The Thread of BREXIT

[pErvinalia]

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[Scot Dutchy]

Just to clear up a lot of very mistaken facts put out by the Brexit lying machine here is Prof. Michael Dougan of Liverpool University explaining the consequences of Brexit before the referendum.



And his assessment of the results:



The lies told by Brexit were huge which is why the referendum should be ignored.

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[Scot Dutchy]

Is that git still doing the rounds?

[Brian Peacock]

Poll reveals young remain voters reduced to tears by Brexit result

Almost half of voters aged 18 to 24 cried or felt like crying when they heard that the UK had voted to leave the European Union, according to polls conducted for the London School of Economics.

The findings were released last night after tens of thousands of people demonstrated in central London against the results of the referendum.

The polling by Opinium, conducted as part of an LSE electoral psychology initiative called “Inside the mind of the voter”, found that the electorate’s verdict on EU membership prompted a far more emotional reaction than the results of most other elections or referendums.

Overall, out of a sample of 2,113 British adults questioned between 24 and 30 June, 32% of respondents said they cried or felt like crying when they discovered the result.

However, the proportion went up to 47% among voters aged 18-24. Among all Remain supporters the figure was 55%. Some 11% of all Leave supporters said they cried or felt like crying after the result was announced, presumably out of delight at the outcome.

Michael Bruter, professor of political science and European politics at the LSE, and his colleague, Dr Sarah Harrison, said the referendum stimulated feelings, particularly among young people, of “sadness but also ones of anger and frustration at people who voted to leave, and often at older generations”.

When asked how they felt towards people who voted the opposite way to them, 67% of young people aged 18-39 said that they felt angry, 72% frustrated and 61%“disgusted”.

The strength of young people’s negative feelings was particularly strong in relation to the loss of their rights as EU citizens: 78% said they would miss the right to live anywhere in the EU as well as the sense of being part of a European community.

The automatic right to work or study abroad would be missed by 77% of young people, 72% would miss having an EU passport and 55% would miss EU symbols such as the EU flag. Some 10% said they were more likely to relocate abroad as a result of Brexit.

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[Brian Peacock]

They really need to make an example out of the UK to try to discourage others to follow.

fully agree, but how can we? until they act, we're trapped in the expectative.

Once art 50 is filed, yeah, we'll be ruthless, problem is they know it and are in no hurry.

Is there no mechanism for a membership vote to kick another member out?

No, but one could be fashioned and passed before the EU Parliament. Legal boffins say that invoking the infamous Article 50 can only take place after a full debate in the UK Parliament and an affirmative vote, though given the 'make it up as you go along' nature of the UK constitution no doubt this legal requirement could be circumvented with the aid and agreement of the Daily Mail and The Sun etc.

[mistermack]

They have no need to worry about living and working in Europe.

All they need is a rickety boat. Push off ten feet from Dover and phone the European coastguard, demanding to be rescued.
And don't let on you speak English.

[Scot Dutchy]

They really need to make an example out of the UK to try to discourage others to follow.

fully agree, but how can we? until they act, we're trapped in the expectative.

Once art 50 is filed, yeah, we'll be ruthless, problem is they know it and are in no hurry.

Is there no mechanism for a membership vote to kick another member out?

No, but one could be fashioned and passed before the EU Parliament. Legal boffins say that invoking the infamous Article 50 can only take place after a full debate in the UK Parliament and an affirmative vote, though given the 'make it up as you go along' nature of the UK constitution no doubt this legal requirement could be circumvented with the aid and agreement of the Daily Mail and The Sun etc.

I understand (Dutch tv) that one is being formulated. There is not a majority in the Commons for a leave vote and also rumours of taking the referendum decision to the Supreme court due to the lies and false information passed around by the Brexit team.

Brexit is still far from certain. I think it will be ignored.

[pErvinalia]

I see dick breath has resigned too.

[Scot Dutchy]

I see dick breath has resigned too.

He should be charged for passing misinformation to the general public and political fraud on a grand scale.

[Svartalf]

I see dick breath has resigned too.

who?

[Scot Dutchy]

Farage again!

[Svartalf]

oh, him, good riddance, just not early enough.
With luck, the UKIP will just dissolve into irrelevance without him.