It is a fait accompli - forget it. Move on! — counterpunch
Sounds great! — karl stone
at least our tomb will be decorated with gold! — counterpunch
Remember when Jeremy Hunt said "Britons will be working like Chinese sweatshop labourers"? — karl stone
You've gotta laugh; if you don't you'll cry! — counterpunch
Yes, I agree. Fortunately I have a get out clause, I will qualify for Scottish citizenship. The U.K. EU relations will settle down and I expect we will rejoin the single market after a decade, or possibly sooner. — Punshhh
I am working on the assumption of a Labour, or coalition Labour government for two, perhaps three terms. Which would result in a genuinely EU friendly policy. When I say rejoin single market, I’m thinking of the Norway model. — Punshhh
I agree about the excesses of Corbyn mania, but the current leadership is moderate on EU membership. A pragmatic approach to deal with the adverse effects of Brexit, which are beginning to emerge and will become much worse. I am suggesting an economic crisis for which the solution will only lie in greater economic alignment with the EU. — Punshhh
France didn’t deregulate, shrink the state and reduce taxation, like in the U.K.
So France still has its nationalised services and social support in place. — Punshhh
Perhaps you haven’t been following the negative effects of Brexit closely. They are mounting daily, for example and there are hundreds of stories like this affecting most sectors. — Punshhh
I agree about the fear of the left with Corbyn, that it pushed people to vote Tory. But I differ in that I see this as primarily due to a smearing of Corbyn in the press. I don’t think there are the numbers to deliver Tory governments on the fear of socialism alone. — Punshhh
Also there is a demographic shift to the left going on. As the voters who remember the winter of discontent are beginning to die off. To be replaced by young voters who have a different outlook on the world and what the priorities of the country are. — Punshhh
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