Is Brexit actually going to happen?

[brogdale]

They'll be going strong for years then?

'Brexit' certainly will, so no reason why NuKIP shouldn't.

 

[Ranbay]

If he finds one prat for every seat that’s £65k in total, less expenses, hardly Bernie Madoff...

and if he finds 10 that's 650k quick maths

They wont be around end of the year, £20 to a charity of your choice says so

 

[Ranbay]

Events are £2.50 a ticket
Registration is £25
To become an MP/MEP it’s £100 fee
No doubt there is also merch on sale at events, I saw someone in a Brexit party shirt just yesterday….
It just screams of the standard Fash for Cash method.

I honestly think once they finaly cram the deal through the door (within the next 176 days) he will say oh well, my job here is done, thanks for the extra money i'm off to retire in the EU or something.

 

[teuchter]

Just a reminder for everyone that this is on tonight. See you all there.

Europe's Big Night Out - This time I'm voting - UK

 

[Pickman's model]

How much do other parties charge?

it's not a proper party if they charge

 

[Poi E]

 

[CRI]

Creepy ass!

 

[DotCommunist]

Seamus Milne conspiracies are highly amusing but I file them alongside 'russia did it!' as bollocks the unhinged center now exists on

 

[Poi E]

the unhinged centre. like it.

 

[Pickman's model]

the unhinged centre. like it.

i note they're all strung up

 

[Wilf]

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They look to be hideously white shite.

 

[brogdale]

You've got to hope that the vermin are paying top dollar for PR messaging of this calibre...utter genius campaign slogan.

 

[Wilf]

I don't think this is true anymore. UKIP came second in a shitload of seats in 2015, and Europe as a wedge issue has only gotten bigger since then. With the right wind behind them there's every chance the Brexit party will get some seats next time.

They were 2nd in 120 seats, about 2/3 of which were Con winners and 1/3 Lab. Just checked, I was surprised it was so high. From memory I think they also came vey close in the Heywood and Middleton/Castleton (can't remember the precise seat name) by election, held just before the2015 General. So yes, I think what you say is right, particularly if there was an election called by the new Tory Leader amid feelings that brexit was betrayed. The FPP electoral system provides high hurdles for non-established parties, but there are now scenarios in some seats of Lab, Con and Brexit getting substantial votes, allowing the odd Brexiteer to win on say 35% of the vote.

 

[1%er]

I heard on the news here that the UK will be holding election for the European parliament in a couple of weeks, Will this be the "public vote" I keep hearing people asking for?

Will both leavers and remainers turn out? Can this vote be seen as an indication of a second referendum result or not, if all the leave party votes and remain party votes are totted up? If not, can someone explain why not, as I am semi-detached from the UK news.

 

[brogdale]

I heard on the news here that the UK will be holding election for the European parliament in a couple of weeks, Will this be the "public vote" I keep hearing people asking for?

Will both leavers and remainers turn out? Can this vote be seen as an indication of a second referendum result or not, if all the leave party votes and remain party votes are totted up? If not, can someone explain why not, as I am semi-detached from the UK news.

Yes, no, yes, no, because it isn't that.

 

[killer b]

The results of the EP elections will be used to support whatever position each politician, political commentator or man in the pub wishes to take, or if they don't and can't be made to support whatever position they take will be irrelevant. So whatever you like really.

 

[SpackleFrog]

and if he finds 10 that's 650k quick maths

They wont be around end of the year, £20 to a charity of your choice says so

The charity of my choice is me and I will take your bet.

 

[Wilf]

Yes, no, yes, no, because it isn't that.

I endorse this summary.

 

[Lucy Fur]

^This

 

[Wilf]

The results of the EP elections will be used to support whatever position each politician, political commentator or man in the pub wishes to take, or if they don't and can't be made to support whatever position they take will be irrelevant. So whatever you like really.

A minor sub-plot piece of schadenfreude is the Green, Libs and Chuks all hovering round 9-10%
2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia (scroll down for polls)
Doesn't mean they'd have got 27-30% with combined candidates of course, but it does mean these elections will give remainers less to crow about than could have been the case. I didn't really follow what happened when they turned the Libs down, whether it was Chuka's delusions of grandeur or not, but it was probably a bad move for a one-off brexit focused election.

 

[Poi E]

Looking bad for the Brexit Party in Scotland.

 

[Wilf]

Looking bad for the Brexit Party in Scotland.

I remember Farage hiding in an Edinburgh pub a few years ago, to avoid a few shouty protesters. Happy days.

 

[Pickman's model]

I remember Farage hiding in an Edinburgh pub a few years ago, to avoid a few shouty protesters. Happy days.

hiding in a pub like anyone fell for that

he was only too grateful for the excuse to carry on drinking

 

[Ranbay]

The charity of my choice is me and I will take your bet.

Done

 

[SpackleFrog]

Done

So you're betting me £20 that the Brexit party won't exist by the end of 2019? How is this defined? As in they won't stand in any elections after this year?

 

[DotCommunist]

as a registered party is fair. Take his cleaner money!

 

[Ranbay]

So you're betting me £20 that the Brexit party won't exist by the end of 2019? How is this defined? As in they won't stand in any elections after this year?

£20 says by the end of the year, Nigel wont be about promoting the Brexit party, they wont have any MEPs or MPs

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The Revolution is Permanent, comrades. The BP will be around for ever.

 

[SpackleFrog]

£20 says by the end of the year, Nigel wont be about promoting the Brexit party, they wont have any MEPs or MPs

OK, I'll take that! Let the record show.

 

[Ranbay]

OK, I'll take that! Let the record show.

It's on