European Union vote 2016

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Degeneratefk said:

    Is the term "Brexit" just a combination of Britain and exit? I hear the news saying "the brexit."

    Yep. It is a portmanteau.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,713
    edited June 2016
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Degeneratefk said:

    Is the term "Brexit" just a combination of Britain and exit? I hear the news saying "the brexit."

    Yep. It is a portmanteau.
    Wow, nice use of portmanteau, lol.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,573
    PJ_Soul said:



    HesCalledDyer said:

    Degeneratefk said:

    Is the term "Brexit" just a combination of Britain and exit? I hear the news saying "the brexit."

    Yep. It is a portmanteau.
    Wow, nice use of portmanteau, lol.
    I thought that word was a type of wine.
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    edited June 2016
    I will say this...

    When all of the political, financial, and media elites are opposed to something and say this is a bad thing while spewing fear and gloom.... it tells me the people of Britain made the right choice
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    PJ_Soul said:

    :r

    igotid88 said:

    It seems like mostly everybody is upset about this. And I'm like. Did you vote?

    Apparently the turnout was 70%. The other 30% should be ashamed of themselves.
    Not only do people have the right to vote, but that also means they have the right NOT to vote. An uneducated vote is far worse than someone choosing not to vote.
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Why do you guys care where this thread is? Put it in lost dogs for all I care.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,573
    Degeneratefk said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    :r

    igotid88 said:

    It seems like mostly everybody is upset about this. And I'm like. Did you vote?

    Apparently the turnout was 70%. The other 30% should be ashamed of themselves.
    Not only do people have the right to vote, but that also means they have the right NOT to vote. An uneducated vote is far worse than someone choosing not to vote.
    I would agree for normal elections, but for a vote of this magnitude, I agree with PJ.
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    i wish Byrnzie could chime in on this.

    He's would blame Israel.


    I'm kidding. Byrnzie always had an interesting take on these things.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,713
    Degeneratefk said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    :r

    igotid88 said:

    It seems like mostly everybody is upset about this. And I'm like. Did you vote?

    Apparently the turnout was 70%. The other 30% should be ashamed of themselves.
    Not only do people have the right to vote, but that also means they have the right NOT to vote. An uneducated vote is far worse than someone choosing not to vote.
    I didn't say I thought they should vote without being informed. That is a stupid thing to do and would also be shameful. Shame on them for not voting if they are informed, and shame on them for not voting and being uninformed as well.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,713
    Degeneratefk said:

    gimmesometruth27 said:

    i wish Byrnzie could chime in on this.

    He's would blame Israel.


    I'm kidding. Byrnzie always had an interesting take on these things.
    But he still probably would manage to blame Israel.
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  • Spags
    Spags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    The Sun newspaper ladies and gentlemen...

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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    PJ_Soul said:

    Degeneratefk said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    :r

    igotid88 said:

    It seems like mostly everybody is upset about this. And I'm like. Did you vote?

    Apparently the turnout was 70%. The other 30% should be ashamed of themselves.
    Not only do people have the right to vote, but that also means they have the right NOT to vote. An uneducated vote is far worse than someone choosing not to vote.
    I didn't say I thought they should vote without being informed. That is a stupid thing to do and would also be shameful. Shame on them for not voting if they are informed, and shame on them for not voting and being uninformed as well.
    Agreed, laziness is a different issue
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,713
    Spags said:

    The Sun newspaper ladies and gentlemen...

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    Yikes.
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    Who is the guy in the blue Nike shirt? Why is that a big deal?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,713
    my2hands said:

    Who is the guy in the blue Nike shirt? Why is that a big deal?

    It's the same guy who is in the neo-nazi photo below. Dude on the right.
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  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    edited June 2016
    Congrats to the UK for having the balls to get out of the EU..NOW stand alone on your own and prosper

    I just hope they fully know what they did, which im starting to read now they didnt
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,713
    Oh man.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/24/the-british-are-frantically-googling-what-the-eu-is-hours-after-voting-to-leave-it/

    "That confusion over what Brexit might mean for the country's economy appears to have been reflected across the United Kingdom on Thursday. Google reported sharp upticks in searches not only related to the ballot measure but also about basic questions concerning the implications of the vote. At about 1 a.m. Eastern time, about eight hours after the polls closed, Google reported that searches for "what happens if we leave the EU" had more than tripled."
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    C'mon mods, move it. Thread is fuckin' up the view as Ed once said.

    Those damn flying banners.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    I read that this vote isn't legally binding.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887

    Could MPs block an EU exit?
    Could the necessary legislation pass the Commons, given that a lot of MPs - all SNP and Lib Dems, nearly all Labour and many Conservatives - were in favour of staying?
    The referendum result is not legally binding - Parliament still has to pass the laws that will get Britain out of the 28 nation bloc, starting with the repeal of the 1972 European Communities Act.
    The withdrawal agreement also has to be ratified by Parliament - the House of Lords and/or the Commons could vote against ratification, according to a House of Commons library report.
    In practice, Conservative MPs who voted to remain in the EU would be whipped to vote with the government. Any who defied the whip would have to face the wrath of voters at the next general election.
    One scenario that could see the referendum result overturned, is if MPs forced a general election and a party campaigned on a promise to keep Britain in the EU, got elected and then claimed that the election mandate topped the referendum one.
    Two-thirds of MPs would have to vote for a general election to be held before the next scheduled one in 2020.

    Reminds me of the lyrics to my favorite song...

    "The people have the power (if they vote the way the leaders want them to vote).....the people have the power (again, if they vote the way the aristocracy wants)"

    Such powerful lyrics.

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