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View Poll Results: Should Britain leave the E.U. ?
Yes 109 50.00%
No 46 21.10%
No.. But things MUST change 38 17.43%
I don't care 14 6.42%
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Jack died because old men in suits were squabbling over money and ego. He was cannon fodder. Indoctrinated into the armed forces from the lower educated Working class to give his life in exchange for someone else's glory..

Not much has changed..

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Jack died because old men in suits were squabbling over money and ego. He was cannon fodder. Indoctrinated into the armed forces from the lower educated Working class to give his life in exchange for someone else's glory..

Not much has changed..

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I suppose this won't change, Brexit or not..
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I suppose this won't change, Brexit or not..
Which leads to the philosophical question "What are you prepared to die for, nowadays?"
It's a rhetorical question though.

I commented some pages ago, that no one killed while serving in their nations' armed forces returns to their home country in a coffin draped in a blue flag, whether that blue flag be the NATO version or the EU version.

For instance, is a Scotsman prepared to die for the blue Saltire with a whilte cross?
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Pretty convincing polemic from Pat Condell

https://youtu.be/JFt-pRIvL9E


plz forward this to anyone you know who is on the fence
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Play nice folks or I'll delete the whole thread.. And that would be a shame because its a dam good read with brilliant responses from both sides.

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Play nice folks or I'll delete the whole thread.. And that would be a shame because its a dam good read with brilliant responses from both sides.

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I am not sure what this refers to but, hey, it wouldn't be the end of the world - it wouldn't even change the price of fish on the market tomorrow.
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I am not sure what this refers to but, hey, it wouldn't be the end of the world - it wouldn't even change the price of fish on the market tomorrow.
You're dead right. Who would really care. But I like to get insight to everyone's opinions. And why they think that way. Even if I don't agree with them I still respect their opinion and their right to have it.
This thread has been a wealth of information and entertainment but if it turns into some bitch fight then I'd rather not lower the tone of the Hubb anymore than usual and delete it before a moderator is forced to.
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The price of fish may actually be a useful discussion point. No EU means international law, so we can sink Spanish boats off Dover, but they can sink ours off Cadiz. The price would fall if we eat more New Zealand Hoki than North Sea cod, but there would be pressure to let our boats out to hunt down every last shrimp and damn the fact that once they are gone they are gone.

I hope we'd have the sense to politely keep it all at sustainable levels, but I think Boris and Dave have mates who'd sell you the last fish in the sea frozen and in orange bread crumbs

Still think we can do our own mirror fishing and agriculture policies like the EU but efficient so not like the EU.

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I still don't care.
I still won't be voting.
I still think politicians are twats.

And I am at peace with myself for thinking this way
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You're dead right. Who would really care. But I like to get insight to everyone's opinions. And why they think that way. Even if I don't agree with them I still respect their opinion and their right to have it.
This thread has been a wealth of information and entertainment but if it turns into some bitch fight then I'd rather not lower the tone of the Hubb anymore than usual and delete it before a moderator is forced to.
I haven't seen anything like a bitch fight in this pub, even on a Friday night.

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And then the war with the machines will start.. We will all be Terminated

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Should Britain leave the E.U. ???
It will be economic Chris, cheap eastern trucks have been here before and they're rubbish. You'll spend a boat load more on them keeping them on the road.
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It will be economic Chris, cheap eastern trucks have been here before and they're rubbish. You'll spend a boat load more on them keeping them on the road.

Well yes XS904, they wouldn't be economic from the point of the unfortunate owner...but they'd probably be good for the UK economy as there would be tons of replacement parts and spares being imported and sold! lol
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Disgraceful as the video is, it just shows how corrupt political figures are in this country. Do I really want to be turning total control over to these people?

But then, politicians are just a reflection on the population that elected them. It's more of the same in Europe too.



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So how much do we spend on the EU as a % ??

And is it really where we should be laying the blame ?

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