Is Brexit actually going to happen?

[Santino]

I noticed that on Newsnight last night Rees Mogg said the Irish Border can be managed remotely.
No details provided by him.
I believe he is wrong.

What's the issue with the Irish border?

 

[Pickman's model]

I noticed that on Newsnight last night Rees Mogg said the Irish Border can be managed remotely.
No details provided by him.
I believe he is wrong.

...on the basis that...

 

[pk]

What's the issue with the Irish border?

There aren’t enough tories swinging from the top of its fence.

 

[Pickman's model]

There aren’t enough tories swinging from the top of its fence.

this would be the fence that famously doesn't exist.

 

[Supine]

What's the issue with the Irish border?

 

[philosophical]

...on the basis that...

There aren't enough drones, and they're too expensive.

 

[Pickman's model]

There aren't enough drones, and they're too expensive.

Enough drones *for what*?

Too expensive *for what*?

 

[philosophical]

Enough drones *for what*?

Too expensive *for what*?

To remotely control the land border in Ireland.

 

[Pickman's model]

To remotely control the land border in Ireland.

Yeh cos that really connects with the discussion

 

[philosophical]

Yeh cos that really connects with the discussion

Well I commented on what Rees Mogg said, no particular discussion about it has followed.
Hope that helps.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well I commented on what Rees Mogg said, no particular discussion about it has followed.
Hope that helps.

Not really, no

 

[philosophical]

Not really, no

Oh well, too bad.

 

[Poi E]

Any flounces on this thread so far?

 

[Pickman's model]

Any flounces on this thread so far?

philosophical's flounce is eagerly anticipated

 

[Pickman's model]

very disappointed that my patent (and indeed trademarked) salt water solution, brino, has now been dragged into the brexit argument.

 

[philosophical]

philosophical's flounce is eagerly anticipated

I don't have enough hair for a flounce, or even a quiff.

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't have enough hair for a flounce, or even a quiff.

Not even a furbelow

 

[Kesher]

UK would vote 59-41 in favour of staying in EU, new poll shows

 

[brogdale]

UK would vote 59-41 in favour of staying in EU, new poll shows

Fieldwork done in June on a skewed sample.

 

[billbond]

UK would vote 59-41 in favour of staying in EU, new poll shows

Ive seen one poll where it is 58-42 in favour of LEAVE
All a waste of time anyway has the vote has already taken place

 

[Yossarian]

Any flounces on this thread so far?

Does Brexit count as a flounce?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Does Brexit count as a flounce?

Will the UK just wander back in as if nothing has happened, or reappear under a different name?

 

[Pickman's model]

Ive seen one poll where it is 58-42 in favour of LEAVE
All a waste of time anyway has the vote has already taken place

a vote...

tbh the most likely outcome's brino, for all your saline needs.

 

[brogdale]

Will the UK just wander back in as if nothing has happened, or reappear under a different name?

"awesome britain" instead of 'Great'?

 

[gentlegreen]

"awesome britain" instead of 'Great'?

little.

 

[brogdale]

06/09/18; Yellowhammer day

 

[brogdale]

Priorities, eh?

"...help maintain confidence in the event of contingency plans being triggered - particularly important for financial services."

 

[teuchter]

That there HM Treasury. It's like they are obsessed with thinking about money

 

[sleaterkinney]

Big conference with Barnier up here: Oral evidence - The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal - 3 Sep 2018

 

[CRI]