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Title: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 23, 2016, 11:30:12 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/iqvX6DQ.png)
UK votes to leave the EU.

I hereby retroactively declare

-New Romanticism was trash
-Grime is corny
-Dr Who was never good


(http://i.imgur.com/7A5DAaA.png)
be racist and xenophobic brehs
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 23, 2016, 11:39:20 PM
As someone who may or may not be deep in the forex game, today may or may not have been very stressful.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 23, 2016, 11:41:57 PM
As someone who may or may not be deep in the forex game, today may or may not have been very stressful.

You'll still be able to import your foreign prostitutes no worries bro. 
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 23, 2016, 11:43:22 PM
Apparently some officials who supported leaving are claiming the pound's currently titanic crash is due to government propaganda
:dead
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: CatsCatsCats on June 23, 2016, 11:45:02 PM
Dr Who kinda wasn't ever good, at least consistently
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 23, 2016, 11:47:18 PM
Like the entire world all told them that this was a bad idea SMH

TBH I hope this results in a common wealth free movement program.  That's my dream.  Most Canadian's aren't brown.  They should be OK with us.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: CatsCatsCats on June 23, 2016, 11:49:23 PM
But yeah, Britain trying to race US to the bottom I guess
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 23, 2016, 11:50:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKM1AAzeRCg
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 23, 2016, 11:53:58 PM
As someone who may or may not be deep in the forex game, today may or may not have been very stressful.

You'll still be able to import your foreign prostitutes no worries bro.

Well yeah, someone may or may not have made bets that the CHF would go back to being free floating in the recent past.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 23, 2016, 11:56:22 PM
trump in the usa

britain out of the eu

guess germany won after all
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 23, 2016, 11:56:43 PM
how can we be greater based on not leaving the EU when they never even let us into the EU in the first place? ??? :smug
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 23, 2016, 11:58:04 PM
Will this make SCOTCH cheaper or more expensive, yes or no?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 23, 2016, 11:59:51 PM
its already cheaper if you import directly now

my old boss is buying a rolex from the uk today
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 12:02:49 AM
So where is the financial industry going to move to? Ireland seems obvious, but Cyprus has the whole "already bloated banking industry" thing going for it.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 24, 2016, 12:16:39 AM
600k till its official. 
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 24, 2016, 12:18:30 AM
Man bet the Scots are pissed they stayed now. 
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 12:20:50 AM
@kara: it will mostly stay in the city

Man bet the Scots are pissed they stayed now.

there will be a new referendum in scotland now
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: toku on June 24, 2016, 12:22:38 AM


-New Romanticism was trash
-Grime is corny
-Dr Who was never good

You're wrong x3 but I still love you.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Mandark on June 24, 2016, 12:23:56 AM
Wait, what does this mean for soccer work permits?  EPL gonna be straight trash, isn't it?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 12:27:11 AM
naaah rich blacks and euros are ok, just poors should drown in channel /farage

it will impact epl buying power as their money is worth less
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: TakingBackSunday on June 24, 2016, 12:31:20 AM
Let's all just hightail to Canada
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 12:34:43 AM
naaah rich blacks and euros are ok, just poors should drown in channel /farage

it will impact epl buying power as their money is worth less

Nah man, I remember City having this problem a few years ago. If you're not a player from a country in the top 70 or something of the FIFA rankings your odds of getting a work permit are slim.

Not that La Liga hasn't left the Prem in the dust already though. :hitler
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Syph on June 24, 2016, 12:56:39 AM
Nigel Farage still GOAT though especially since this will give him free reign to make entertaining rants against the EU
Small victories
Still crazy this is happening; markets this morning were reflective of a thinking that Remain would win...guess not
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: toku on June 24, 2016, 12:57:41 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClsArscWAAAMKCe.jpg:large)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Syph on June 24, 2016, 12:58:14 AM
 :dead
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: demi on June 24, 2016, 01:02:01 AM
So is it going to be cheaper to buy UK shit? Bouta order some frost dvds and some pal exclusive videogames
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 01:02:08 AM
Nigel Farage still GOAT though especially since this will give him free reign to make entertaining rants against the EU
Small victories
Still crazy this is happening; markets this morning were reflective of a thinking that Remain would win...guess not

small victories for small people
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Mandark on June 24, 2016, 01:08:11 AM
Nah man, I remember City having this problem a few years ago. If you're not a player from a country in the top 70 or something of the FIFA rankings your odds of getting a work permit are slim.

Not that La Liga hasn't left the Prem in the dust already though. :hitler

This is always an issue in FM.  Work permits are typically limited to foreign players who are regularly capped by their national team IIRC (this is why you don't see a ton of second-tier Brazilian and Argentine players) but EU citizenship bypasses that.

Might see a shift back towards the mid-90's EPL of mostly British rosters with one or two continentals to add flair.  Outside the handful of huge spenders, of course.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: WanderingWind on June 24, 2016, 01:09:17 AM
Traveling to the UK just became shit again. It was a breeze. Just land and go. Back to the days of infinite customs waiting lines.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Mr. Nobody on June 24, 2016, 01:09:50 AM
So is it going to be cheaper to buy UK shit? Bouta order some frost dvds and some pal exclusive videogames

Truly the end times  :goty2
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 01:32:40 AM
Sinn Fein calling for referendum for a united Ireland

Scot nationals saying Scotland will stay in Eu

UK will soon be England and Wales
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 24, 2016, 01:35:15 AM
United Kingdom of Lesser Britain
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 01:41:49 AM
Sinn Fein calling for referendum for a united Ireland

Scot nationals saying Scotland will stay in Eu

UK will soon be England and Wales

(http://i.imgur.com/otVnpFJ.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: benjipwns on June 24, 2016, 01:45:16 AM
Benedict Arnold takes another L.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: thisismyusername on June 24, 2016, 02:03:45 AM
I haven't been following this since 1) I'm not British and 2) Not part of Europe, so: Explain to me, what is the pros/cons of them leaving?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 24, 2016, 02:23:29 AM
I haven't been following this since 1) I'm not British and 2) Not part of Europe, so: Explain to me, what is the pros/cons of them leaving?
You sure you're not British?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Klelk on June 24, 2016, 02:35:19 AM
 The stay campaign tried to bully the electorate and it back fired.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 24, 2016, 02:41:35 AM
The stay campaign tried to bully the electorate and it back fired.

Good thing none of the negative things they predicted will actually happen
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 03:08:08 AM
Don't worry England and Wales can rely on their vast stockpiles of timber and oil and follow the Norwegian model.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 24, 2016, 03:10:18 AM
https://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa/status/746226005979725824

:nintendo :nintendo :nintendo :nintendo
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 03:22:45 AM
Already backpeddling its disgusting really that poor Brits fell for this shitlord
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on June 24, 2016, 03:22:49 AM
oh lord pds new avi  :dead
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 24, 2016, 03:30:40 AM
David Cameron steps down :dead

What a fuckup :lol
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 03:34:36 AM
enjoy a nazikip government uk
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 03:40:58 AM
Is there any subject your opinion on isn't utter shit Dufus?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: VomKriege on June 24, 2016, 03:46:45 AM
David Cameron steps down :dead

What a fuckup :lol

Would you expect him to stay tho ? Stepping down is the only logical thing to do.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 03:52:46 AM
Is it? When your country is in shock and the pound is falling do you step down and cause more panic?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 24, 2016, 03:56:11 AM
Yeah most in the GAF thread were saying he'd stick around so the economy would stabilize a bit.

NOPE.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: TVC15 on June 24, 2016, 04:00:14 AM
Can someone explain to me what happened in the form of erotic Candyman fan fiction?

spoiler (click to show/hide)
i understand, but I want erotic Candyman fanfic
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Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: VomKriege on June 24, 2016, 04:01:24 AM
Is it? When your country is in shock and the pound is falling do you step down and cause more panic?

When your country tells you were wrong all along on a key issue, you kind of do. There's plenty of no doubt indispensable men ready to line up for the position and they are all equally as not magical as Cameron.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 04:02:33 AM
51.9% vs 48.1%

That's not "the country" but the tiniest majority country is split as fuck and polarized.

Honestly the nerve of people proclaiming the "country has voted" or "major victory" are dicks, further splitting the country apart

Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: VomKriege on June 24, 2016, 04:07:34 AM
51.9% vs 48.1%

That's not "the country" but the tiniest majority country is split as fuck and polarized.

That's the democratic rules, will of the majority is the will of the country. Not ideal but it's still the less bad option. :yeshrug Still better than doing two referendums or ignoring a "No" majority vote :neogaf
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: benjipwns on June 24, 2016, 04:23:15 AM
the government can just ignore the results, it's not binding on parliament

there was already talk about doing a "negotiation" with the EU and then having a second referendum to confirm it before invoking article 50

blue is leave, yellow is stay:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/United_Kingdom_EU_referendum_2016_area_results_2-tone.svg/692px-United_Kingdom_EU_referendum_2016_area_results_2-tone.svg.png)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Trent Dole on June 24, 2016, 04:23:46 AM
https://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa/status/746226005979725824

:nintendo :nintendo :nintendo :nintendo
haha yet another taco i am inexplicably blocked by without having interacted with or even heard of! If you dare interact with any gg type people ever you get added to autoblockbot lists it seems. Fucking cowards.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: benjipwns on June 24, 2016, 04:28:04 AM
here's the video from that tweet:
https://amp.twimg.com/v/6ca5195b-a8a5-4b20-b209-92440b9a25d6
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: VomKriege on June 24, 2016, 04:29:46 AM
blue is stay, yellow is leave:

Don't you have that reversed ?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Take My Breh Away on June 24, 2016, 04:33:58 AM
enjoy a nazikip government uk

Nah, he's gonna fuck off and retire from politics to take up his destiny as a rent-a-quote after this while disbanding UKIP. Too many skeletons regarding offshore tax havens for UKIP, including one in Gibraltar and in party pork troughing in Europe claiming maximum expenses for a low attendance rate (Despite the fact British MEP Salaries were taken from British tax payers money) which was put in various offshore accounts. The minute he would get elected, the papers would have blown up with financial scandals and took down the party anyway. Winning this means he's gone out with a bang and he can dismantle UKIP before papers that were pro-remain really start looking into his finances.

This shit's been in Private Eye for years. He's a well known tax dodger. Just too politically "Important" to touch.   
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: benjipwns on June 24, 2016, 04:41:49 AM
blue is leave, yellow is stay:

Don't you have that reversed ?
:shh
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 04:42:15 AM
Spain proposes "joint control" over Gibraltar

the vultures are out already to pick the corpse of the empire
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: mormapope on June 24, 2016, 05:09:14 AM
The British really are more American than expected, voting against your own interests in the name of fear and wanting a white blanket covering an entire country  :pacspit

Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 05:52:50 AM
(https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/10637001.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Great
Post by: nudemacusers on June 24, 2016, 05:59:05 AM
Hmm, prices on a few items on my uk boutique buy list have gone down by a few hundo... Gottagofast  :doge
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 24, 2016, 06:02:20 AM
https://twitter.com/LondonEconomic/status/746247581748068352

 :betty
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Positive Touch on June 24, 2016, 06:47:40 AM
it will never not be hilarious to me that the western countries that invaded and fucked with basically every damn place on earth are now constantly whining about immigration. i mean the inevitable violence that'll be happening down the road is gonna suck, but til then i just gotta laugh at how unbelievably fucking stupid these people are.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 07:00:30 AM
(http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/schrodingers%20immigrant.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 07:46:06 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/1eWqKx4.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/oRB7H7t.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: brob on June 24, 2016, 08:02:02 AM
https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/746268213533614080

#luv2vote4funnies
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: thisismyusername on June 24, 2016, 08:28:15 AM
I haven't been following this since 1) I'm not British and 2) Not part of Europe, so: Explain to me, what is the pros/cons of them leaving?
You sure you're not British?

 ::) Thank you for actually explaining, PD. ::)

Found this over on GAF: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/06/american-idiots-guide-to-brexit.html

Quote from: Did something profoundly awful happen last week that could ostensibly impact Thursday’s vote?
Yes. Jo Cox, a member of Parliament, was assassinated. Cox was a member of the Labour Party and wanted Britain to remain in the EU. When her killer was asked to identify himself in court, he answered, “My name is death to traitors, freedom for Britain.” No one knows how this will impact Thursday’s vote. But it seems possible that it will influence it in some way.

Makes sense. Failing economy and terrorism would affect the vote pretty badly. It's why while a lot of GAF was laughing about Trump, I was fearful he's gonna win.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 08:34:20 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Clt0210WIAE_3yA.jpg:large)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 08:37:30 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/vhcrUT4.png)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: brob on June 24, 2016, 08:41:58 AM
https://twitter.com/djlogansama/status/746266106399170560

the french people love eating cake get it :smug
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: chronovore on June 24, 2016, 09:19:18 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXb_rNyknEU
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: brawndolicious on June 24, 2016, 09:54:21 AM
The hardest part is going to be figuring out trade deals with the other EU countries since they officially only have two years to do that but the Leave campaign wants to draw it out for longer. Doesn't look like the EU member states are keen on dragging it out for one day longer than what Britain is allowed. They pissed.

The thing is with Scotland leaving, you're left with a larger majority in the UK that want to leave and of course it's those who are retired and/or uneducated who mostly wanted to leave so impact to the economy/exports is not something they might pay as much attention to. I don't know what this means in the long term but global companies like car manufacturers are going to have time to move part of their manufacturing to Europe since exporting something like a car with its low margins is going to be stupidly expensive. Well I mean unless you're Aston Martin.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: fizzel on June 24, 2016, 10:05:09 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/1O3zcBn.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 24, 2016, 10:11:07 AM
I can't fathom how anyone middle class or above would vote to dissolve their investments over a few fucking immigrants. I wonder what the long con is here? East end jealous of Brussels? That's my bet.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Mupepe on June 24, 2016, 10:15:41 AM
There's a lot of financially ignorant folks in the middle class as well.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 24, 2016, 10:17:16 AM
There's a lot of financially ignorant folks in the middle class as well.

Apparently.

I get it, there are terrorists. I understand shit is bad right now. But i'll be goddamned if I piss away 1/2 my net worth about it. Seems....so ludicrous that people would do this.

Trumph politics ain't going away I guess  :snoop
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 10:20:07 AM
I can't fathom how anyone middle class or above would vote to dissolve their investments over a few fucking immigrants. I wonder what the long con is here? East end jealous of Brussels? That's my bet.

Going to be some great deals on homes in Costa del Sol and the south of France. :aah
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 24, 2016, 10:21:07 AM
I can't fathom how anyone middle class or above would vote to dissolve their investments over a few fucking immigrants. I wonder what the long con is here? East end jealous of Brussels? That's my bet.

Going to be some great deals on homes in Costa del Sol and the south of France. :aah

Gonna be able to get a flat on the Thames for 500 dollars a month :aah
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 24, 2016, 10:29:21 AM
51.9% vs 48.1%

That's not "the country" but the tiniest majority country is split as fuck and polarized.

That's the democratic rules, will of the majority is the will of the country. Not ideal but it's still the less bad option. :yeshrug Still better than doing two referendums or ignoring a "No" majority vote :neogaf

This is why Canada has the clarity act, after Quebec's last referendum where they decided to stay by like 1%
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: tiesto on June 24, 2016, 10:40:01 AM
https://twitter.com/djlogansama/status/746266106399170560

the french people love eating cake get it :smug

Logan-sama and I used to talk a lot on an old UK Garage message board before he blew up. Guy was pretty big fan of American football and the FF series iirc.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 10:50:19 AM
Quote
Jeremy Corbyn, campaigned half-heartedly for Remain and the party’s leaders were forced to confront their abandonment by English working-class voters fired up by Leave’s message of anti-globalisation and haul-up-the-drawbridge nativism.

I know I get what I'm asking for by reading The Econymist (today of all days), but how that rag has the temerity to talk about abandoning the proletariat is beyond me.

e: @Kosma http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21701334-after-post-vote-turmoil-international-banks-will-have-think-about-their?fsrc=permar|image2
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 24, 2016, 10:52:25 AM
Quote
Jeremy Corbyn, campaigned half-heartedly for Remain and the party’s leaders were forced to confront their abandonment by English working-class voters fired up by Leave’s message of anti-globalisation and haul-up-the-drawbridge nativism.

I know I get what I'm asking for by reading The Econymist (today of all days), but how that rag has the temerity to talk about abandoning the proletariat is beyond me.

See's source
Considers source
giggles to self
Disqualifies source

Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 10:55:13 AM
I read it wrong, anyway. It was voters abandoning, not the party. :-[
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 24, 2016, 10:55:52 AM
I read it wrong, anyway. It was voters abandoning, not the party. :-[

At this point the "remain" party is currently about as viable as libertarians. Both are dead in hotel rooms......
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Brehvolution on June 24, 2016, 11:00:02 AM
There's a lot of financially ignorant folks in the middle class as well.

http://theslot.jezebel.com/man-who-voted-for-brexit-is-a-bit-shocked-his-vote-coun-1782553004
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: I'm a Puppy! on June 24, 2016, 11:01:37 AM
Honestly the whole time I was like, "lol yeah right this is gonna happen. Eviscerate your economy? Remove yourself from one of the most power trading agreements in the history of mankind? hah! That's rich!"

:goty
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Fifstar on June 24, 2016, 11:04:40 AM
Is it? When your country is in shock and the pound is falling do you step down and cause more panic?

Well, Cameron initiated the Poll to shut down party intern people who were in favor of the brexit. It really is the logical thing to do.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Steve Contra on June 24, 2016, 11:05:37 AM
Leaving the European Union seems like something the New York Knicks would do in exchange for draft picks they would throw away.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 24, 2016, 11:09:36 AM
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2016-06-24/leave-voter-disappointed-and-wishes-to-vote-remain/
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 24, 2016, 11:44:25 AM
Is it? When your country is in shock and the pound is falling do you step down and cause more panic?

I know this is from a page ago or whatever, but here's how it works:

When you engage in a political pissing contest with Boris Johnson and some twit named Nigel and LOSE, you're done for. So yes, he had to resign.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 24, 2016, 11:49:04 AM
Cameron :neogaf

Destroy the economy in order to (temporarily) save your job brehs.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 12:03:11 PM
scameron
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 24, 2016, 01:06:51 PM
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2016-06-24/leave-voter-disappointed-and-wishes-to-vote-remain/

Dumbass.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 24, 2016, 01:07:00 PM
Get bamboozled by a moron with bad hair, brehs.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Dickie Dee on June 24, 2016, 01:15:14 PM
the government can just ignore the results, it's not binding on parliament

there was already talk about doing a "negotiation" with the EU and then having a second referendum to confirm it before invoking article 50

blue is leave, yellow is stay:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/United_Kingdom_EU_referendum_2016_area_results_2-tone.svg/692px-United_Kingdom_EU_referendum_2016_area_results_2-tone.svg.png)

Not even sure what's to "negotiate" - didn't the UK have pretty much buffet-membership in the EU?

I haven't really been paying attention but were they beholden to the rest of the EU's immigration policies? Never got the sense the Leave side had any specific policy grievances, it was just a guttural OOOYYYY
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 24, 2016, 01:15:23 PM
Get bamboozled by a moron with bad hair, brehs.
(http://i.imgur.com/VmjIUDW.gif)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Huff on June 24, 2016, 01:34:04 PM
In other news, just ordered a years worth of contacts from the UK for super cheap
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: toku on June 24, 2016, 02:19:29 PM
In other news, just ordered a years worth of contacts from the UK for super cheap

I pulled the trigger on a megadrive synthesizer vst as well.

:yeshrug
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: CatsCatsCats on June 24, 2016, 02:47:27 PM
:drudge KARA

Is there an absinthe that would be good to import from UK? :lol
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Syph on June 24, 2016, 02:55:26 PM
51.9% vs 48.1%

That's not "the country" but the tiniest majority country is split as fuck and polarized.

That's the democratic rules, will of the majority is the will of the country. Not ideal but it's still the less bad option. :yeshrug Still better than doing two referendums or ignoring a "No" majority vote :neogaf

This is why Canada has the clarity act, after Quebec's last referendum where they decided to stay by like 1%
was actually just reading about that; didn't know Bill Clinton had an effect that's kinda cool
wonder if he met any Canadian secretaries on parliament hill while he was here
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 03:14:29 PM
:drudge KARA

Is there an absinthe that would be good to import from UK? :lol

:dead

The EUR exchange rate is still better than the GBP one, unless it's something exclusively British or something you don't want to overvalue arbitrage on*, or something with wacky regional pricing, you're better off with EUR purchases (excluding taxes and duties, natch). The only UK origin absinthe I know of isn't worth the effort.

*I've bought contact lenses from Romania or a place similarly confidence eroding with no issue, though I can understand not everyone is willing to make jumps like that.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 24, 2016, 03:35:24 PM
If the GBP continues to be low against the dollar, I might book a brief week vacation out there in September.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 24, 2016, 03:36:58 PM
Leaving the European Union seems like something the New York Knicks would do in exchange for draft picks they would throw away.

:dead
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 24, 2016, 03:38:32 PM
If the GBP continues to be low against the dollar, I might book a brief week vacation out there in September.

Mark my word. You have 8 weeks to do that. It's not gonna be down forever.

I'm all in on Barclays myself. Made that plunge today.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: CatsCatsCats on June 24, 2016, 03:38:48 PM
Well thanks for the reply, bromigo! Yeah, I sorta figured all the great absinthes would be French or summit
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 24, 2016, 03:48:06 PM
If the GBP continues to be low against the dollar, I might book a brief week vacation out there in September.

Mark my word. You have 8 weeks to do that. It's not gonna be down forever.

I'm all in on Barclays myself. Made that plunge today.

Going to book it this weekend.  Also thanks for the Barclays idea.  I do expect the GBP and stocks to rebound so this is a way to make some nice change.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 24, 2016, 03:49:25 PM
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Jeremy Corbyn, campaigned half-heartedly for Remain and the party’s leaders were forced to confront their abandonment by English working-class voters fired up by Leave’s message of anti-globalisation and haul-up-the-drawbridge nativism.

I know I get what I'm asking for by reading The Econymist (today of all days), but how that rag has the temerity to talk about abandoning the proletariat is beyond me.

e: @Kosma http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21701334-after-post-vote-turmoil-international-banks-will-have-think-about-their?fsrc=permar|image2

thanks for that link kara
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 24, 2016, 04:00:28 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/yUGxwiN.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 24, 2016, 04:10:45 PM
https://twitter.com/Alconcalcia/status/746363158034550784

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CludMFRWkAAaEnO.jpg)

Welp

Here's what those initials mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRS_social_grade

Basically, pensioners and otherwise economically vulnerable or dependent people voted Leave.

So, uh, maybe don't let these demographics grow too much. Or don't promise them referendums. Whoopsie.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: CatsCatsCats on June 24, 2016, 04:45:40 PM
So old poor folks scapegoated the EU for their woes or?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 24, 2016, 04:54:26 PM
"Immigrants are going to take our jobs", as far as my sterling analysis (:doge) goes. Not entirely unfounded, but this isn't going away once Great Britain leaves the EU. Once you start racing to the bottom, you don't stop. Guess who's going to feel this hardest?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: brob on June 24, 2016, 05:22:55 PM
:drudge https://twitter.com/OC3D/status/746364272024883201
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: CatsCatsCats on June 24, 2016, 05:26:15 PM
1 GB of free space :rofl
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: brawndolicious on June 24, 2016, 05:38:03 PM
"Immigrants are going to take our jobs", as far as my sterling analysis (:doge) goes. Not entirely unfounded, but this isn't going away once Great Britain leaves the EU. Once you start racing to the bottom, you don't stop. Guess who's going to feel this hardest?

Basically everyone who isn't retired will be hurt by this but who can really say? I bet economics students are just splooging themselves right now.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: jakefromstatefarm on June 24, 2016, 07:41:37 PM
Kman chimed in: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/brexit-the-morning-after/?smid=tw-share&mtrref=t.co&assetType=opinion
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 24, 2016, 10:19:38 PM
Well thanks for the reply, bromigo! Yeah, I sorta figured all the great absinthes would be French or summit

There are some well regarded American ones, I just don't care for their herbal mixtures or find them a bit dull (though they are not "bad" like, say, Lucid).
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 24, 2016, 11:16:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y96wJDk_u0
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 25, 2016, 12:03:14 AM
That might be my most-liked post, wtf. :lol
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Take My Breh Away on June 25, 2016, 04:32:19 AM
Already Scottish independence campaigners are calling for another referendum and Irish parties are calling for a United Ireland referendum.

The final days of the British Empire, brehs :doge

spoiler (click to show/hide)
My dad lost €10,000 overnight in share value on the shares he owns in the UK company took over the Irish one he worked for. He was saving them for his retirement nest egg. He wasn't pleased :goty
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Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 25, 2016, 10:10:36 AM
https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/4pr071/burnley_and_brexit_2016_filmmaker_nick_blakemore/d4nddxk

I've been disappointed in the output of r/polandball concerning the Brexit, but this one is pretty good:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://i.imgur.com/uwX1Hbl.png)
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Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: thisismyusername on June 25, 2016, 11:28:19 AM
I don't get it? ??? Norway and Finland(?) are planning to break up?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Atramental on June 25, 2016, 11:30:28 AM
That's England and Scotland. :doge ???
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: thisismyusername on June 25, 2016, 11:31:09 AM
That's England and Scotland. :doge ???

Oh, got it now. Fail at flags. :fbm When I think England, I think the Union Jack.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 25, 2016, 11:42:02 AM
Already Scottish independence campaigners are calling for another referendum and Irish parties are calling for a United Ireland referendum.

The final days of the British Empire, brehs :doge

About the only thing Norn Iron had going for it was sharing a border with the Eurozone and now that's going to go away... the place is already a ward of Westminster economically too.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Dickie Dee on June 25, 2016, 04:06:10 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37iHSwA1SwE

 :o
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 25, 2016, 04:50:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37iHSwA1SwE

 :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeLu_yyz3tc

 :hitler
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 25, 2016, 05:22:19 PM
just hope this doesnt ignite any shit in ireland again :(
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Take My Breh Away on June 25, 2016, 06:00:07 PM
just hope this doesnt ignite any shit in ireland again :(

It won't. The remnants of the IRA splinters (Real IRA, Continuity IRA) and the remnants UVF/UDA are nothing but glorified drug and arms dealers these days and feuding with Dublin and Limerick crime gangs. The "Troubles" ended years ago but a lot of the participants who had stakes in criminal elements stayed in and tried to fight the "War" if only to protect their criminal dealings. The British Army and various state agencies are also significantly better at handling terror threats than they were in the 80's.

Some estates in Belfast and other counties are still "no go" areas and there's some real fucked things happening if you talk to a person the wrong way or go in the wrong areas. But a lot of people in NI don't want to see a return to the troubles and a lot of the younger generation don't really give a fuck due to the waning appeal of religion across the whole island (Which was a fertile recruiting ground back then).
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 26, 2016, 04:48:23 AM
https://twitter.com/FT/status/746291798700597248

Oh boy. I hope someone, somwhere at least tried to bring this up before. edit: Trying to find this chart is proving to be a challenge...

https://twitter.com/PrimlyStable/status/746088753240899585
 :doge :doge :doge
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on June 26, 2016, 05:38:38 AM
Britain tanks it's currency to prevent foreigners from leaching off the public teat, meanwhile I continue stealing from the UK taxpayer by watching BBC shit via VPN  :success
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 26, 2016, 09:01:49 AM
Britain tanks it's currency to prevent foreigners from leaching off the public teat, meanwhile I continue stealing from the UK taxpayer by watching BBC shit via VPN  :success

I just started buying British financial stock.

 :money
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 26, 2016, 12:01:15 PM
Looking forward to Mary Tyler Whore's investigative report on how Brexit has impacted the pussy market.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: toku on June 26, 2016, 02:10:34 PM
http://speri.dept.shef.ac.uk/2016/06/24/repost-brexistential-crisis-what-would-cassandra-say/
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 26, 2016, 04:34:30 PM
https://imgur.com/a/tTe5d

Delightful.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 26, 2016, 05:06:01 PM
https://twitter.com/sunny_hundal/status/747060565839839240

Some levity, I guess.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: chronovore on June 26, 2016, 07:07:18 PM
https://twitter.com/sunny_hundal/status/747060565839839240

Some levity, I guess.
:o

This is what happens when you vote on a dare.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 26, 2016, 09:16:07 PM
Quote
If Boris Johnson looked downbeat yesterday, that is because he realises that he has lost.

Perhaps many Brexiters do not realise it yet, but they have actually lost, and it is all down to one man: David Cameron.

With one fell swoop yesterday at 9:15 am, Cameron effectively annulled the referendum result, and simultaneously destroyed the political careers of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and leading Brexiters who cost him so much anguish, not to mention his premiership.

How?

Throughout the campaign, Cameron had repeatedly said that a vote for leave would lead to triggering Article 50 straight away. Whether implicitly or explicitly, the image was clear: he would be giving that notice under Article 50 the morning after a vote to leave. Whether that was scaremongering or not is a bit moot now but, in the midst of the sentimental nautical references of his speech yesterday, he quietly abandoned that position and handed the responsibility over to his successor.

And as the day wore on, the enormity of that step started to sink in: the markets, Sterling, Scotland, the Irish border, the Gibraltar border, the frontier at Calais, the need to continue compliance with all EU regulations for a free market, re-issuing passports, Brits abroad, EU citizens in Britain, the mountain of legistlation to be torn up and rewritten ... the list grew and grew.

The referendum result is not binding. It is advisory. Parliament is not bound to commit itself in that same direction.

The Conservative party election that Cameron triggered will now have one question looming over it: will you, if elected as party leader, trigger the notice under Article 50?

Who will want to have the responsibility of all those ramifications and consequences on his/her head and shoulders?

Boris Johnson knew this yesterday, when he emerged subdued from his home and was even more subdued at the press conference. He has been out-maneouvered and check-mated.

If he runs for leadership of the party, and then fails to follow through on triggering Article 50, then he is finished. If he does not run and effectively abandons the field, then he is finished. If he runs, wins and pulls the UK out of the EU, then it will all be over - Scotland will break away, there will be upheaval in Ireland, a recession ... broken trade agreements. Then he is also finished. Boris Johnson knows all of this. When he acts like the dumb blond it is just that: an act.

The Brexit leaders now have a result that they cannot use. For them, leadership of the Tory party has become a poison chalice.

When Boris Johnson said there was no need to trigger Article 50 straight away, what he really meant to say was "never". When Michael Gove went on and on about "informal negotiations" ... why? why not the formal ones straight away? ... he also meant not triggering the formal departure. They both know what a formal demarche would mean: an irreversible step that neither of them is prepared to take.

All that remains is for someone to have the guts to stand up and say that Brexit is unachievable in reality without an enormous amount of pain and destruction, that cannot be borne. And David Cameron has put the onus of making that statement on the heads of the people who led the Brexit campaign.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/25/brexit-live-emergency-meetings-eu-uk-leave-vote#comment-77205935
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 26, 2016, 10:44:35 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/dhwPLtv.gif)

:lol
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 27, 2016, 12:00:22 AM
scotland might try to block brexit  :lol
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 27, 2016, 07:11:03 AM
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-eu-referendum-racial-racism-abuse-hate-crime-reported-latest-leave-immigration-a7104191.html
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 27, 2016, 07:16:05 AM
Britain tanks it's currency to prevent foreigners from leaching off the public teat, meanwhile I continue stealing from the UK taxpayer by watching BBC shit via VPN  :success

I just started buying British financial stock.

 :money

http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/27/investing/barclays-rbs-stock-suspended-brexit/
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 27, 2016, 07:22:47 AM
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Brussels has also emphatically ruled out informal talks on a possible trade deal before the UK triggers article 50. “No notification, no negotiation,” one official said on Sunday. A diplomat added: “If they treat their referendum as a non-event, we will also treat their referendum as a non-event.”
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: VomKriege on June 27, 2016, 07:23:43 AM
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If Boris Johnson looked downbeat yesterday, that is because he realises that he has lost.

(snipped for brevity)
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/25/brexit-live-emergency-meetings-eu-uk-leave-vote#comment-77205935

Might be true, but rolling back the vote in whatever form also means alienating even further large parts of the electorate who already feel (rightly or wrongly) disenfranchised. And unless you're planning on introducing census suffrage back, that's a pretty big issue looming over for the future no matter what contempt you have for "old bigoted fucks". Not that I'm too optimistic the current establishment will find a quiet peaceful way to bring them back into the fold no matter what happens, mind. I think that message is also vastly overstating the drama of what is essentially a two year transition aimed at an orderly exit. Will not be pleasant to be the one associated with it in history books perhaps, but the responsibility of the decision lies at the feet of the British citizens.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 27, 2016, 07:27:34 AM
Feel bad for those 16 million that voted to stay, they are all welcome in Europe.

Would love to see how estate chavs will run the country.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: SmokyDave on June 27, 2016, 08:30:38 AM
Ah man, this shit is so grim. It was always going to play out like this though, and given the next chapter is even worse, I should probably hold on to some of this despair.

It's still grim though. Remainers got fucked, Leavers bought a pack of lies and they're going to get fucked too. This last ten or fifteen years has been like watching two cars skidding towards each other in slow motion. The referendum was the first impact, and now we get to see how badly we end up injured. It was all so fucking predictable too.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: fizzel on June 27, 2016, 08:36:30 AM
Corbyn's playing a blinder. Effectively purged his party of Blairites. True commie.  :rejoice
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 27, 2016, 09:41:14 AM
My Brexit strategy:

- Invest thousands in artificially cheap British financial stock (done and will keep investing through these coming days)
- Wait a few months for it to climb up to normal (it will or close to it)
- Sell
- Spend the profits on high end British escorts
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: headwalk on June 27, 2016, 09:59:36 AM
we've been carrying on as a zombie nation for god knows how long. tories defaulting to a majority, labour becoming the butt of every joke even from their base. the sovereign cash cow of the london financial district being protected at all costs while its trickle down wealth fails to reach former industrial communities that have become dumping zones for new arrivals lined with poundlands and betting shops.

leaving the EU is not and was never the answer to any of this, despite what the tabloids bleated on about. what was required was a party in touch with the working class and solid plan to wean the country off london's teat.

it looks grim now, but there is an opportunity here. the one thing i agree with that bald scouse eddie hitler from bottom alike on question time last night is that all the jigsaw pieces have been chucked on the floor and if there is a half decent leader with an ounce of inspiration locked away somewhere in the halls of westminster, now is the time for them to make themselves known. how the pieces get put back together is up for grabs.

the most depressing thing about this isn't the turkeys voting for christmas, or even the boots and braces racists who are using the occasion to escalate their closet phobias into violence, it's the utter pant wetting, finger pointing, hair on fire hysterical one upmanship i've seen from both our politicians and the average divvy on my facebook timeline. not a single spitfire pilot amongst them.

i suppose we living in a time when an iffy batman costume is a cause for a public outcry, so the reaction to a genuine crisis is to be expected, but to see people call this "a living hell" as they sit eating their cornflakes watching some numbers go down is a bit much for me to stomach.

probably my single most patriotic moment was being in london for the 7/7 bombings. people all came together to complain about the entire tube being shut even though most of it hadn't been blown up and it would take ages to get home so they'll probably miss eastenders.

- Spend the profits on high end British escorts

sadly all our high end munters have been unfairly undercut and usurped by their superior eastern european counterparts, who fancied gnoshing off a banker from essex once a week over working full time in KFC.

Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 27, 2016, 10:26:40 AM
we've been carrying on as a zombie nation for god knows how long. tories defaulting to a majority, labour becoming the butt of every joke even from their base. the sovereign cash cow of the london financial district being protected at all costs while its trickle down wealth fails to reach former industrial communities that have become dumping zones for new arrivals lined with poundlands and betting shops.

leaving the EU is not and was never the answer to any of this, despite what the tabloids bleated on about. what was required was a party in touch with the working class and solid plan to wean the country off london's teat.
Old folk who've grown up alongside Thatcher have voted Leave. I wonder if George Osborne can connect those dots. I still remember his teary eyed face at her funeral. :doge
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 27, 2016, 10:41:55 AM
My Brexit strategy:

- Invest thousands in artificially cheap British financial stock (done and will keep investing through these coming days)
- Wait a few months for it to climb up to normal (it will or close to it)
- Sell
- Spend the profits on high end British escorts

But will they be British immigrant escorts?
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 27, 2016, 10:48:49 AM
British escorts

:kobeyuck
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 27, 2016, 11:13:51 AM
My Brexit strategy:

- Invest thousands in artificially cheap British financial stock (done and will keep investing through these coming days)
- Wait a few months for it to climb up to normal (it will or close to it)
- Sell
- Spend the profits on high end British escorts

But will they be British immigrant escorts?

Hopefully only ones that have been confirmed to have taken jobs away from hardworking native British escorts. :lawd
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: headwalk on June 27, 2016, 11:20:00 AM
congrats on repeating my shit joke three times over lads.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 27, 2016, 11:34:55 AM
Corbyn's playing a blinder. Effectively purged his party of Blairites. True commie.  :rejoice

:aah
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 27, 2016, 11:50:28 AM
http://on.ft.com/28WiMG7  :leon
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: VomKriege on June 27, 2016, 01:10:39 PM
Could Britons gives me a quick rundown about Corbyn ? Because from the outside it is hard to make a clear assessment. The ridiculous amount of vitriol he got from the press when chosen as the head of the Labour really felt like he was maligned first and foremost for being an establishment outsider, even if some of the criticism was on point.

I'm fairly familiar with the rough outline (old fashioned leftist and somewhat alternative backbencher, has some internal leverage because of all the people who took a party card along with his election as the leader of Labour, etc...), just looking for a first party perspective.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 27, 2016, 01:16:28 PM
congrats on repeating my shit joke three times over lads.

Too much Brit slang, no one got it. I only understood the part about E-Sex.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: brob on June 27, 2016, 01:17:23 PM
Could Britons gives me a quick rundown about Corbyn ? Because from the outside it is hard to make a clear assessment. The ridiculous amount of vitriol he got from the press when chosen as the head of the Labour really felt like he was maligned first and foremost for being an establishment outsider, even if some of the criticism was on point.

I'm fairly familiar with the rough outline (old fashioned leftist and somewhat alternative backbencher, has some internal leverage because of all the people who took a party card along with his election as the leader of Labour, etc...), just looking for a first party perspective.

http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2729-the-whorled-circle-of-a-political-cosmology

Corbyn has the support of the union base and the labour voters, but there is still a sizable part of the labour party that desperately wants him gone so they can do their usual 'we gotta move towards the center to get votes outta these racist villiage idiots' jig
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 27, 2016, 02:34:56 PM
congrats on repeating my shit joke three times over lads.

Like British financial stock, the British joke has fallen so low on markets that we bought multiples  :doge
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: toku on June 27, 2016, 05:23:55 PM
https://twitter.com/FliDiFlouFliFla/status/747352496507654145
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Tasty on June 27, 2016, 05:32:48 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClwO-xxWMAQ-45y.jpg:large)

https://twitter.com/FliDiFlouFliFla/status/747352496507654145

:dead
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: toku on June 27, 2016, 06:21:43 PM
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36644211

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The European Union will not hold informal talks with the UK until it triggers Article 50 to leave, Germany, France and Italy have insisted.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted talks with French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Berlin.

The leaders called for a "new impulse" to strengthen the EU.

All three leaders voiced regret at the UK's vote to leave, with Mrs Merkel calling it a "very painful and regrettable decision".

"We are in agreement that Article 50 of the European treaties is very clear - a member state that wishes to leave the European Union has to notify the European Council," Mrs Merkel told the joint news conference at the German chancellery.

"There can't be any further steps until that has happened. Only then will the European Council issue guidelines under which an exit will be negotiated.

"That means that, and we agree on this point, there will be neither informal nor formal talks on a British exit until the European Council has received the [UK's] request for an exit from the European Union."

President Hollande and Prime Minister Renzi emphasised the need to process the UK's exit as quickly as possible and focus on the challenges facing the remaining 27 states such as fighting terrorism and strengthening the borders.

"Our responsibility is not to lose time in dealing with the question of the UK's exit and the new questions for the 27," Mr Hollande said. "There is nothing worse than uncertainty."

"On the one hand we are sad but it is also the right time to write a new page in European history on what unites us," said Mr Renzi.
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 27, 2016, 09:58:16 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl6e_UwUgAE9e8k.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 27, 2016, 10:09:58 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh0ac5HUpDU
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: T-Short on June 28, 2016, 05:07:32 AM
https://twitter.com/lukewestaway/status/747709503978758144 (https://twitter.com/lukewestaway/status/747709503978758144)

:lol these negotiations will be awesome
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 28, 2016, 05:33:52 AM
"negotiations"
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 28, 2016, 08:16:01 AM
(http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/galleries/x701/135667.jpg)
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: toku on June 28, 2016, 09:15:47 AM
https://twitter.com/lukewestaway/status/747709503978758144 (https://twitter.com/lukewestaway/status/747709503978758144)

:lol these negotiations will be awesome
"negotiations"

From the transcript of Nigel Farage's speech to European Parliament today:
(http://i.imgur.com/I45MTiy.jpg)
https://twitter.com/de/status/747747475428106240
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 28, 2016, 09:32:32 AM
UK is handling this breakup like most of you Borians.   

With a lot of fear and self doubt coupled with unbridled emotions nobody wants to hear.  :doge
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on June 28, 2016, 09:57:24 AM
https://twitter.com/lukewestaway/status/747709503978758144 (https://twitter.com/lukewestaway/status/747709503978758144)

:lol these negotiations will be awesome
God, Juncker is such an asshole. :lol
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on June 28, 2016, 10:57:05 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/NZI88xH.jpg)


Here come these idiots throwing shit at people's doors....
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 28, 2016, 11:22:01 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/NZI88xH.jpg)


Here come these idiots throwing shit at people's doors....
:dead
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Kara on June 28, 2016, 11:59:23 AM
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Labour MPs vote no confidence in Corbyn 172 to 40.

Britons weren't ready for you, Little Lavrentiy Beria. :ussrcry
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: brob on June 28, 2016, 12:39:37 PM
so he's gained the support of ten MPs since he became leader? :umad

tbh it's cute how desperate they are to remove ol Jezza before chilcot comes thru calling all Blair and his crew war criminals in a weeks time   :bolo
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on July 01, 2016, 08:02:07 PM
Brexit, by a Serbian "fake Briton"
http://boingboing.net/2016/07/01/brexit-by-a-serbian-fake-br.html
Title: Re: The United Kingdom's 100 year plan? Failed. America Was Always Greater
Post by: Rufus on July 02, 2016, 07:03:33 AM
And now for something stupid:
http://thebrexitplan.com/