briany wrote: » That was his wife's car, although I agree that he should have thought about taking the sticker off. Whatever Bercow's personal views on Brexit are, he wouldn't be so stupid as to loudly proclaim his bias. As for Bercow running a remainer enclave from the speaker's chair, I'm sure Conservative MPs are welcome to find his actions unconstitutional if they wish. The UK government's actions in trying to prorogue parliament for 5 weeks was found to be illegal. Let the UK government similarly find the speaker's actions illegal, if they can do.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » Excellent. Let's just get it done. The UK needs to leave. We can not have another 20 years of this. It's best they continue the debate among themselves outside the EU.
Deleted User wrote: » You could have 10 years of trade negotiations. Getting the WAB through is merely the beginning.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » We can not have another 20 years of this.
At least they will be out. That's the difference. The trade negotiations will not be as prominent or relentlessly divisive.
fash wrote: » Bercow spent years protecting and allowing Brexiters to speak in parliament prior to the referendum - a fact acknowledged by Peter Bone, a long standing Brexiter and beneficiary of that protection. Calling Bercow a"remainer clown" is rather stupid.
Letwin_Larry wrote: » looks like we've gone from Super Saturday, to Manic Monday and now Titanic Tuesday
UHY wrote: Seaside towns dominate [the] rankings for the areas with the highest levels of personal insolvencies in the UK
UHY wrote: these seaside towns are still a long way from recovering from the decades of contraction in their traditional coastal industries such as tourism, ship-building and fishing.
UHY wrote: Stoke-on-Trent took the top spot for the highest personal insolvencies in the UK
Wikipedia wrote: In the 1980s nearly 9,000 workers were employed at the [Michelin] plant; in 2006 about 1,200 worked there.
Duane Dibbley wrote: » I dont agree with this. I think most English people still want Brexit. I dont believe they see the EU the same way Irish and People from the EU mainland.
serfboard wrote: » Interesting research carried out by an accountancy firm about debt levels in the UK: Worth remembering that there are 120 seaside constituencies in the UK - 100 of them voted for Brexit. Think of these towns in the 1950s - absolutely booming and packed full of tourists. Then think of people who grew up during that time knowing nothing but booming local economies. Once cheap jet travel was invented and developed, that was then end of that, and nothing has been done to replace those lost jobs. There was one place that stood out that was not a seaside town: Stoke-on-Trent voted to leave by three to one. Another place that had a booming local industry (pottery) which has now seriously declined. And even one of the non-pottery industries, has shed thousands of jobs: Of course, the kicking out against London that resulted in people voting to Leave is not news on this thread. However their woefully-misplaced thinking that things couldn't get worse for them is difficult to contemplate. It's also sad to think that they belived in slimy, sleazely, Tory used-car salesmen, who had done so much to cause the problems in the first place.
GM228 wrote: » You have to admire Bercow, he is well able for what is thrown at him and gives well reasoned replies unlike others in the HoC, he will be missed when he goes.
spacecoyote wrote: » You may well be right, but one word in your statement is pertinent, English Polling in Wales, Scotland & NI shows they don't want Brexit, with even the Welsh starting to talk independence. In depth data reviews showed that Welsh speaking areas voted strongly to remain, with the Wales vote skewed by older English who have moved there. So basically England dragging everyone down with them
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » The reason leavers are not marching like that is because they won. And they rightly expect the result will be carried out.
BarryD2 wrote: » If Leavers aren't marching, it's for multiple reasons a) some are embarrassed as they realise they were deceived and misled b) some privileged few might benefit from it and anyway wouldn't be seen dead on a march and c) the rest couldn't be arsed. You're left with the smaller number of right wing fascist type groups for whom protest and incitement to violence is meat & drink.
Mr Johnson was an outspoken critic of Heathrow expansion throughout his time as Mayor of London. In December 2013, he told reporters that a third runway “would be a mistake.” Fast-forward to September of the following year, when he penned a piece for the Telegraph, declaring: “There is no government in the Western world that would even contemplate an act so self-defeating, so short-termist, and so barbarically contemptuous of the rights of the population. He went on: “That is why all three main parties have correctly ruled out expansion of Heathrow airport, in the form of a third runway.” Mr Johnson used the same piece to argue for a brand-new airport in the Thames Estuary, dubbed Boris Island. The project never took off. In May 2015, Mr Johnson returned to the House of Commons. In his acceptance speech on his election as MP for Uxbridge, he promised: “I will lie down in front of those bulldozers and stop the building, stop the construction of that third runway.” But just a few weeks later, Mr Johnson appeared to distance himself from the pledge: in July 2015, he suggested “I don’t think my services as a bulldozer blocker will be required, for decades, if ever.” The strong rhetoric returned in 2016, when, in his first comments on the issue as foreign secretary, he dismissed Heathrow expansion as a “fantasy” and said plans for a third runway should be “consigned to the dustbin.”
Spanish Eyes wrote: » If it comes down to a GE Johnson could lose his seat. It isn't a safe seat, I think he only had a majority of about 5k at the last election.
Duane Dibbley wrote: » Yep. England have 85% of the population so it’s really England’s on Brexit.
Joe_ Public wrote: » ask farage and his followers what great vision and plans they have to address this decline.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » Gove just said that direct rule will have to return if Stormont isn't up and running after Brexit. Hope the EU picked this up.
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