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malaise

(269,054 posts)
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 02:55 PM Mar 2019

Meanwhile Theresa May is begging the EU to let them stay for a while

So much for the mess created by the RW austerity imperialists. This is a mess.
A horrific day for both the vile MAGAcretin and the British Conservative Party.
They could both do the planet a favor and resign.

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Meanwhile Theresa May is begging the EU to let them stay for a while (Original Post) malaise Mar 2019 OP
Ugh! You are not kidding. Zoonart Mar 2019 #1
What dots? Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #5
Here you go... Zoonart Mar 2019 #6
No evidence is presented there, Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #7
They could do the planet a favor by leaving. gtar100 Mar 2019 #2
Great post malaise Mar 2019 #3
I prefer "balancing the books". The problem is austerity has been OnDoutside Mar 2019 #4
"Just another couple years, pretty please?" moondust Mar 2019 #8
The upcoming EU elections should be fun malaise Mar 2019 #9
While the EU says, "Are you still here?" gratuitous Mar 2019 #10
The biggest supporters are the extreme right of Theresa May's party malaise Mar 2019 #11
Kick. n/t area51 Mar 2019 #12

Zoonart

(11,869 posts)
1. Ugh! You are not kidding.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 02:58 PM
Mar 2019

What a mess, and shame on the MSM for not connecting the Brexit dots to Russian ratf@$%ing.

 

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
5. What dots?
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 03:36 PM
Mar 2019

I think only US influence via illegal brexit campaign funding has been discovered so far.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
2. They could do the planet a favor by leaving.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 03:13 PM
Mar 2019

Since they have so little regard for it.

We look at austerity measures as cruel and inhumane because of the suffering they cause and how they drive so many people into poverty. The right-wing looks at austerity measures as a great success because it drives more wealth into the pockets of people in the ownership class. They are willing to let billions (yes, billions) suffer for that. It's one of the primary reasons I don't understand why so many people across the globe who are poor and struggling still support the right. Sure, they get to enjoy the benefit of having their racist, hateful ideals normalized but it sure does hurt their own pockets. Seems kinda short-sighted, no?

malaise

(269,054 posts)
3. Great post
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 03:17 PM
Mar 2019

Reagan and Thatcher destroyed the social good and the fight back is just gaining ground.
Wake up humanity.
That said this austerity crap has also infected much of the EU

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)
4. I prefer "balancing the books". The problem is austerity has been
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 03:26 PM
Mar 2019

weaponised by the far left and selfish crony capitalists. Those in the middle are the ones who lose as usual.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. While the EU says, "Are you still here?"
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 05:13 PM
Mar 2019

The UK got suckered by the Brexiteers and narrowly passed the referendum to leave the EU. Since that vote, a lot of more information has come to light about who was pushing for severing ties, and just what that all meant. For some people, the prospect of kicking out foreigners and dark-skinned people was an irresistible lure. For others, the notion that the UK would manage its own economic affairs better than the EU was the deciding factor. A lot of other considerations were given very short shrift or not discussed at all (e.g., the border with Ireland). Any number of Brexit-friendly public figures have left government or disappeared since the referendum.

The referendum wasn't a suicide pact, particularly since so much more information is at hand. What would be the harm in holding another referendum on Brexit, this time with a population better educated on the merits pro and con? If the UK confirms the earlier vote, then go ahead. But if the people say, "Waitasecond, here," doesn't it serve everyone's bona fide interests to ask again?

malaise

(269,054 posts)
11. The biggest supporters are the extreme right of Theresa May's party
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 05:19 PM
Mar 2019

allies of trump like Farage. Remember when the Con told Theresa May she should appoint him as the UKs Ambassador tot he US?

I don't plan to forget who was in Scotland when that vote went down.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-47562204/2019-european-elections-nigel-farage-on-uk-taking-part

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