E U. Should we stay or should we leave.

[Huge_Vitae]

7 hours ago, gozzer said:

I agree that his thread has run it's course, but it only has a couple of pages, and 30 odd replies to reach the 'milestones of 1000 pages, and 10,000 replies. I realise that if we took out the repeats it would be a lot shorter, but no thread has achieved anywhere near this length, and it would be a shame, IMO, if it was closed before it did.

It's been a very divisive thread, and, I believe, has cost AN some members, but it's kept people posting during a very dry spell when not much else was happening. 

John.

I agree!

 

[Huge_Vitae]

7 hours ago, gozzer said:

I agree that his thread has run it's course, but it only has a couple of pages, and 30 odd replies to reach the 'milestones of 1000 pages, and 10,000 replies. I realise that if we took out the repeats it would be a lot shorter, but no thread has achieved anywhere near this length, and it would be a shame, IMO, if it was closed before it did.

It's been a very divisive thread, and, I believe, has cost AN some members, but it's kept people posting during a very dry spell when not much else was happening. 

John.

But there again, perhaps it will make it to 1000 pages.

[Huge_Vitae]

7 hours ago, gozzer said:

I agree that his thread has run it's course, but it only has a couple of pages, and 30 odd replies to reach the 'milestones of 1000 pages, and 10,000 replies. I realise that if we took out the repeats it would be a lot shorter, but no thread has achieved anywhere near this length, and it would be a shame, IMO, if it was closed before it did.

It's been a very divisive thread, and, I believe, has cost AN some members, but it's kept people posting during a very dry spell when not much else was happening. 

John.

How many replies to go?

[barry luxton]

29 minutes ago, Huge_Vitae said:

But there again, perhaps it will make it to 1000 pages.

not for the want of tryin

[Huge_Vitae]

35 minutes ago, barry luxton said:

not for the want of tryin

Do you think so.

[chesters1]

I do or maybe not

[Phone]

CHESTERS1,

50/50?

Phone

 

[ayjay]

19 hours ago, gozzer said:

I believe, has cost AN some members, but it's kept people posting during a very dry spell when not much else was happening. 

John.

I'm still here, but rarely post now, especially on this topic. The main protagonist against Brexit here writes unintelligible posts in which they expect the reader to insert their own punctuation to make any sense of it - when you can make any sense of it it's mostly bullshine anyway. When they did use punctuation recently they didn't understand it, we had we're instead of were, or was it where, or even weir - I don't know cos I stopped reading it, the first read made no sense and that was enough for me to give up.

I say let it die, however close to whatever record it is.

[big_cod]

1 hour ago, ayjay said:

I'm still here, but rarely post now, especially on this topic. The main protagonist against Brexit here writes unintelligible posts in which they expect the reader to insert their own punctuation to make any sense of it - when you can make any sense of it it's mostly bullshine anyway. When they did use punctuation recently they didn't understand it, we had we're instead of were, or was it where, or even weir - I don't know cos I stopped reading it, the first read made no sense and that was enough for me to give up.

I say let it die, however close to whatever record it is.

Brexit or brexshit which is it .

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-economy-deal-boris-johnson-withdrawal-agreement-nhs-a9157461.html

Edited December 26, 2019 by big_cod

[barry luxton]

4 hours ago, big_cod said:

Brexit or brexshit which is it .

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-economy-deal-boris-johnson-withdrawal-agreement-nhs-a9157461.html

why are you attempting to denigrate Brexit with a history lesson,  it's 3 months old. Have you also checked out it's provenance?

quote: The Centre for European Reform is an award-winning, independent think-tank that seeks to achieve an open, outward-looking, influential and prosperous European Union, with close ties to its neighbours and allies. The CER’s work in pursuit of those aims is guided by the same principles that have served us well since our foundation in 1998: sober, rigorous and realistic analysis, combined with constructive proposals for reform.

and it is so one sided and lop sided it stinks.

The CER’s engagement with senior figures in Europe is reflected in the speakers we attract to our events. In recent years, guests have included Emmanuel Macron, Martin Selmayr and Michel Barnier. These high-level contacts enhance the accuracy of our analysis and enable us to refine our proposals, both in publications and in the private briefings that we provide to senior officials, ministers and European commissioners. 

 

quote again: realistic analysis, combined with constructive proposals for reform. The reason why Brexit is going to happen is  due to intransigence and lack of accountability, far more close to reality than anything you can put up.