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Could it be that Mr Johnson is playing some sort of long game here? The whole thing smells a funny colour...
I still think it's being stage-managed from behind the scenes so the party comes out of it as well as could be expected


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qbman1 wrote:
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Could it be that Mr Johnson is playing some sort of long game here? The whole thing smells a funny colour...
I still think it's being stage-managed from behind the scenes so the party comes out of it as well as could be expected
Well, the cunning plan isn't working very well :lol:

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No one is going to come out of it very well - it's just a damage-limitation exercise

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qbman1 wrote:
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Could it be that Mr Johnson is playing some sort of long game here? The whole thing smells a funny colour...
I still think it's being stage-managed from behind the scenes so the party comes out of it as well as could be expected
Yes, but who is doing the managing? Could it be Boris himself? Will he be given a place on the Cabinet, I wonder?
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Maybe he's been promised the "Brexit Minister" post ?!

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Gove is obviously a conniving, backstabbing, deceitful little sh*t.

He is the perfect man to be negotiating our Brexit with Junker & friends who are also cut from the same cloth :thumbup:
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There's that to it...
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barney wrote:
Gove is obviously a conniving, backstabbing, deceitful little sh*t.

He is the perfect man to be negotiating our Brexit with Junker & friends who are also cut from the same cloth :thumbup:
Looks like the French can't wait to be shot of us too !

"Francois Hollande says Brexit cannot be cancelled or delayed" http://ind.pn/29awOVE

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BoJo had to be stopped at all costs and regardless of how, me thinks.

As somebody succinctly said of Boris ... " We are aiming to elect a Prime Minister, not a school Prefect ".

If it was Gove then so what, the Country and indeed the Tory Party are bigger than one man.
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BoJo had to be stopped at all costs and regardless of how, me thinks.

As somebody succinctly said of Boris ... " We are aiming to elect a Prime Minister, not a school Prefect ".

If it was Gove then so what, the Country and indeed the Tory Party are bigger than one man.
Hang on - in one breath you say it can't be the fragrant Boris and then you say the party is bigger than one man? :wtf: :?

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qbman1 wrote:
barney wrote:
Gove is obviously a conniving, backstabbing, deceitful little sh*t.

He is the perfect man to be negotiating our Brexit with Junker & friends who are also cut from the same cloth :thumbup:
Looks like the French can't wait to be shot of us too !

"Francois Hollande says Brexit cannot be cancelled or delayed" http://ind.pn/29awOVE
LOL, they still don't get it do they?

The EU no longer has authority to instruct the UK to do anything

We will do what we want and when we want to.

If we decide to take six months to invoke article 50, then six months it will be.
That is our call.

If they decide that they cannot do a trade deal without free movement, then no trade deal will be struck.
We'll simply fall back to WTO arrangements and get on with trading with the rest of the world.

If the EU say that there will be a 10% tariff on cars from the EU, we will decide if we want to buy them or not.
The ball is well and truly in the UK's side of the court, but the EU refuses to see that. (so far)

I would also add that The Independent is hardly independent where this subject is concerned.
It was radically Remain and still can't accept defeat.
The Editor seems to think that if he keeps producing unfounded stats people will start to believe him.
"millions regret voting leave" - no one I know does.
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barney wrote:
qbman1 wrote:
barney wrote:
Gove is obviously a conniving, backstabbing, deceitful little sh*t.

He is the perfect man to be negotiating our Brexit with Junker & friends who are also cut from the same cloth :thumbup:
Looks like the French can't wait to be shot of us too !

"Francois Hollande says Brexit cannot be cancelled or delayed" http://ind.pn/29awOVE
LOL, they still don't get it do they?

The EU no longer has authority to instruct the UK to do anything

We will do what we want and when we want to.

If we decide to take six months to invoke article 50, then six months it will be.
That is our call.

If they decide that they cannot do a trade deal without free movement, then no trade deal will be struck.
We'll simply fall back to WTO arrangements and get on with trading with the rest of the world.

If the EU say that there will be a 10% tariff on cars from the EU, we will decide if we want to buy them or not.
The ball is well and truly in the UK's side of the court, but the EU refuses to see that. (so far)

I would also add that The Independent is hardly independent where this subject is concerned.
It was radically Remain and still can't accept defeat.
The Editor seems to think that if he keeps producing unfounded stats people will start to believe him.
"millions regret voting leave" - no one I know does.
...and that just isn't going to happen. The motor manufacturers need sales to the UK and the governments of Italy, Spain, Germany and France rely heavily on the income from such sales whereas we can just buy more cars from outside the EU. If the EU were to try to impose such a levy then it would swiftly be "bye bye EU" !


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A lot of wishful thinking going on here
One thing I am certain of is that we are and have been conned and will end up getting stuffed. Now if I lose out by 10% of disposable income it could mean dropping one Caribbean cruise a year or dusting the moths off my savings account. However to the family on £15000 a year it means a degree of hardship.

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I posted this on "Mornin' All" but it is just as relevant here !!
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Ray Scully wrote:
A lot of wishful thinking going on here
One thing I am certain of is that we are and have been conned and will end up getting stuffed. Now if I lose out by 10% of disposable income it could mean dropping one Caribbean cruise a year or dusting the moths off my savings account. However to the family on £15000 a year it means a degree of hardship.
Just another opinion, Ray. Who really knows where we will end up ?!


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A lot of wishful thinking going on here
One thing I am certain of is that we are and have been conned and will end up getting stuffed. Now if I lose out by 10% of disposable income it could mean dropping one Caribbean cruise a year or dusting the moths off my savings account. However to the family on £15000 a year it means a degree of hardship.
Just another opinion, Ray. Who really knows where we will end up ?!

Yes Qb who knows. I am really just following my instinct. When asked why I was a Remainer, I said that I didn't think that a self serving narrative being pushed by Farage, Johnson or Gove was likely to be in the best interest of people generally. To date this would appear to be correct.

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barney wrote:
qbman1 wrote:
barney wrote:
Gove is obviously a conniving, backstabbing, deceitful little sh*t.

He is the perfect man to be negotiating our Brexit with Junker & friends who are also cut from the same cloth :thumbup:
Looks like the French can't wait to be shot of us too !

"Francois Hollande says Brexit cannot be cancelled or delayed" http://ind.pn/29awOVE
LOL, they still don't get it do they?

The EU no longer has authority to instruct the UK to do anything

We will do what we want and when we want to.

If we decide to take six months to invoke article 50, then six months it will be.
That is our call.

If they decide that they cannot do a trade deal without free movement, then no trade deal will be struck.
We'll simply fall back to WTO arrangements and get on with trading with the rest of the world.

If the EU say that there will be a 10% tariff on cars from the EU, we will decide if we want to buy them or not.
The ball is well and truly in the UK's side of the court, but the EU refuses to see that. (so far)

I would also add that The Independent is hardly independent where this subject is concerned.
It was radically Remain and still can't accept defeat.
The Editor seems to think that if he keeps producing unfounded stats people will start to believe him.
"millions regret voting leave" - no one I know does.
Quite so Barney.

Also "millions regret voting leave"... how many regret voting "remain"? I don't see that figure mentioned anywhere.
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Which leading politician is going to be the first to suggest we ignore the vote? :sarcasm: :lol:
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Which leading politician is going to be the first to suggest we ignore the vote? :sarcasm: :lol:
la Krankie?
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towny44 wrote:
Which leading politician is going to be the first to suggest we ignore the vote? :sarcasm: :lol:
la Krankie?


Oops - sorry, you said quite clearly "leading" :sarcasm: :sarcasm:
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He also said "politician" - not "Crazy dictator"

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qbman1 wrote:
Manoverboard wrote:
BoJo had to be stopped at all costs and regardless of how, me thinks.

As somebody succinctly said of Boris ... " We are aiming to elect a Prime Minister, not a school Prefect ".

If it was Gove then so what, the Country and indeed the Tory Party are bigger than one man.
Hang on - in one breath you say it can't be the fragrant Boris and then you say the party is bigger than one man? :wtf: :?
Exactly, Boris may well be a popular choice amongst the voters but the Tory Grandees obviously had other ideas so arranged to stitch him up.
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Who so ever was it who called them the Nasty Party????

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He also said "politician" - not "Crazy dictator"
I sit corrected :oops:
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Who so ever was it who called them the Nasty Party????
I think you will find that was the redoubtable Ms May !

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