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Is Brexit actually going to happen?

Will we have a brexit?


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Zen has mellowed somewhat on its trip from japan to west coast america then over to europe. I've never seen the stick used in the UK, and some of the french zen community continue to see wine as an integral part of their practice. :cool:

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Also, a pretty good technical analysis of 2nd ref voting possibilities from Andrew Cooper of Populus here (and yes, I know the Tory connections ;) ).
That's from Friday's "The Remaining Standard" :hmm:

I'm ultra-sceptical of focus groups and how they work, and also I have huge doubts about confirmation bias with questioning in all focus groups or polls.

He does make some useful points though, IMO. Worth a read so long as you challenge parts of what he says. Can others on Urban please attempt that? ;)

Yeah, some good points.

Don't see a 2nd ref happening unless it's on May's deal/Remain though.
 
Don't see a 2nd ref happening unless it's on May's deal/Remain though.
Worth a look at what John McDonnell's said in recent days, and at what Keir Starmer also seems to be trying to do. All rumours, so question marks abound obvs.

But I can see the Peter Kyle amendment getting traction, and maybe?? to the point of LP whipping. Even Corbyn's made a couple of very slightly ref-friendly remarks in public :eek:
 
Worth a look at what John McDonnell's said in recent days, and at what Keir Starmer also seems to be trying to do. All rumours, so question marks abound obvs.

But I can see the Peter Kyle amendment getting traction, and maybe?? to the point of LP whipping. Even Corbyn's made a couple of very slightly ref-friendly remarks in public :eek:

The Kyle amendment is for a referendum on May's deal vs Remain though isn't it?
 
Ffs, what is it with these people? Can’t eat a bag of chips or a bacon sandwich, has never picked up a cue, necro-bestial leanings. Yet we let them run the sodding country. Are we mad??
I've never picked up a cue either, but know not to do it as a photo opportunity.
Haven't had a bacon sandwich in 40 years ...
 
Since the new blue ones are going to be printed in France it would be the very definition of irony if they were impounded at the border in Calais in the event of a No-Deal Brexit

They should apply a special export duty on them, something like £350 million a week would seem appropriate.
 
Aw, isn't this kind of them? They're setting up a hardship fund for some of the people they've fucked over with Brexit. It will be administered by those kind Jobcentres people. And there may be food aid as well. Such fun!

No-deal hardship fund planned for surge in jobless

(Paywalled if you've used your 2 freebies, so . . . )

...measures under consideration include using “tax and benefits policy” to offset rises in the cost of living, protection for parts of the country “geographically vulnerable” to food shortages and sourcing alternative food for schools, prisons and hospitals.
In the Bank of England’s modelling of a no-deal Brexit last November unemployment would rise to 7.5 per cent. Another government no-deal planning document leaked to The Times last year said the unemployment benefit bill could rise by £12 billion over three years and that even in a “smooth” no-deal scenario there would be “adjustment costs” causing a rise in unemployment.
It is thought that the hardship fund would effectively be a pot of money for which workers who have lost their jobs could apply via the government’s network of jobcentres around the country.
As well as rises in cost of food, the meeting was preoccupied by the impact of shortages...“all departments” should “support devolved administrations in considering any areas of potential geographical vulnerability to food supply issues”.
...enabling a flexible approach by suppliers, working with suppliers on menu flexibility including food substitutions working with Public Health England.”
 
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