And They're OUT! The UK leaves the EU.

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Wait till Trump is elected..

LOOK at her NECK!

That girl could deep-throat a Clydesdale!
 

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Brexit leaders are walking back some of their biggest promises

By Max Bearak June 26

In the days after Britain's momentous decision to withdraw from the European Union, there has been much talk of voter's remorse.

Some who voted in favor of a British exit have said they merely wanted to lodge a protest vote and hadn't expected the "leave" camp to actually win. Others said they had no idea that the implications of such a vote would be so dire.

But one of the biggest reasons for regret may end up being that promises made to "leave" voters by leading Brexit proponents are being walked back by those very leaders. On talk shows over the weekend, three of them in particular were confronted by flabbergasted hosts over their playing down of integral elements of the Brexit campaign.

Nigel Farage was perhaps the loudest voice calling for Britain's exit from the European Union, though he wasn't officially part of the "Leave" campaign. As leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, he represented the isolationist, anti-immigration core of the Brexit movement. Speaking to the host of ITV's "Good Morning Britain," Farage called one of the "leave" campaign's biggest promises a "mistake," though he distanced himself from the decision to make the promise in the first place.

Host: "The 350 million pounds a week that we send to the E.U., which we will no longer send to the E.U., can you guarantee that's going to go to the NHS [Britain's National Health Service]?"

Farage: "No, I can't, and I would never have made that claim. It is one of the mistakes that, I think, the 'leave' campaign made."
Host: "Hold on a moment. That was one of your adverts."

They then sparred over whether it was the "leave" campaign's advertisement or Farage's in particular, before moving on. The advertisement was the campaign's, not Farage's.

Host: "That's why many people voted."

Farage: "They made a mistake doing that."

Host: "You're saying after 17 million people have voted for 'leave,' based — I don't know how many people voted on the basis of that advert, but that was a huge part of the propaganda —you're now saying that's a mistake?"

On "The Andrew Marr Show," another leading "leave" campaigner, Iain Duncan Smith, said that the £350-million figure was "an extrapolation" and that the campaign had never said that all of that money would go to the NHS, just a good portion of it. Many were quick to point out that the "leave" campaign had a bus emblazoned with the monetary figure and at least strongly implied that the money would be reallocated to the NHS. Smith is pictured below alongside the bus.

The Brexit vote was as much a referendum on Britain's immigration policies as anything else, so the promises made around that issue carried outsize weight. Immigration flows to Britain have been increasing, and levels of resentment are high among certain segments of the British public.

That explains the exasperation of a BBC Radio 5 host who was talking to "leave" campaigner Nigel Evans.

Host: "Was it not inferred that if you vote 'leave,' immigration would go down?"

Evans: "Well, we said we would control it, and that is the most important point."

Host: "Control it by bringing it down, Nigel?"

Evans: "No, but there are two differences here, and this is where there is some misunderstanding."

Evans goes on to offer some background on how the "leave" campaign's immigration promises were made, but the host cuts him off.

Host: "Straight question, straight answer, Nigel. Will immigration fall significantly when the U.K. leaves the E.U.?"

Suffice it to say that Evans does not have a straight answer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/26/brexit-leaders-are-walking-back-some-of-their-biggest-promises/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_wv-brexit-leaders-5pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

So it begins. . .
 

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Brexit leaders are walking back some of their biggest promises

By Max Bearak June 26

In the days after Britain's momentous decision to withdraw from the European Union, there has been much talk of voter's remorse.

Some who voted in favor of a British exit have said they merely wanted to lodge a protest vote and hadn't expected the "leave" camp to actually win. Others said they had no idea that the implications of such a vote would be so dire.

But one of the biggest reasons for regret may end up being that promises made to "leave" voters by leading Brexit proponents are being walked back by those very leaders. On talk shows over the weekend, three of them in particular were confronted by flabbergasted hosts over their playing down of integral elements of the Brexit campaign.

Nigel Farage was perhaps the loudest voice calling for Britain's exit from the European Union, though he wasn't officially part of the "Leave" campaign. As leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, he represented the isolationist, anti-immigration core of the Brexit movement. Speaking to the host of ITV's "Good Morning Britain," Farage called one of the "leave" campaign's biggest promises a "mistake," though he distanced himself from the decision to make the promise in the first place.

Host: "The 350 million pounds a week that we send to the E.U., which we will no longer send to the E.U., can you guarantee that's going to go to the NHS [Britain's National Health Service]?"

Farage: "No, I can't, and I would never have made that claim. It is one of the mistakes that, I think, the 'leave' campaign made."
Host: "Hold on a moment. That was one of your adverts."

They then sparred over whether it was the "leave" campaign's advertisement or Farage's in particular, before moving on. The advertisement was the campaign's, not Farage's.

Host: "That's why many people voted."

Farage: "They made a mistake doing that."

Host: "You're saying after 17 million people have voted for 'leave,' based — I don't know how many people voted on the basis of that advert, but that was a huge part of the propaganda —you're now saying that's a mistake?"

On "The Andrew Marr Show," another leading "leave" campaigner, Iain Duncan Smith, said that the £350-million figure was "an extrapolation" and that the campaign had never said that all of that money would go to the NHS, just a good portion of it. Many were quick to point out that the "leave" campaign had a bus emblazoned with the monetary figure and at least strongly implied that the money would be reallocated to the NHS. Smith is pictured below alongside the bus.

The Brexit vote was as much a referendum on Britain's immigration policies as anything else, so the promises made around that issue carried outsize weight. Immigration flows to Britain have been increasing, and levels of resentment are high among certain segments of the British public.

That explains the exasperation of a BBC Radio 5 host who was talking to "leave" campaigner Nigel Evans.

Host: "Was it not inferred that if you vote 'leave,' immigration would go down?"

Evans: "Well, we said we would control it, and that is the most important point."

Host: "Control it by bringing it down, Nigel?"

Evans: "No, but there are two differences here, and this is where there is some misunderstanding."

Evans goes on to offer some background on how the "leave" campaign's immigration promises were made, but the host cuts him off.

Host: "Straight question, straight answer, Nigel. Will immigration fall significantly when the U.K. leaves the E.U.?"

Suffice it to say that Evans does not have a straight answer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ble-main_wv-brexit-leaders-5pm:homepage/story

So it begins. . .

Watch Blackie come in and either insult or backpedal like his idols are on what they all meant.
 

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If you watch the full interview with Farage you get the complete context. Cut and paste is a fave tactic if the left.
 

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Truly, Blackleaf, on account of being a British citizen :) , what have you voted for: staying or leaving the EU?

I voted 100%-0% to Leave the EU.

Although I don't think that will come as much of a surprise to most people here.

A sharp spike in racist incidents reported after the Brexit vot

Uh oh. Here comes Bullsh*t Man...



Brexit leaders are walking back some of their biggest promises

By Max Bearak June 26

In the days after Britain's momentous decision to withdraw from the European Union, there has been much talk of voter's remorse.

Some who voted in favor of a British exit have said they merely wanted to lodge a protest vote and hadn't expected the "leave" camp to actually win. Others said they had no idea that the implications of such a vote would be so dire.

But one of the biggest reasons for regret may end up being that promises made to "leave" voters by leading Brexit proponents are being walked back by those very leaders. On talk shows over the weekend, three of them in particular were confronted by flabbergasted hosts over their playing down of integral elements of the Brexit campaign.

Nigel Farage was perhaps the loudest voice calling for Britain's exit from the European Union, though he wasn't officially part of the "Leave" campaign. As leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, he represented the isolationist, anti-immigration core of the Brexit movement. Speaking to the host of ITV's "Good Morning Britain," Farage called one of the "leave" campaign's biggest promises a "mistake," though he distanced himself from the decision to make the promise in the first place.

Host: "The 350 million pounds a week that we send to the E.U., which we will no longer send to the E.U., can you guarantee that's going to go to the NHS [Britain's National Health Service]?"

Farage: "No, I can't, and I would never have made that claim. It is one of the mistakes that, I think, the 'leave' campaign made."

Host: "Hold on a moment. That was one of your adverts."

They then sparred over whether it was the "leave" campaign's advertisement or Farage's in particular, before moving on. The advertisement was the campaign's, not Farage's.

Host: "That's why many people voted."

Farage: "They made a mistake doing that."

Host: "You're saying after 17 million people have voted for 'leave,' based — I don't know how many people voted on the basis of that advert, but that was a huge part of the propaganda —you're now saying that's a mistake?"

On "The Andrew Marr Show," another leading "leave" campaigner, Iain Duncan Smith, said that the £350-million figure was "an extrapolation" and that the campaign had never said that all of that money would go to the NHS, just a good portion of it. Many were quick to point out that the "leave" campaign had a bus emblazoned with the monetary figure and at least strongly implied that the money would be reallocated to the NHS. Smith is pictured below alongside the bus.


The Good Morning Britain host was talking a load of bull****. And it has angered many people.

The host was attacking Mr Farage by saying Farage was now backtracking on his promise that the £350 million a week that we give to Brussels will instead go to the NHS once we leave the EU.

But Farage never, ever made such a promise. In fact, he doesn't even believe we give as much as £350 million a week to the EU. During the referendum campaign he attacked the Leave camp - and Farage wasn't an official part of the Vote Leave campaign. He was part of the rival Grassroots Out! (GO!) campaign which wasn't allowed to take part in referendum campaigning as Vote Leave was chosen - for its £350 million a week figure, saying that we don't give that much per week to the EU.

This is precisely why, when asked by the Good Morning Britain host "Can you guarantee that's (the £350 million) going to go to the NHS [Britain's National Health Service]?", Farage said "No, I can't, and I would never have made that claim. It is one of the mistakes that, I think, the 'leave' campaign made." Farage never promised that £350 million that we give to the EU would go instead to the NHS and, during the campaign, even attacked Vote Leave for their £350 million claim, saying we don't give that much to the EU.

The obviously confused host then told Farage "Hold on a moment. That was one of your adverts." But it WASN'T one of Farage's adverts. It was an advert by Vote Leave, which Farage wasn't a part of. He was part of Grassroots Out! (GO!).

But now, rather predictably, the bloody media has come out saying that "Farage has backtracked on his claim that we will give £350 a week to the NHS!" after one ignorant Good Morning Britain host assumed that Farage was an official member of Vote Leave and that he was one of those claiming we give £350 million to the EU and that we can now give it to the NHS.

The media is deliberately making Farage look like he's backtracking when he isn't. And this has angered people. An audience member on a special edition of BBC's Question Time last night shouted out angrily at one or two Remain politicians on the panel because they were making the nonsensical claim that Farage is backtracking. The audience member pointed out, as I have, that Farage was never part of Vote Leave, that the adverts stating we can give the £350 million a week that we currently give to Brussels to the NHS instead were NOT his adverts, that he never promised £350 million to the NHS (the Vote Leave camp, that Farage wasn't part of, did|) and that Farage even attacked Vote Leave during the campaign over their claims that we give £350 million a week to the EU, saying we don't give that much.

In reality, the money that we give to Brussels each week will, once we leave the EU, be spent in the UK on what we want to spend it on - NHS, schools, housing, defence.
 
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If you watch the full interview with Farage you get the complete context. Cut and paste is a fave tactic if the left.

A tactic? TBones left a link to the complete text which maybe be a challenge to righties as they don't understand the concept of the 'link'. is to click on it with the mouse pointer and read the whole story. And I wish Black leaf would do the same instead of posting whole articles including pictures.....


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A tactic? TBones left a link to the complete text which maybe be a challenge to righties as they don't understand the concept of the 'link'. is to click on it with the mouse pointer and read the whole story. And I wish Black leaf would do the same instead of posting whole articles including pictures.....


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*Walter desperately searches for a rodent pointing*
 

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*Walter desperately searches for a rodent pointing*

I was walking down a back street on Saturday, behind a row of traditional northern English terraced houses (like you see on Coronation Street), and there was a wheelie bin and a pile of rubbish right outside someone's back gate. As I walked right past the bin and rubbish I suddenly heard a noise like something was moving amongst the rubbish. Then I heard was sounded like a scurrying sound. I looked down to my right, near where the rubbish was, as I carried on walking and saw two massive rats scurrying right past me. I think one even brushed my shoe. I watched then as they ran under the gap under the gate and went into the back yard of the house. It gave me the eebie-jeebies.
 

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I was walking down a back street on Saturday, behind a row of traditional northern English terraced houses (like you see on Coronation Street),
Looking for a discount rent-boy?

and there was a wheelie bin and a pile of rubbish right outside someone's back gate. As I walked right past the bin and rubbish I suddenly heard a noise like something was moving amongst the rubbish. Then I heard was sounded like a scurrying sound. I looked down to my right, near where the rubbish was, as I carried on walking and saw two massive rats scurrying right past me. I think one even brushed my shoe. I watched then as they ran under the gap under the gate and went into the back yard of the house. It gave me the eebie-jeebies.
You served in the Royal Navy? What were you, a P*ssy's Mate 3d Class?
 

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Looking for a discount rent-boy?

No. I was just passing through the area whilst eating a couple of butties that I'd just bought from a Paki shop. Seeing the rats put me off a little bit.

You served in the Royal Navy? What were you, a P*ssy's Mate 3d Class?
I was an Operator Mechanic. I worked on the radar in the ops room.
 

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No. I was just passing through the area whilst eating a couple of butties that I'd just bought from a Paki shop. Seeing the rats put me off a little bit.

I was an Operator Mechanic. I worked on the radar in the ops room.
Damn, you were a P*ssy's Mate!

Sarah Palin celebrates Brexit, says UK avoided ‘apocalyptic One World Government’

By Ben Guarino June 27

As the United Kingdom prepared to leave the European Union, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation, the value of the pound fell and HBO had to assure worried “Game of Thrones” fans that future Northern Ireland film shoots were going to be fine, Sarah Palin came forth with her own take.

On Friday, the former Alaskan governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin congratulated the “smart Brits,” likening the June referendum to the Declaration of Independence. After all, as she noted in a Facebook post, the citizens of the United Kingdom may have avoided nothing less than the end of the world.

Palin, a Donald Trump supporter, applauded the Leave voters for outfoxing “globalists” who would bring about an “apocalyptic One World Government,” she wrote on Facebook. That is because the European Union, in her words, is a “One World Government mini-me.”

Palin’s comments marked a public embrace of a conspiracy theory popularly known as the New World Order. Palin did not elaborate what, exactly, the apocalypse would look like. But the details of who or what make up the New World Order depend on the theorist — it is a secret organization of politicians, banks, the Illuminati, the media or, perhaps, lizard people. Distilled, the main goal of the organization is a totalitarian regime that will emerge from the shadows: One World Government to rule them all.

Whether that goal is brought about by order or chaos is also in the mind of the beholder. Alex Jones, the 9/11 conspiracy theorist behind the website Infowars, told New York Magazine in 2011 that the members of the New World Order are working to acquire a genetically-engineered mouse pox that could kill 99 percent of any given mammalian species. Rolling Stone, who described Jones as the “most paranoid man in America,” called his obsession with New World Order “Ahab-like.” The New World Order is everywhere: the Gates Foundation is a “eugenics operation,” Jones told Rolling Stone, and WikiLeaks is a government-sanctioned disinformation campaign.

Jones and Palin are not, historically speaking, anomalies. People have worried about the establishment at least as long as there has been a Man to stick it to. In fact, the Illuminati started out as a collective of nonconformist philosophers resisting the Catholic Church’s influence in the 1770s. The idea of a “New World Order” is a modern flavor of a long-held skepticism, though expressly stated as such it would not catch hold until the latter half of the 20th century.

Before it became a conspiracy theory, in the ‘40s, Winston Churchill used the phrase “world order” as a counterpoint to anarchy. It was this sentiment that then-President George H. W. Bush wanted to echo to Congress at the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm during a 1991 speech: “Now, we can see a new world coming into view. A world in which there is the very real prospect of a new world order.”

But in the years intervening between Churchill and Bush, the idea of an overly-ordered world accrued sinister connotations. Jones’s New World Order of inside terrorism jobs has a political tone, but other circles see the incarnation of evil itself — Satan. Beginning in the '60s, American fundamental Christians mixed the One World Government with Biblical flavors. The same month as Bush’s Desert Storm speech, Pat Robertson of “The 700 Club” wrote a New York Times bestseller on the New World Order that took aim at the Freemasons and the Trilateral Commission, and was accused of coded antisemitism. A decade later, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, authors of the massively popular Rapture fiction series “Left Behind,” would cement the idea that the Book of Revelations warns about a single government ramping up to Armageddon.

“World government is only one leg of the prophesied three-legged stool of end times globalism,” as LaHaye and Jenkins wrote on their website. “The other two are a one-world economy and a one-world religion. The worldwide interchange of goods and services today, along with the current economic chaos, seems a clear signal that the prophecies of Revelation 13 and 18 may be coming true.” Just how many people actually believe in the New World Order is unclear.

More crazee at link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...nment/?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name:homepage/story
 

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Damn, you were a P*ssy's Mate!

On HMS Exeter, when we were in harbour and it was pointless to operate radar, I acted as the boatswain's mate.

Me and the quatermaster were each armed with an SA-80 rifle and stood watch near the gangway on the flight deck acting as security. There was a logbook on a chest high table that we had to get people to sign each time they came onboard the ship or went off the ship. It was hard work during the day when there were loads of people milling about, but at night it was great. It was during the night shift that we stood with our rifles in the massive open doorway of the hangar of the ship looking out onto the flight deck and the gangway and we just chatted and did crosswords and other puzzles and had the radio on and, every so often, one of would go down to the canteen to make two cups of tea. It was brilliant. And if it was a Friday night or Saturday night, some of the sailors coming back from a night out often gave us fish and ships or kebabs that they had bought for us.
 

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Does Brexit portend the end of European unity?

By Constanze Stelzenmüller
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Here's the link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...e27d4a-3a5a-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html

but who cares? The answer to his question is "Damn, I hope so!"

On HMS Exeter, when we were in harbour and it was pointless to operate radar, I acted as the boatswain's mate.

Me and the quatermaster were each armed with an SA-80 rifle and stood watch near the gangway on the flight deck acting as security. There was a logbook on chest high table that we had to get people to sign each time they came onboard the ship or went off the ship. It was hard work during the day when there were loads of people milling about, but at night it was great. It was during the night shift that we stood with our rifles in the massive open doorway of the hangar of the ship looking out onto the flight deck and the gangway and we just chatted and did crfosswords and other puzzles and had the radio on and, every so often, one of would go down to the canteen to make two cups of tea. It was brilliant.
They gave a rifle to a . . . ahem. . . person who screams and pisses himself when he sees a rat?

No wonder the Royal Navy's a bad parody of its onetime greatness.
 

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They gave a rifle to a . . . ahem. . . person who screams and pisses himself when he sees a rat?

No wonder the Royal Navy's a bad parody of its onetime greatness.

But I didn't scream and piss myself when I saw the two rats. I just muttered something like "Jesus. Rats!" and then felt a little shiver go up or down my spine. One may have even nutmegged me by running though me legs.

Does Brexit portend the end of European unity?

Course it does. Give it a year or two and at least two other countries will have left.