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Title: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 23, 2016, 07:45:26 PM
Ooh-err missus :o

I just cast my Out vote and got caught in the rain and got soaked. Perhaps we'll get better weather when we leave the EU..? lol ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Late on June 23, 2016, 08:57:10 PM
Voted out.
My granddad didn't die in the war so that a few decades later the Germans could be dictating policy in England.





My granddad didn't die in the war at all, tbh. But that's by-the-by.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 23, 2016, 09:25:38 PM
Remain... I'm not a racist  ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 23, 2016, 10:03:52 PM
I think Remain is going to win unfortunately. That MP's murder happened at the worst time possible and may have swayed enough votes in Remain's favour. :(
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 12:30:36 AM
Current standings:

Remain (49.5%) 158,536 - Leave (50.5%) 161,744 :o

The value of the quid has just gone down the toilet ;D ;D ;D

I still think that the Remain vote will win it though, but maybe it's going to be a VERY close decision.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 12:55:19 AM
Remain up to 51.1% now, just 7 results in so far.

Oops. Down to 49.4% now. ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 12:56:13 AM
8/382 results in. ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 03:28:14 AM
51.2% for Leave now. 8)
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 06:12:12 AM
Well it's almost over now, a few more results to come in I think. They reckon it's going to be 52% of people that have voted to Leave.

The pound has pretty much collapsed but I'm 100% certain that the UK (assuming that the Norn Irons and the Sweaty Socks don't do a runner lol) will be in the strongest financial state that it's ever been in in 5 years time. ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 07:26:38 AM
Final results in:

Remain (48.1%) 16,141,241 - Leave (51.9%) 17,410,742

 8) ;D 8)
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 24, 2016, 07:44:21 AM
The pound has pretty much collapsed but I'm 100% certain that the UK (assuming that the Norn Irons and the Sweaty Socks don't do a runner lol) will be in the strongest financial state that it's ever been in in 5 years time. ;D

In the same way the Wii U was going to sell more than the PS4 and Xbox One combined??  If you weren't scared for the UK's financial future, you should be now.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 08:15:06 AM
I don't remember ever saying that, although I wasn't expecting it to flop :(

This is going to cause a few dominoes to fall though I think. There are going to be a few other countries having referendums now I think. Just be thankful that we weren't stupid enough to ditch the quid for the Euro. The pound should recover pretty quickly, this massive drop in value was all these financial whizz kids panicking because they were originally expecting the Remain vote to be successful. Once other countries start voting out, the Euro will implode. There are plenty of people in Brussels crapping themselves at the moment lol ;D ;D ;D

Both Cameron and Corbyn are toast now. Cameron is about to announce his resignation apparently. Won't be immediate though I don't think.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 08:22:08 AM
Anyone from Northern Ireland and Scotland wanting independence now will be insane. They may WANT to Remain in the EU but doing so now would be the worst thing they can do. The EU is d00med.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 24, 2016, 08:26:35 AM
Cameron announces his resignation.. so what... who are we left with.. the likes of BoJo and Michael Gove.. even bigger fucktards...

So glad I need to get some travel money in the next two months..   ;D ;D 

I'll respect the vote.. but just gobsmacked at how many people who are prepared to risk everything and throw our country into the unknown... I'm not even going to pretend like I know what's going to happen.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 08:35:54 AM
If the Labour Party have any sense they'll push Corbyn if he doesn't jump. Both parties need a Brexit politician leading them now, it should be clear to both parties that they're out of touch with the majority of the UK population. And Corbyn has been the biggest numpty that's EVER led a political party.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 11:42:21 AM
Nicola Sturgeon has gone insane. She's talking about a second Sweaty Sock independence vote. So they'll probably go for it and win it but then be TOTALLY screwed when other countries start to want to leave the EU. This is going to be hilarious lmfao  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Northern Ireland probably has enough Loyalists to win what's probably going to be their vote and stay in the UK.

The Jocks are going to end up getting completely FUCKED :o :P ;D

Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of cunts ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 24, 2016, 12:05:47 PM
UK voted out from EU, PM has resigned, Scotland want to leave the UK, Sinn Fein want to unify Ireland and the price of sterling is the lowest in 30+ years.

Yeah, nothing to worry about here at all  ;D ;D 
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 01:54:09 PM
UK voted out from EU, PM has resigned, Scotland want to leave the UK, Sinn Fein want to unify Ireland and the price of sterling is the lowest in 30+ years.

Yeah, nothing to worry about here at all  ;D ;D

The Prime Minister resigning will be balanced out by Corbyn being fucked off too, giving Labour a chance of winning the next election. Scotland MAY vote for independence but if they get that they'll be completely FUCKED because the EU is going to fall apart. Sinn Fein may WANT to unify Ireland but there are enough Loyalist votes over there to stop that happening. And the pound going down in value is purely down to the whizz kids that play with these things betting on the wrong horse and shitting themselves when they got it wrong.

The value of the pound will recover, and in 5 years time - after the EU has completely fallen apart - the value of the pound will soar due to our hands not being tied by them and us having better choices with regards to commerce and they'll be more money to spend on hospitals, education, the emergency services, the armed services and social services.

The EU is absolutely fucked. Serves them right for fucking us over all these years.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 02:48:54 PM
I was just thinking that we haven't seen drags on here for a while. Hope he's okay :-\
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 24, 2016, 03:25:16 PM
The EU could fall apart... I don't quite understand how you can get positives out of that though... surely it will have adverse effects on every country within Europe regardless of whether they are in the union or not.   

I had to laugh when I saw this Headline (http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/24/12022880/google-search-spike-brexit-why-leave-eu)  - in case you are too lazy to read it... Google announced a 250% increase of people searching for : "what happens if we leave the EU" after the vote..  So glad people did their research before voting lol.  Google also announced a massive spike in people searching for : "How to emigrate" as well.. lol - and you think the EU is fucked... the UK is fucked.. its more fractured than ever at the moment..



Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 05:43:48 PM
The only positive out of that is the Jocks being well and truly fucked when that happens. Their economy will go down the toilet. Mine you, it's not certain that they'll win the independence vote anyway.

And yes, the European Union collapsing will affect everybody, but our economy is going to be strong enough to take the hit. In 2 years time the pound will have bounced back. Before it stared to drop last night we had the 5th biggest economy in the world. Our economy might even recover much sooner than 2 years anyway, but even if it doesn't we'll be saving around £18bn per year after that anyway as well as having unrestricted commercial deals being made with nations outside the European Union such as the States, China and Japan.

Germany and France will be out too, with the Netherlands and Italy leaving as well.

Not happy with a far right politician likely to be the Prime Minister but Corbyn will be fucked off too, can't see Labour having anyone in charge of the Opposition being worse than that clueless twat lol.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 24, 2016, 05:54:36 PM
Just as an example of how strong our economy is, Sidney and Athens both practically went bust after hosting the Olympics, it's the main reason why the Bubbles' economy has had to have been bailed out a few times. London, and England by extension, are both doing fine 4 years later.

I was quite worried about London hosting the Olympics for that reason, you all may remember me posting my concerns on here.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 25, 2016, 01:56:12 PM
The EU member states are now shitting themselves lol. They want our Article 50 as soon as possible because the longer this goes on the more chance there is of other member states having their own referendums and voting to leave. Waiting until October to do this is the right decision, it's going to give the economy time to settle down before the 2 year clock starts ticking.

There's now a petition asking for a second referendum with 1.4m signatures so far. Going to be interesting to see how that turns out. I'm going to be VERY pissed off if we get a second vote and Leave ends up losing. >:(
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 27, 2016, 09:14:57 AM
The 2nd petition was created by a leave supporter before the referendum.. and then got hijacked by the remain supporters... I wouldn't worry, its got jack shit chance of being enacted..

The vote has been cast and should not be changed... regardless of the many leave supporters who are now regretting it...  I think what a small part of the fallout has shown me is that this decision should never of been given to the UK population.. democracy is key to this country and all that, but its become clear that a lot of voters didn't have a fucking scooby what they were really voting for, call it political ignorance if you want, but the claims that the NHS is not going to get a £350m boost.. immigration levels are going to remain at the same level and we'll still access the EU single market but we have to join up to the "oppressive" rules that we wanted to unshackle ourselves comes as no surprise to me.

I think we need to exit the EU at the first given moment, like a plaster.. rip it off quickly and it'll only sting a little bit.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 27, 2016, 10:25:44 PM
Nope. We need political stability first. Unfortunately that wanker Corbyn is doing his very best to prevent that from happening. The Tories need to select their next Prime Minister and let the world know who it is, even if he/she doesn't start the job until September, and Labour need to select a new Leader Of The Opposition. That would leave us at least 3 months of political stability before we invoke our Article 50.

We need at least 3 months before invoking our Article 50 so that our MPs (representatives from each political party), financial experts and lawyers can delve through the mountains of paperwork and get a plan of action together in preparation for the upcoming 2 year countdown. Going in tomorrow half-cocked and handing in our Article 50 is the WORST thing they can do.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Late on June 28, 2016, 12:07:18 AM
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Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 28, 2016, 12:59:29 AM
Brilliant lmfao ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 28, 2016, 08:58:15 AM
We need at least 3 months before invoking our Article 50 so that our MPs (representatives from each political party), financial experts and lawyers can delve through the mountains of paperwork and get a plan of action together in preparation for the upcoming 2 year countdown. Going in tomorrow half-cocked and handing in our Article 50 is the WORST thing they can do.

Well I did say at the first given moment.. i.e. as soon as the new PM is in power...  But what do you mean.. get a plan of action together?  Are you suggesting the leave campaign had no post-brexit plan in place?  LOL  Making it up as they go along
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 28, 2016, 11:31:26 AM
It all comes down to expense at the end of the day. It would be a complete waste of time and money to do all of this work if everyone had voted to Remain in the EU. And we need to do this work before invoking Article 50 otherwise we're wasting a few months of our 2 year time limit. The longer into that time limit we go the weaker our negotiating advantage is.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 28, 2016, 12:15:32 PM
It would of been a complete waste of time and money to even campaign for Leave if Remain was to win.. so what.. money is wasted all the time by politicians on all kinds of shit...  Are you seriously saying that when general elections happen, you vote for the person whose ideas sound the best to you.. regardless of if there is any kind of substantial/realistic plan behind them LOL.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0Gqp6HPK4sSPjhZu/giphy.gif)  ;D ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 28, 2016, 01:40:44 PM
I don't think you appreciate how complicated all of this is going to be mate. There are literally millions of pages of bollocks to go through. We've been in the EU for 43 years and EU regulations are ingrained into EVERYTHING these days before you start to think about importing and exporting goods and services, immigration etc.

Thankfully the majority of the member states of the EU will be keen to keep us sweet because of how much business we do with them, they know that the markets of the US, China and Japan in particular are going to be wide open for us in 2 years time.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Dragontao on June 29, 2016, 01:49:49 AM
I'll post my full thoughts on this here soon enough, but I voted out. Nothing to do with immigration as such, population growth yes. It was close though. I was wavering, but I dislike the EU as an organisation.

As to the effect on the pound, the effect wouldn't have been nearly as bad without all the scaremongering. If the Governor of the Bank of England hadn't played lapdog to Osborne and Cameron and said what he did after the vote before it took place, the pound wouldn't have fallen as much. Namely that we had set aside the funds to deal with many of the issues.

Similarly, the blatant bullying tactics from the remain lot. Osborne stating just a few days before the vote that there would be an immediate emergency budget following an out vote. If that was the case, why didn't he say that at the start. Desperation measure to threaten people. Backfired spectacularly.

Then there's this who trade issue. They need to trade with us. German car manufacturers have said as much. Next time you do your weekly shop, see how much stuff you buy actually comes from Europe. Cravendale milk for example. Sounds very English. Produced by Arla who, if I'm not mistaken, are German.

The EU needs to change and needs massive reform. It is an undemocratic institution. There was no democracy in it's formation. Many countries, including ourselves, had no democratic vote to enter this political union, the ultimate goal of which is a European superstate.

I've heard it said we needed to be in the EU to drive that reform. To be able to be part of it. If we'd voted to stay there would have been no reform because they'd know they had us by the balls. You only have to look at all the statements now about making it harder for other countries to leave. We'd have been locked in and there would have have been no reform, just more control. OUr leaving is more likely to effect change.

Now you look at Merkel, telling countries not to strike deals with us independently. Forgive me for thinking they lost the last world war and aren't actually ruling Europe. Saying on one hand it doesn't need to be nasty but the two faced (and both of them manly) cow then looking to show other nations what will happen to them if they have the temerity to want to retain their sovereignty.

Then there's the shit I've seen posted on Facebook claiming the out voters have fucked up their children's future. What utter bollocks. If they think the EU and our leaving is the big problem, they need a rethink. Climate change and human population growth are going to have devastating effects within 50 years. Population growth is unsustainable. 330000 net immigration (an Iceland every year!) last year contributing to a population increase of over 500000. IN 10 years if it doesn't increase more rapidly that's 5 million. 25 million in 50 years. Replicated around the world there will be massive environmental damage, mass extinctions of species. Water and food shortages. All of which will lead to war. Not our leaving the fucking EU. As to war in Europe, it's fucking Europe that is antagonising the Russians, courting all the former Russian states such as the Ukraine, with stategic Crimean bases. Imagine America's reaction if Japan said "come on Hawaii, you're nowhere near America, come and join us, sorry America, you're losing that nice strategic navy base as well". Look at us over the Falklands. Different when the boot's on the other foot.

Then there's this supposedly benevolent socialist EU, the organisation that has embraced TTIP despite millions across Europe signing petitions against it. It's all about big business and money.

The world is fucked whether we are in Europe or not. At least outside of it we can make more of our own decisions.

The EU also wanted us for our seat on the UN security council. They had two seats with us. Down to one now, while we still retain ours.

We don;t need to be in a political union to strike trade deals. We don't need to be in a political union toe agree treaties and protocols. NATO, Kyoto, United Nations. So much bullshit. Not that the leave campaign covered themselves in glory either.

There's so much more that was bullshit in the scaremongering that have enhanced the negative economic effects.

We might suffer in the short term, but we'll be fine in the long term, aside from the other shit storms that are brewing.

I must admit, I thought too many would bottle it at the last minute because of the scaremongering. Just like the Scottish did in their referendum.

Speaking about that Scottish bint who would have you believe everyone in Scotland wanted to remain, while over a third of them (38%) also wanted out. This is the result she wanted, despite her feigned disappointment, as it gives her the chance to get her second independence referendum pushed through.

Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on June 29, 2016, 09:32:48 AM
 ;D ;D  Doesn't sound like you were wavering in the slightest drags...

So you didn't vote Leave for immigration.. but for population growth.. which further on down you confirm that two thirds of which has all stemmed from immigration... LOL.  Nothing wrong with voting Leave to curb UK immigration, but don't try and sugar-coat it!   Don't worry.. I don't think you're a northern racist pensioner  ;)  ;D

So as I keep asking harv... what's the plan here... harv thinks we need 3 months to read millions of page of legal documentation before we can do anything.. you think they would of done that before telling you what the UK will be able to do without the shackles of the EU, but nevermind.   OK, we need a new PM, surely it is better to pull the plug as quickly as possible.. the longer we delay article 50, the worse off we will be.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 29, 2016, 11:41:36 AM
The longer we delay Article 50 the BETTER off we will be. The delay is giving the economy a chance to settle down, it's giving us a chance to get political stability for all political parties which will also help the economy and most importantly the longer we wait the more pressure there is on the EU member states to get this done quickly. They want us out asap and the closer to the end of the 2 year deadline we get, the weaker our bargaining position is.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Dragontao on June 29, 2016, 10:20:13 PM
;D ;D  Doesn't sound like you were wavering in the slightest drags...

So you didn't vote Leave for immigration.. but for population growth.. which further on down you confirm that two thirds of which has all stemmed from immigration...

That's what has pissed me off with the "remain" lot, making assumptions. I'm more than happy for immigration, if population is controlled at the same time. I'll happily welcome hardworking, honest decent folk from anywhere in the world in place of some of the human detritus that infest the lower levels of our society. Our criminals, the chavs who won't work but want 15 kids and plenty of child benefit. Seems a bit unfair on the countries we'd send them too though lol (or perhaps we can just ship them off to fight I.S and help end the conflicts we helped create with our interference and end the necessity for refugees to flee in the first place.

Controlling population growth doesn't mean stopping immigration altogether. Population growth is a global problem. Tackling it has to start somewhere. Continued mass migration and export of economic migrants from 3rd world countries is not going to prevent the disaster that is coming. A fair distribution of wealth would help but a capitalist world won't let that happen. 

Also, interesting article in the Express that the out vote may well have put the mockers on TTIP for some time. A major positive for the out vote if you ask me and plenty of European citizens from other countries signed a petition against TTIP. So the out vote may have done them a big favour. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/684291/Brexit-effect-EU-US-TTIP-trade-deal-faces-failure-after-referendum
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Dragontao on June 29, 2016, 10:25:29 PM
The longer we delay Article 50 the BETTER off we will be. The delay is giving the economy a chance to settle down, it's giving us a chance to get political stability for all political parties which will also help the economy and most importantly the longer we wait the more pressure there is on the EU member states to get this done quickly. They want us out asap and the closer to the end of the 2 year deadline we get, the weaker our bargaining position is.

What we need to do as well is start negotiating some good deals with countries outside the EU and quickly. Some good deals with Japan, especially the market for vehicles, for example would make the Germans very nervous. Their motor manufacturing industry has already spoken out stating that they want trade deals. They are very nervous. They sell an awful lot of cars in the UK.

This article from June last year shows how nervous they are. A fifth of all cars produced in Germany were exported to the UK. They don't do trade deals with us, they are somewhat fucked.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6cda050-20bb-11e5-aa5a-398b2169cf79.html

The EU are playing a game of bluff. Their cards are not as good as the remain campaign and the EU themselves would have you believe.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Dragontao on June 29, 2016, 10:29:47 PM
and here's an article from a couple of days back. Ignore the fact it's the daily fail, the news in it is factually correct and supported by the FT article from a year ago, exactly why the Germans are so nervous. The EU needs our trade. Don't let the idiots who bought into the scaremongering tell you otherwise.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3661255/Carry-trading-beg-German-car-bosses-Manufacturers-demand-Britain-allowed-continue-trading-EU-without-barriers.html
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 30, 2016, 12:35:34 AM
Yup. Unfortunately we can't do unrestricted deals with the likes of the States, China and Japan until we're actually out of the EU. There are currently restrictions in place for all member states of the EU that prevent one country from getting an advantage over another. It wouldn't surprise me if negotiations for these deals are currently being done or will be done under the table ready to set in place the very second we're out.

And you're certainly right about the EU bluffing, they also did this when Cameron was trying to negotiate with them recently...and look where that got them lol ;D ;D ;D

The EU have never respected the UK, particularly the Frogs and Krauts, and now this arrogance is going to kill it. It's only a matter of time before other countries have their referenda and either vote to ditch the Euro or leave the EU altogether.

My money for the next countries to go will be (in no particular order) Sweden, the Czech Republic, Greece, the Netherlands, maybe France, maybe Italy and maybe Spain.

And like I've said before the funniest thing will be if the Jocks go 'independent' (notice the quotes lol) from the UK, and the EU collapses. They won't be paid the subsidies that they currently get from us, won't get bugger all cash when the EU collapses and will want to join the UK again to survive...which means that we can get a MUCH better deal on their share of the North Sea Oil lmfao :o ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Dragontao on June 30, 2016, 08:10:24 PM
We might not be able to do deals (I'm sure there are ways around it) but we can put them in place. Even open negotiations will make certain EU leaders very nervous.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on June 30, 2016, 08:47:08 PM
Yup, that's why I said it would be under the table. Expecting dodgy meetings in service stations with dirty macs, trilby hats and shades during these next couple of years lol :P ;D ;D ;D

Both the FTSE 100 and 250 soared after a few statements from the Governor Of The Bank Of England today, but the pound dropped a bit further. We're going to see all 3 going up and down for a while until the economy and the political parties stabilise. Give it a couple of months and we'll see where we stand in the grand scheme of things post-Brexit result.

And of course the pound is bound to rise when other EU member states start having their own referenda and the Euro starts collapsing. 8)
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on July 01, 2016, 08:21:46 AM
That's what has pissed me off with the "remain" lot, making assumptions.

If I'm making incorrect assumptions then you haven't worded yourself very well... I don't particularly care if you are pro or anti immigration - but you confirm later in the first post that 2/3rds of the UKs population growth came from net migration and as you open with a point of population growth.. it seems clear to me that curbing immigration was a deciding factor in your vote.

However - what does make me laugh in that post.. is the fact you go on about "bullshit, scaremongering, bullying" tactics.. and then use this :
 
Climate change and human population growth are going to have devastating effects within 50 years. Population growth is unsustainable. 330000 net immigration (an Iceland every year!) last year contributing to a population increase of over 500000. IN 10 years if it doesn't increase more rapidly that's 5 million. 25 million in 50 years. Replicated around the world there will be massive environmental damage, mass extinctions of species. Water and food shortages. All of which will lead to war

Now, I'm pretty sure you didn't hear this from the Remain camp  ;D ;D  No doubt it was from a "neutral" source.. although I would just add that the 330k figure is mainly made up from non EU migrants and you haven't spoken of the lower than normal emigration figures.  So using these figures as a base for the next 50 years seems a bit of an "assumption" to me.  And if you believe for one second that the UK is nearing bursting point.. then I'm afraid its you that have been led down the garden path though mate.  There is nothing wrong with a healthy population that is increasing - surely it means the country is doing pretty well... no?
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on July 01, 2016, 07:02:44 PM
Immigration was one of the factors for my vote I'm unashamed to say. I'm fully aware of how important some immigrants are, there are plenty of them keeping the NHS running for starters, but our Dole offices, Housing Benefit offices, GPs, schools, hospitals and dodgy building sites can only deal with so many :o ;D

The biggest factors for me though were the amount of money we give the fuckers every year without getting bugger all back all these years, the inability to do decent business with the States, China and Japan amongst others and the fact that these fuckers are dictating our laws these days.

More than anything I'm looking forward to seeing us being able to buy electronic goods for decent prices for the first time in donkey's years. Should take 3-5 years I reckon but it will be worth it. 8)
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Dragontao on July 01, 2016, 09:36:53 PM
That's what has pissed me off with the "remain" lot, making assumptions.

If I'm making incorrect assumptions then you haven't worded yourself very well... I don't particularly care if you are pro or anti immigration - but you confirm later in the first post that 2/3rds of the UKs population growth came from net migration and as you open with a point of population growth.. it seems clear to me that curbing immigration was a deciding factor in your vote.

Again Not true. Reading into it what you want as many idiots do. As I said. Happy to have 330000 immigrants if we ship out 330000 people as well. It's about curbing population increase and it's a worldwide issue.

However - what does make me laugh in that post.. is the fact you go on about "bullshit, scaremongering, bullying" tactics.. and then use this :
 
Climate change and human population growth are going to have devastating effects within 50 years. Population growth is unsustainable. 330000 net immigration (an Iceland every year!) last year contributing to a population increase of over 500000. IN 10 years if it doesn't increase more rapidly that's 5 million. 25 million in 50 years. Replicated around the world there will be massive environmental damage, mass extinctions of species. Water and food shortages. All of which will lead to war

Now, I'm pretty sure you didn't hear this from the Remain camp  ;D ;D  No doubt it was from a "neutral" source.. although I would just add that the 330k figure is mainly made up from non EU migrants and you haven't spoken of the lower than normal emigration figures.  So using these figures as a base for the next 50 years seems a bit of an "assumption" to me.  And if you believe for one second that the UK is nearing bursting point.. then I'm afraid its you that have been led down the garden path though mate.  There is nothing wrong with a healthy population that is increasing - surely it means the country is doing pretty well... no?

You put the ass in assumption. Did I mentiuon where the immigration was coming from. It doesn't matter to me be because immigration by itself is not the problem. As I said, the EU as an organisation is undemocratic and my problems with it are nothing to do with immigration. As for being from a neutral source. Try the Office of National Statistics. A governement office yes, but very neutral in such matters. They do not serve any party and only collate factual information. 

That statement you refer to as scaremongering is nothing to do with remain or leave. The information that drives those assertions comes from well respected scientific and NGO sources. A degree in environmental science, plenty of study of population statistics and environmental issues give me a solid grounding. It is not scaremongering to talk about the effects of increased population growth. The planet is finite. We cannot have continued  population growth at these levels without resources running out and suffering the consequences of that. HUman population by 2050 is projected to reach 9.7 billion (check out the UN statistics), some estimate between 11 and 12 billion by 2100. That's with population growth supposedly slowing. Population growth is unsustainable and if people think the potential effects of that are scaremongering, given that water stress, food shortages and the fact it is widely accepted we are undergoing a mass extinction event as a result of anthropogenic action are already happening, then they are burying their heads in the sand. Africa is expected to see the largest population rise, with half of that population being in Africa. That's without the potential for sea level rise to reduce the land available for that increasing population to live on.

If you don't think there will be wars, then carry on keeping your head up your backside and living in your state of denial.

http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/2015-report.html
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
https://www.ipcc.ch/index.htm
http://www.populationmatters.org/
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/05/03/climate-driven-water-scarcity-could-hit-economic-growth-by-up-to-6-percent-in-some-regions-says-world-bank

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Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6 percent of their GDP, spur migration, and spark conflict, according to a new World Bank report released today.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on July 01, 2016, 11:12:11 PM
Well I'm doing my part by not reproducing :'( :P
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: Dragontao on July 02, 2016, 11:05:24 AM
That's helping the gene pool as well as the environment Harv.  :P
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on July 02, 2016, 04:23:19 PM
 :(
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: jman on July 04, 2016, 01:09:12 PM
Not quite sure how those links justify a war coming Drags...
In fact, I clicked through to a link on one of those pages with the headline "Brexit and population concern".
First line - "The people have spoken. Britain will leave the European Union. What does it mean for population concern?  To some extent, it means little."  ;D ;D ;D

The IUCN are also quite clearly concerned and against Brexit too.. not quite sure why you posted that one - just to see if I checked right! ;)

Anyway, you have your opinions, I have mine - No I don't agree with yours in the slightest.. so I'm quite happy to leave it there.
Title: Re: In Or Out..?
Post by: harv on July 05, 2016, 06:23:56 PM
http://news.sky.com/story/1721982/watch-ken-clarke-ridicules-tory-candidates

Sent to me by a mate of mine. Apparently he did a similar thing in 2001 recorded by him for Bloomberg but it was deleted before he could take a 'souvenir'. :o ;D ;D ;D