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How do you feel about Brexit?

by SydBarrett in

jw
friends

the "independent scotland" thread got me thinking on this.

there are a lot of brits on this board.

what are your thoughts on brexit?

LoveUniHateExams

What I want to know is, where's the benefit? - any benefits are not obvious.

There could and should be benefits, though - the UK economy is huge, and we have lots of willing trading partners - the EU, Australia, Singapore, South Korea, the US, Canada, etc.

The fact that Brexit is going poorly is down mainly to the incompetence of UK government ministers, but the sheer bloody-mindedness of EU ministers to make Britain pay for daring to leave must also be acknowledged.

Brexit was supposed to be about regaining control, i.e. Britain should be politically independent and should govern itself. Sadly, this hasn't been properly realised because we're still a member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This means foreign judges can still overrule legal decisions made by British ones. This, I think, is bad. We should leave ECRH.

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How do you feel about Brexit?

by SydBarrett in

jw
friends

the "independent scotland" thread got me thinking on this.

there are a lot of brits on this board.

what are your thoughts on brexit?

LoveUniHateExams

I was referring to the 'splendid isolationism' and strain of Euro-skepticism in Britain, especially after 1815 - there's still some conflation going on here, I'm afraid.

I'm not Euro-skeptic because I know that the UK is part of Europe.

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The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) - no spoilers, please

by LoveUniHateExams in

yeah, so i've bought this film recently but have never seen it.. i've kinda heard that it's a good film.

i certainly like director nicolas roeg's film don't look now (1973).

roeg also directed this film, the man who fell to earth (1976).. so, i was just wondering if any of you have seen it, and what you thought of it.. er, try not to give spoilers, please ....

LoveUniHateExams

Yeah, so I've bought this film recently but have never seen it.

I've kinda heard that it's a good film. I certainly like director Nicolas Roeg's film Don't look Now (1973). Roeg also directed this film, The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976).

So, I was just wondering if any of you have seen it, and what you thought of it.

Er, try not to give spoilers, please ...

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How do you feel about Brexit?

by SydBarrett in

jw
friends

the "independent scotland" thread got me thinking on this.

there are a lot of brits on this board.

what are your thoughts on brexit?

LoveUniHateExams

Britain has always had this "part of Europe/not part of Europe" thing - actually, no, it never has had this.

Britain is part of Europe (a continent).

Britain is not part of the EU (a supra-national political entity which came into existence in the early to mid 1990s).

Please don't conflate Europe and the EU. It's a fairly common mistake.

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

Scotland will opt for independence - but we've already discussed how this would break up the UK.

Scotland must not be allowed to break up the UK without the whole of the UK electorate voting on the matter.

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

'when there is more than 50% support for it then there should be another referendum. That’s democracy' - ok, let's go with that.

IndyRef 2 happens as soon as there is a majority of support for independence.

Let's ignore the fact that any second referendum might piss all over the first.

So, Scotland goes independent.

Later on, there is a majority who are in favour of rejoining the UK.

Another IndyRef?

Let's also consider the following: Alex Salmond was really, really hoping to lead the independence vote to victory in 2014. That obviously didn't happen. But let's imagine that the Leave vote won.

Would you be supporting another IndyRef if a majority wanted to rejoin the UK?

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

In reality a second referendum might be the last - but why?

Because if Scotland voted Leave in a second referendum, then made a shambles of independence, wouldn't there be a clamour for a third IndyRef?

Or the other way around, if a second IndyRef produced the same result, you'd get bloody-minded SNP supporters demanding another.

So, if there was a second referendum and the unionists won again, you'd throw in the towel?

Edited to add: of course, the best way to respect the electorate is to respect the 2014 IndyRef and its result.

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

No he didn’t - ok. But the IndyRef was framed as a once-in-a-generation event. That was the point I was making.

no one politician can bind the hands of Scottish democracy for decades - is that how you view the referendum result?

If Scotland were to have a second IndyRef, and the result was the same as the first one, would you accept that result, or would you press for a third referendum?

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

Anyone from the UK care to explain what the scottish independent people are upset about and how they feel separating will improve their life? - it's mostly ancient grievances and rivalries against the English.

A lot of it is just banter, but there is anti-English bigotry as well, all whipped up by the SNP.

Strange thing is, thanks to The Barnet Formula, more money per capita is spent on Scottish people than people south of the border. Scots also get 'free' uni education (paid for by English taxpayers), and free eye tests (again, paid for by ...). They may also get free dentist stuff, although I'm not sure about this. But, anyway, what this means is that the English taxpayer pretty much does everything for Scots except wipe their backsides. And some still hate us. There's just no fixing stupid, is there.

The Scots already had a referendum on UK membership in 2014. The then-SNP leader, Alex Salmond, called it a once-in-a-generation event, probably in the hopes that it would help his cause. It didn't - the unionists won.

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Moral responsibility.

by nicolaou in

no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

LoveUniHateExams

What is the difference between subjective - objective and absolute morality? - great question.

As far as I can see there's no actual difference.

There's just 'morality'.