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Chadwick
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by Chadwick » Mon Sep 09 2019 8:28pm
kevinchess1 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09 2019 7:20pm
What country, in it’s right mind, would want to leave the worlds biggest trading block and risk it all without a deal?
What country, whilst trying to keep together a collection of union of political opposites would risk that union when a lot of its people are opposed to going it alone?
I mean what country leaders are prepared to take a wild, risky leap into the unknown for the vague promises of a better future free from outside influences?
United States of America 1776
Were they crazy?
Sounds crazy. The various member states of a continent choosing to band together under a federal government to work as one entity. No thanks!
More likely that one single state would reject the idea and break away and make a massive success of paying more than its neighbours to buy and sell the same stuff.
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by pabenny » Tue Sep 10 2019 6:09am
Boro Boy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09 2019 9:45pm
" ...a survey published by The Share Centre...
a) that was from mid-2018 when Mrs May was still PM, the original leave date was still 9 months away and no deal was not considered remotely likely
b) You also omitted to note that the sample covered only 'personal investors' - a term not defined but since the article is about direct purchasers of equities, it probably means a small minority of the population.
The other link in that post is also from June 2018. I think we can all agree that there has been considerable change since then.
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by pabenny » Tue Sep 10 2019 6:15am
The article is about the gilets jaunes protesters in France. As it sets out, protests continue, but with declining levels of support. Has the UK press forgotten it? It's essentially a domestic French matter and we tend to have little concern for domestic politics of other countries.
Not sure what point you are trying to make by raising this.
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by BeautifulSunshine » Tue Sep 10 2019 8:08am
pabenny wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10 2019 6:09am
Boro Boy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09 2019 9:45pm
" ...a survey published by The Share Centre...
a) that was from mid-2018 when Mrs May was still PM, the original leave date was still 9 months away and no deal was not considered remotely likely
b) You also omitted to note that the sample covered only 'personal investors' - a term not defined but since the article is about direct purchasers of equities, it probably means a small minority of the population.
The other link in that post is also from June 2018.
I think we can all agree that there has been considerable change since then.
Indeed. That which they thought was impossible has come to pass.
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by pabenny » Tue Sep 10 2019 8:42am
Thank you Sarah.
The clear and sustained preference for 'wrong to vote leave' over the last year shows why the Leavers are so against a second referendum.
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by Sarah » Tue Sep 10 2019 9:05am
There are nevertheless still a lot of polls that show most respondents are too locked into the same mindset to change their voting intention, regardless of everything else.
Here's another interesting chart, which only runs up to May 2019, but shows very clearly how dramatically the referendum polarised many "don't know" views:
https://whatukthinks.org/eu/questions/i ... ou-vote-2/
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