EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Our Tory PMs have been pissing them off for decades. And let's not get started on some of our MEPs.

Like the fuck you we just gave them?

Indeed. Reaction to fuck youse with fuck youse is not something that's going to be productive.

Best left in the bad cyclists thread ;)

https://www.facebook.com/WorkersSolidarityMovement/photos/a.247235278635626.82828.132000150159140/1434765533215922/?type=3&theater

A veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long leftie analysis of Ashcroft's exit poll. Acknowledging the economic issues, but not sweeping the racist and xenophobic elements under the carpet.

Maybe they don't want UK back. Why would you invite rich neighbours to your party when all they do is bitch and moan? The thing that has been wrong with EU is the way big countries have negotiated perks to themselves. What is that stupidity of moving between France and Bryssels all the time??

It's in their interests to keep us no? I've just about got over my rage, I wonder if the continent can and conjure up some kind of group hug.

Not as much as it's in their interests to tell us to fuck off and make it as painful as possible. France, Germany and the EU do not want countries to think that leaving the EU is an easy or painless option. It's in their interests to make it as unpleasant and as hard as possible, pour disencourage* les autres, to misquote Voltaire.

*Can't get this stupid thing to do accents - I know it should have an acute accent, but you'll just have to imagine it...

Posted by a charmless racist on a Volvo forum - we may have destroyed the economy, but we got one over on the rich!

Does any of that explain the share falls? No it doesn't.

there's a volvo forum? where do they drink?

You'll be amazed to learn that the charmless racist is in Kent.

I like that.

Looks like the football team are showing their support for Brexit

Good to hear you Brits are fully committing to this ;)

See that's flawed.
When one make loses money, another makes it.

I'm still waiting to find out who all the new #brexitbillionares are. Some people have made a lot of money. A huge amount.

At least the England team has honored the referendum results.

Anybody that better on the UK pound dropping is very rich now.

sprots!!!

we'll know whether those England flags on white vans are because of the football or not now.

Super-national 'European Britons' starting to assert themselves and get organised, good to see..
https://www.change.org/p/establish-a-mechanism-for-european-britons-to-renounce-our-uk-identity-and-remain-full-eu-citizens-following-brexit

I've been wondering that!

This is good.

Bit harsh but hey ;)

Frustrated with a mate on Facebook, rightfully moaning about nasty words about old people keeping Brexit (but ignoring young ppl didn't vote as much) but he seems to be blind to the racism it unlocked. He's got a degree in physics so not stupid. He changed his mind from Brexit to Bremain due to the harm it would do to science.

Very interesting day at work. Lots of long faces from the Remain crowd, although the Labour ones have another level of chaos to deal with on top. Lots of confusion from the Brexiteers as well, one of them (very senior) told me he had spent the weekend trying to get answers, and "If you hear anyone today claiming to know what's going on, they are lying."
Statement from PM, repeated in upper chamber, calmed things down a bit, but the debate that followed was described as "For our end of the building, pretty scratchy."
The mood is beginning to settle though. Brexiteers seem to have realised they now have to deliver on their promises or lose face for ever, so aren't crowing, and seem genuinely interested in massive cross-party involvement for the negotiation. I even heard someone say that because the leadership of the government and opposition in the commons was so flaky, it might be a good idea to form a temporary unified cabinet. It will never happen, but it was interesting that it was even suggested.
Obviously, this is not the first time that anyone in the House of Lords has lost a vote, nor will it be the last, so the Remainers will bounce back. Some of them had already told me that the result would go against them, so I think that, in a way, many were better prepared for the result than the winning side.
The upper house is fairly strongly europhile, so the result of the referendum isn't exactly popular. However, the attitude seems to be swinging towards "Ok, well, we may not like it, but the people have decided, and we will be out. It is now our job to make sure that those people doing the negotiations don't fuck it up, to hold them to account at every stage, and to keep reminding them that they will never be forgiven if we come away from this with anything less than the best deal possible in the circumstances."
Labour seems to be coming apart like a clown car down in the commons, Corbyn seems very unpopular, but may hang on by the skin of his teeth with the support of the unions.

i remember when england wasn't a global embarrassment. i miss a week ago. #bdumtish