UK election result 'blew away' argument for second Brexit vote: Labour's Starmer

[JonnyF]

1 minute ago, Jip99 said:

 

 

What has Scotland got to do with anything ?

 

Irrelevant and off topic as this thread is about a Starmer's comments on a second Brexit referendum.

Have you read the entire thread?

[Jip99]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Have you read the entire thread?

 

 

No, I read the OP.

 

 

I don't bother with anything on Scottish independence as it is a dead duck....... I presume someone took the thread off topic...

[JonnyF]

7 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

 

 

No, I read the OP.

 

 

I don't bother with anything on Scottish independence as it is a dead duck....... I presume someone took the thread off topic...

No problem, the Scottish Nationalists did take it off topic though.

 

You should read it, the SNP cult is exposed quite nicely. 

[Jip99]

14 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

No problem, the Scottish Nationalists did take it off topic though.

 

You should read it, the SNP cult is exposed quite nicely. 

 

 

Perhaps I should, but frankly I find it all a bit tiresome...... another minority group trying to dictate things when they should be looking at domestic housekeeping.

[evadgib]

50 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

So which countries have failed after achieving independence from the empire because of currency?

If every other country could manage what prevents Scotland from doing the same?

Fill your boots

[Rookiescot]

3 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Fill your boots

You are claiming Ireland is a failed state?

Good grief.

[Rookiescot]

22 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

No problem, the Scottish Nationalists did take it off topic though.

 

You should read it, the SNP cult is exposed quite nicely. 

Fake news.

British/English nationalists have had their arguments shot down in flames.

Again.

[Jip99]

Anyway, back to Brexit (with a second referendum having been put to bed) and the further confidence being restored:-

 

Blackstone backs post-Brexit Britain

 

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/blackstone-backs-post-brexit-britain-gsp353k2p?fbclid=IwAR3DXn4FmdRDwfkyv5blhtwcxP_KbTbI4oKdou1Wpy_cJPlDNSlXzQatyZY

[evadgib]

14 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

You are claiming Ireland is a failed state?

Good grief.

Is that the best you can offer?

Zimbabwe, SA, Uganda, Shri lanka, Burma etc didn't have sterling as far as i'm aware but Ireland did & as i was bored I thought i'd show how it went.

 

Can you use monopoly money outside your own borders today as a matter of interest? ???????? £ (  ????????????????????????????! ???? ) is accepted everywhere but ???????????????????????????? £ was always rejected if I remember correctly.

Edited January 8, 2020 by evadgib

[evadgib]

8 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Fake news.

British/English nationalists have had their arguments shot down in flames.

Again.

That's you lot, innit?

[Enki]

On 1/7/2020 at 10:03 AM, vogie said:

Who are these "many of us won't miss you", most people would have thought that a country that pays in 1 billion pounds a month to the EU project would be sorely missed, unless it's a case of sour grapes of course.

The UK does not pay one billion pounds per month. They are just slightly above net payer .... they get so much money from the EU their contribution is nearly eaten away ...

[vogie]

8 minutes ago, Enki said:

The UK does not pay one billion pounds per month. They are just slightly above net payer .... they get so much money from the EU their contribution is nearly eaten away ...

If that's the case you won't miss then will you, but you have opened my eyes I thought we were the 3rd highest contributor.

"It’s been claimed that we send £350 million a week to the EU. That misses out the rebate, and it doesn’t represent the total economic costs and benefits of EU membership to the UK.

£350 million is roughly what we would pay to the EU budget without the rebate. The UK actually paid closer to £250 million a week."

 

I would like to have your estimate of how much the UK contributes per month or are you saying we are freeloading like many of the other countries?

[Rookiescot]

10 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Is that the best you can offer?

Zimbabwe, SA, Uganda, Shri lanka, Burma etc didn't have sterling as far as i'm aware but Ireland did & as i was bored I thought i'd show how it went.

 

Can you use monopoly money outside your own borders today as a matter of interest? ???????? £ (  ????????????????????????????! ???? ) is accepted everywhere but ???????????????????????????? £ was always rejected if I remember correctly.

We can keep using the pound. Nothing you guys can do about it.

I personally would like to see an independent Scotland start its own currency.

 

[Enki]

10 minutes ago, vogie said:

If that's the case you won't miss then will you, but you have opened my eyes I thought we were the 3rd highest contributor.

"It’s been claimed that we send £350 million a week to the EU. That misses out the rebate, and it doesn’t represent the total economic costs and benefits of EU membership to the UK.

£350 million is roughly what we would pay to the EU budget without the rebate. The UK actually paid closer to £250 million a week."

 

I would like to have your estimate of how much the UK contributes per month or are you saying we are freeloading like many of the other countries?

Yes, the UK is close to be "free loaders" if you want to call it that way. After all half of all administration are EU institutions and paid by the EU and not the UK ... go figure.

[vogie]

29 minutes ago, Enki said:

Yes, the UK is close to be "free loaders" if you want to call it that way. After all half of all administration are EU institutions and paid by the EU and not the UK ... go figure.

Nurse!!!

[Enki]

4 minutes ago, vogie said:

Nurse!!!

Yes, and 40% of all hospital staff are non UK EU citizens, not sure if you meant that tough.

 

[Rookiescot]

Just now, Enki said:

Yes, and 40% of all hospital staff are non UK EU citizens, not sure if you meant that tough.

 

Wasting your time mate. Brexit is a done deal. I personally think its the greatest act of self harm the UK has ever committed but its pointless to argue about it now.

You are never going to convince Brexiteers they are wrong because Brexit is a religion to them. Evidence and facts are ignored because they have faith and belief.

10 years from now the cult will have dissolved but in the mean time just let them get on with it. 

[vogie]

2 minutes ago, Enki said:

Yes, and 40% of all hospital staff are non UK EU citizens, not sure if you meant that tough.

 

 

37 minutes ago, Enki said:

Yes, the UK is close to be "free loaders" if you want to call it that way. After all half of all administration are EU institutions and paid by the EU and not the UK ... go figure.

I can only assume you are trolling or baiting to suggest that the UK are "freeloaders" and does not contribute to the coffers of the EU, I am terribly sorry we are leaving but it is something you are just going to have to live with, whichever it is I care not one jot.

 

[kingdong]

6 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

So which countries have failed after achieving independence from the empire because of currency?

If every other country could manage what prevents Scotland from doing the same?

Rhodesia,sorry Zimbabwe?

[kingdong]

4 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

 

10 years from now the cult will have dissolved but in the mean time just let them get on with it. 

We,d have been well on the way to recovery now if the remainers had stopped their whingeing and sabotage,it took a people's vote to get back on track,now "let's get on with it"

[kingdong]

5 hours ago, Enki said:

Yes, the UK is close to be "free loaders" if you want to call it that way. After all half of all administration are EU institutions and paid by the EU and not the UK ... go figure.

Whatever mate,still that,'ll be in the past very soon,dig a bit deeper into your pocket once we,'re out.And we,ve got enough ponces of our own without having to import them via "freedom of movement"

[Rookiescot]

3 hours ago, kingdong said:

Rhodesia,sorry Zimbabwe?

So they have asked to rejoin the empire have they?

Zimbabwe is in a bad way but that was nothing to do with currency.

[JonnyF]

9 hours ago, Enki said:

Yes, and 40% of all hospital staff are non UK EU citizens, not sure if you meant that tough.

 

If they are from the EU and wish to stay then they can. It's a simple process and they've had 2 years to sort it out.

 

Are you suggesting that they will all be rounded up on January 31st, put in police vans and driven to Dover? Will this be happening before or after the 800,000 job losses, the 8% drop in GDP and the emergency budget?

 

It's going to be so funny watching Project Fear exposed as the ridiculous fear mongering that it was. ????

Edited January 9, 2020 by JonnyF

[evadgib]

10 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

Wasting your time mate. Brexit is a done deal. I personally think its the greatest act of self harm the UK has ever committed but its pointless to argue about it now.

You are never going to convince Brexiteers they are wrong because Brexit is a religion to them. Evidence and facts are ignored because they have faith and belief.

10 years from now the cult will have dissolved but in the mean time just let them get on with it. 

The 'greatest act of self harm' is the quest of the one-trick SNP.

 

This thread is dead.

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Edited January 9, 2020 by evadgib

[Rookiescot]

32 minutes ago, evadgib said:

The 'greatest act of self harm' is the quest of the one-trick SNP.

 

This thread is dead.

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The Union is dead.

You guys are just in denial.

[JonnyF]

2 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

The Union is dead.

You guys are just in denial.

Because Scotland leaves?

 

I'd argue that strengthens the union.

[kingdong]

2 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

So they have asked to rejoin the empire have they?

Zimbabwe is in a bad way but that was nothing to do with currency.

They haven,t got a currency.......i,ve got a 25 billion Zimbabwe dollar note some where,they only take usd out there now,probably be like that in Scotland if you leave.

[kingdong]

2 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

So they have asked to rejoin the empire have they?

Zimbabwe is in a bad way but that was nothing to do with currency.

Ask your average African out there and if he remembered pre 1979 he,d want Ian Smith back tomorrow,wonderful l thing is freedom,pity you can,t spread it on a bit of bread and eat it,still you always wipe your bottle with 25 billion dollar bills,cheaper than buying toilette requisites.

[evadgib]

1 hour ago, Rookiescot said:

The Union is dead.

You guys are just in denial.

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough...

[sandyf]

14 hours ago, jayboy said:

So you think the EU would treat Scotland like Andorra, a tiny very prosperous principality? Think again.

 

Scotland would be bound by EC rules and its conservative fiscal requirements.Not such a pleasant regime for a country like Scotland (at least when ruled by a spendthrift socialist administration.)

 

Scotland is a great country and has what it takes to be independent.But even the SNP leadership recognise the huge difficulties involved on the currency issue.You don't seem to see any and your reference to Andorra suggests that you haven't thought very deeply on the subject.

It is you that did not think very clearly when you voted for brexit, which was also a vote for breaking up the UK, and are now trying to cover your tracks.

As long as the UK is a member of the UK then Scotland has no chance of independence without the approval of the UK government but once out of the EU things change.

During the Kosovo proceedings the UK supported the right to self determination under international law, Bojo wold have extreme difficulty retracting that statement. When push comes to shove, U turns are not that uncommon.

 

Article 1.2 of the UN Charter recognises the principle of self-determination – making this a right which transcends any state’s domestic laws. A fundamental principle of international law is that the provisions of a state’s constitution cannot be deemed inherently legal – they must equate with international law. For example, a constitution may sanction racial discrimination or genocide, but this is superseded by the international laws which prohibit both. To claim that a state’s constitution is the sole determinant on the legality of action taken within that state is to essentially reject the very idea of international law.

http://theconversation.com/self-determination-is-legal-under-international-law-its-hypocritical-to-argue-otherwise-for-catalonia-86558