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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:38 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:34 am)KevinM1 Wrote: I'm worried that a global recession, or even just a couple month dip, will play into Trump's hands here.
Might well be. I don't know if I should laugh or cry, since I already lost all in 2008. So, there's nothing left to lose on my account, but I still have to live in this world. And I don't want to see it turned into the horror show my parents had to live with when growing up.
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:43 am
Do we know if the Brits have anything resembling a reasonable transition plan? Or did the powers that be get caught with their pants down?
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:44 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:34 am)KevinM1 Wrote: I'm worried that a global recession, or even just a couple month dip, will play into Trump's hands here. Seems like the perfect way for him to go "See? Britain followed socialist practices for years, and it left them unable to handle leaving the EU in a way which wouldn't hurt them. Breaking away was the right move, but we're seeing how much damage the socialist agenda can cause. We can't let that happen here."
I would imagine Trump will go the opposite route, there's too much danger of that backfiring and throwing a positive light on the democratic socialist policies that kept the EU and the UK somewhat stable for so long.
I'd imagine he'd blame it on Obama's lack of leadership. "I'd totally make that deal. I'm a yooge deal maker. I'd go in there, and 'boom' --- deal."
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:44 am
Night night... well day day guys... I've been awake nearly ten hours watching those results come in. Time to try and sleep and hope I don't have nightmares
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:46 am
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(June 24, 2016 at 2:43 am)KevinM1 Wrote: Do we know if the Brits have anything resembling a reasonable transition plan? Or did the powers that be get caught with their pants down?
Of course they don't. The government never wanted this vote to begin with. The prime minister thought of he offered it he could sooth the anti-EU base of his party. They never expected it to actually pass.
No country has ever left the EU before either.
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:46 am
They've got a couple of years to come up with one Kev (a plan, that is).
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:47 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:46 am)Tiberius Wrote: (June 24, 2016 at 2:43 am)KevinM1 Wrote: Do we know if the Brits have anything resembling a reasonable transition plan? Or did the powers that be get caught with their pants down?
Of course they don't. The government never wanted this vote to begin with. The prime minister thought of he offered it he could sooth the anti-EU base of his party. They never expected it to actually pass.
No country has ever left the EU before either.
Well, he's a fucking moron if he didnt expect it to pass.
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:48 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:47 am)Bella Morte Wrote: (June 24, 2016 at 2:46 am)Tiberius Wrote: Of course they don't. The government never wanted this vote to begin with. The prime minister thought of he offered it he could sooth the anti-EU base of his party. They never expected it to actually pass.
No country has ever left the EU before either.
Well, he's a fucking moron if he didnt expect it to pass.
Oh look, we finally can agree on something.
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:48 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:46 am)Tiberius Wrote: Of course they don't. The government never wanted this vote to begin with. The prime minister thought of he offered it he could sooth the anti-EU base of his party. They never expected it to actually pass.
No country has ever left the EU before either.
The larger problem is that the EU probably doesn't have a plan either. They just sat it out and played the three monkeys game. Or they simply didn't communicate their contingency plan, which would be equally catastrophic.
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RE: How are you voting in the EU referendum?
June 24, 2016 at 2:48 am
(June 24, 2016 at 2:48 am)Tiberius Wrote: (June 24, 2016 at 2:47 am)Bella Morte Wrote: Well, he's a fucking moron if he didnt expect it to pass.
Oh look, we finally can agree on something.
There's always a positive in every situation, I guess.
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