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Scootaloo

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53. The culprit in both cases is neoliberalism
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 06:43 AM
Jun 2016

And as an ideology it is not glued to one personality or party or period.

and will lead to another Scottish referendum...sadly. nt pkdu Jun 2016 #1
Why is it sad that Scots want to leave the UK? Corporate666 Jun 2016 #10
There is a lot in between 'homogeneous one -world government' and xenophobic Balkanization LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #11
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pkdu Jun 2016 #12
There is no xenophobic balkanization going on in the UK. Corporate666 Jun 2016 #13
Actually IMO quite a lot of it is... LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #15
Come on... Corporate666 Jun 2016 #24
Blaming the problems of the past 5 years on the Tory successors to Thatcher is not silly muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #48
How silly is it BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #52
Everything listed in the sentence that begins with the words "What people DO have a problem with"... Ken Burch Jun 2016 #22
That's just crazy talk Corporate666 Jun 2016 #26
"Thatcher has been gone for over 25 years"...so has Reagan. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #29
The culprit in both cases is neoliberalism Scootaloo Jun 2016 #53
Thatcher is different from Thatcherism. merrily Jun 2016 #33
Absolutely agree RelativelyJones Jun 2016 #36
I hope the UK's left is both wise and able to do what you wish. merrily Jun 2016 #38
Thatcher herself is dead, but that isn't the point: Ken Burch Jun 2016 #41
"the jobs still exist, but are mostly all occupied by immigrants" muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #49
"It's a bald lie" could describe many of this poster's contributions. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #61
in the last few years? PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #54
Yes, a dead woman from the 80s DID cause a lot of our problems... LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #56
I'm sorry, but that is almost entirely total bollocks. truebrit71 Jun 2016 #66
Excellent analysis...and this sums it up: Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #28
Surely the issues you list arise from the action or inaction of successive UK governments TubbersUK Jun 2016 #47
Nobody is calling for "one-world government" Ken Burch Jun 2016 #19
This! Exactly. love_katz Jun 2016 #65
That didn't stop Sarah Palin attacking that strawman with death by English abuse, though muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #69
Yeah. Another serving of locally-sourced word salad from Our Sarah. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #70
My friends, that is Authentic Frontier Gibberish! (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #71
Someone should push for the EU to recognize it as an official language. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #72
OMG, all we need is to be used as examples by both Trump AND Palin!!!! LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #78
Because Scotland wants to trade T_i_B Jun 2016 #60
It's likely to be a rough ride for everybody for at least the next week or so Warpy Jun 2016 #2
that is a huge choice for scotland . They should do what is in their own interest swhisper1 Jun 2016 #3
The pound is down to a buck thirty three--that's as weak as I have seen it since the seventies. nt MADem Jun 2016 #4
Since it will take a couple of years for the BREXIT to be realized, maybe things will still_one Jun 2016 #5
I hope so Mojorabbit Jun 2016 #6
itll be fine PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #55
They'll pull a Norway, I'm guessing. Keep what they like and leave the rest.... MADem Jun 2016 #7
The result over the next two years could be a return to the common market model perhaps with Monk06 Jun 2016 #8
I think that is an Irish curse, FWIW flor-de-jasmim Jun 2016 #9
I am very surprised - and a question ellenrr Jun 2016 #14
Interesting arguments at VOX. PADemD Jun 2016 #23
Oddly enough TubbersUK Jun 2016 #40
ah yes those 'burdensome regulations' PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #58
Very much so in my experience TubbersUK Jun 2016 #30
Well this just totally sucks.... BooScout Jun 2016 #16
YES.. LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #17
How awful. love_katz Jun 2016 #18
Some of the fright wing media owners, e.g. the Murdoch gang, are the same in both countries! LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #57
Spot on. Just as Reaganism continues to destroy the US middle class 30 years on, Thatcherism is Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #44
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #31
I most certainly can blame Thatcher.... BooScout Jun 2016 #42
Hear, hear. SO SPOT ON! Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #46
More so expressly English nationalism, though. geardaddy Jun 2016 #63
Ane we see exactly how much influence Plaid Cymru has in Wales.... BooScout Jun 2016 #73
Absolutely spot on. truebrit71 Jun 2016 #67
Quite TubbersUK Jun 2016 #34
Don't get me started on Blair, lol BooScout Jun 2016 #43
Here's a link to an interesting article GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #81
The UNITED Kingdom's days are numbered. Scotland will opt out and into Europe. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #20
They will need good luck with that.... BooScout Jun 2016 #25
Scotland is already talking of a new referendum to leave the UK. It will happen, Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #27
They can leave the UK..... BooScout Jun 2016 #32
^^^AMEN to this!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #39
Yup....he's an big unmitigated and absolute ass.... BooScout Jun 2016 #45
Someone on the BBC compared him to Eden and the Suez crisis muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #59
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #35
Well, Spain is pretty keen on its fishing rights in Scottish (UK) territorial waters, Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #37
And Spain is looking covetously BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #50
Funny you should say that. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #79
What's sad is that the poorer areas of England and especially Wales geardaddy Jun 2016 #64
What is incredibly mind boggling is.... BooScout Jun 2016 #74
Exactly. geardaddy Jun 2016 #83
I just read the headlines too. I just didn't think it would happen. People voting against themselves underpants Jun 2016 #21
All my sympathy. BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #51
I really believed that this would not happen. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #62
and I have been on cloud nine. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #68
Bully for you. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #75
Rich sods, toffs, elitists - you mean Boris and Farage and Murdoch and the press barons? I think LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #76
Since I posted the above, Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #77
Well, AA Gill said it best in last Sunday's Times GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #80
Boris against Brexit? Dworkin Jun 2016 #82
Welcome to DU. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #84
Unbelievable Dworkin Jun 2016 #85
Hang in there! Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #86
Thanks Dworkin Jun 2016 #87
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