Oliver. Kablooie Jun 2016 #42

Did you know the vote has no legal standing? Kablooie Jun 2016 #41

not exactly, you are right it is non-binding, but Cameron can only put it to Parliament AntiBank Jun 2016 #43

I think Parliament's vote is non binding too. Kablooie Jun 2016 #44

absolutely not the PM's call. I am a part time London resident AntiBank Jun 2016 #45

that is why he quit swhisper1 Jun 2016 #75

This is part of a global shift where fewer people are dividing into left-right camps and are Vote2016 Jun 2016 #46

Agreed and the anxious binary bleating of the "Brexit is Trump" crowd AntiBank Jun 2016 #47

Brexit isn�t Trump, but Remain is neoliberalism. Brexit is the rejection of neoliberalism and Trump Vote2016 Jun 2016 #49

I was agreeing with you, my foundational resistance to the EU project is that is undemocratic AntiBank Jun 2016 #52

its a rejection of mmigrants PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #59

That's ridiculous. Plenty of Brexit supporters have no strong feeling about immigration. That's like Vote2016 Jun 2016 #64

its not the same at all PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #67

+1,000 n/t LarryNM Jun 2016 #50

it had very little support from the left PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #58

Nonsense. The conservative party was so strong in its support for remain that its sitting PM Vote2016 Jun 2016 #65

no not true PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #68

The unions wanted to remain in the EU; the main reason for exit was anti-immigration muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #60

How can you say it is an anti-immigration movement and link polling that only 52% of Brexit Vote2016 Jun 2016 #66

What, 'only' the majority? 'Only' the reason more than twice as common as any other? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #69

conservative crap, Reform EU and all is well swhisper1 Jun 2016 #76

Thanks for all these links, ellenrr Jun 2016 #51

Some perpective PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #62

Thanks for posting that. mr blur Jun 2016 #63

This is a dark day for the UK. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #70

Me-ism Wins. Feel bad for UK Scientists. I don't feel bad for UK Bankers. harun Jun 2016 #80