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"BREXIT MEANS BREXIT"

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“Brexit Means Brexit”

As if that’s enough;

“We don’t need a plan

We don’t give a stuff”.

 

“Brexit Means Brexit

Beware of expert men

They’re simply spreading fear

We’ll be Great again”.

 

“Brexit Means Brexit

Sod off to the Poles

And to the Romanians

We’re taking back controls”.

 

“Brexit Means Brexit”

We hear nothing new

“Brexit Means Brexit”

As if that will do.

 

“Brexit Means Brexit”

I hear it everywhere

“Brexit Means Brexit

We really do not care”.

 

“Brexit Means Brexit”

“We don’t need a plan”

“Brexit Means Brexit”

Is how it all began.

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John Coopey

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 15:08

Although I usually go with the wife, we remain at Loggerheads, MC.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 11:34

I'll close my own contributions by saying that whilst younger
voters may have been in a majority to vote "remain" among themselves, I wonder just how much of that has been due to youthful passions for travel and ease rather
than proper teaching in schools about the history of this
country and the sacrifices made for the cause of freedom.
Where is that freedom when the primacy of our famous
Parliament takes orders from the likes of today's EU and
our courts have to bow down to foreign judgements?

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John Coopey

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 10:47

Absolutely, Brian. It was there for Remainers to lose. And we did. It doesn’t alter the fact that Leavers can’t explain what their plan to leave is. And still can’t.
(I’ve never been too worried about being told what to do, Brian).

<Deleted User> (18980)

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 10:34

The answer you're looking for John...yes you are right...most of us wanted out without knowing exactly what it might mean, but trusting our gut instincts that the British people would rise to the challenge.

The remainers on the other hand were the majority but let EU membership slip through their fingers. So perhaps you need to look at your side and ask questions.

Anyway, in what seems to have become a forum for just three of us (perhaps reflecting the general interest on here) I suggest we call a halt to this before we're told to.

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John Coopey

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 09:22

No doubt, Brian. But I’m still at a loss to understand what you thought you’d voted for. Other than “Brexit Means Brexit”. You seem to keep proving my point.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Sun 23rd Sep 2018 07:25

John - unfortunately a large number of potential remain voters - mostly younger people I believe - couldn't be arsed to get out of bed and get down to the polling station. Had they done so I think the result could have been different. I wonder how many left-leaning WOLers reading this fall into this category?

In my own family, me, my wife and son were first in the queue to vote leave. My two daughters had better things to do and one of them in particular has constantly whinged about the outcome ever since...accusing me of ruining her life.

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John Coopey

Sat 22nd Sep 2018 23:39

MC - This is the stuff of good stump oratory. High ideals and visions with no substance. It reminds me of prospective Miss Worlds embracing world peace and the end to hunger as their greatest wishes. So, at the risk of repeating my repetition, how? What is the plan?
Brian - It is indeed the honest answer to admit that you do not know what the plan is. It does beg the question, however, why on Earth you would vote for something when you don’t know what you are getting. In contrast, every Remainer knew what they were voting for.

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 22nd Sep 2018 16:56

To borrow again -
You ask what is our plan?
To break free of the shackles that hold us captive and
ignores our own historical right of self-determination.
You ask what is our aim?
Success - for the future, despite all the misgivings, all the
nay-sayers and doom-mongers. Conviction of purpose and courage in its continuance will see us through...as it has so
often against all the odds in our proud story. We stand on
the shoulders of giants so let's not fall to our knees for the
convenience of easy travel and a cosy "do as you're told"
diktat from a stealthily laid control from beyond these shores.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Sat 22nd Sep 2018 16:31

You're like a dog with a bone John. MC and I and others have made it clear that yes, things are not ideal, but the important thing is that the UK is leaving. And before you ask again...we don't know what the plan is as at present we are not masters of our own destiny...which is exactly the reason why the majority voted to leave.

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John Coopey

Sat 22nd Sep 2018 08:46

If only Leave was as simple as they told you it would be.
So what’s the plan, MC?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 21st Sep 2018 22:23

You can't win a battle when the leader is sympathetic to
the other side. Or - to adapt an old adage -
Faint heart never won fair trade deal!
"Grocer" Heath was told by minister Geoffrey Rippon that
if the British public knew the path being taken by the
European project they would never agree to it. Heath replied that it was why it wouldn't be told - and the deceit,
want of truth and self-delusion (let alone the betrayal of
the Commonwealth in favour of our erstwhile enemies)continued apace to ensure its success, whatever it took.
Conservative and Unionist Party members who always saw themselves as the Middle Englander's political voice
were driven apart by what was increasingly evident to
those who looked beneath the surface of the promises and
the rhetoric to witness the burgeoning political entity
that saw itself with a non-accountable police force and
its own army - hardly the concept that was mentioned
when we joined the original distant "Common Market".
A European political "elite" - a bit like the Empire in the
Star Wars franchise - saw themselves on the lofty platform
of continent-wide power and the word "democracy" took
a nosedive when it suited the plans of the project. Vote
against? No - you must go away and vote again until you
get it right. Nationhood became a thing of the past.
Going very wrong is not a new estimation in this area
of political posturing. It has been going very wrong
from the outset, and we shall suffer before our return to our own resources of parliamentary and legal rule is done and dusted. But we have suffered before - and far worse!
So - let us brace ourselves to our duty and let history be
our judge. (Here, I raise two-fingers in a certain well-known salute). ?

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John Coopey

Thu 20th Sep 2018 21:58

It's going very wrong, MC.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 20th Sep 2018 21:32

I recall younger days when I happily entered the cinema,
but I grew wise enough to realise that we were being
spun a yarn and the real world of opportunity and chance always lay beyond those dimly lit doors marked "Exit".

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John Coopey

Thu 20th Sep 2018 17:13

Ha, ha, Brian.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Thu 20th Sep 2018 17:07

Well done John...you can be our cheerleader!

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