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A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen

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Re: A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen

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Post by noir_lord »

threeseed wrote: post #2

It really is a poison chalice all right. Of historical proportions. To be in charge when the United Kingdom comes to an end and Britain fades into irrelevance is something nobody could possibly want.

Reminds me of a poison pawn in Chess, an apparent sacrifice that if accepted drops the capturing player right in the shit.

Re: A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen

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Post by chvid »

The media has been fairly biased wrt. Brexit up to the referendum but after the result is in they have just gone completely stupid.

Boris Johnson is an excellent future leader of the conservatives and will do very well as a prime minister. That he was able to become mayor of London shows his broad appeal to what is traditionally a left-winged and very EU-positive place.

What will happen now is much more about the future of the EU and how to create a well-functioning alternative for the many EU-countries who are not willing to go towards a federation.

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Post by ifdefdebug »

noir_lord wrote: post #3
threeseed wrote: post #2

It really is a poison chalice all right. Of historical proportions. To be in charge when the United Kingdom comes to an end and Britain fades into irrelevance is something nobody could possibly want.

Reminds me of a poison pawn in Chess, an apparent sacrifice that if accepted drops the capturing player right in the shit.

it's more like a queen sacrifice commencing an unstoppable mating sequence

Re: A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen

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Post by ifdefdebug »

chvid wrote: post #4

The media has been fairly biased wrt. Brexit up to the referendum but after the result is in they have just gone completely stupid. Boris Johnson is an excellent future leader of the conservatives and will do very well as a prime minister. That he was able to become mayor of London shows his broad appeal to what is traditionally a left-winged and very EU-positive place. What will happen now is much more about the fut…

well there is a chance for him to be the prime minister who lost scotland for the queen. and yesterday he looked regreatful so maybe his plan was to lose the referendum, continue to campaign against eu and win the next elections without having to remove britain from the eu.

Re: A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen

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Post by arethuza »

ifdefdebug wrote: post #6
chvid wrote: post #4

The media has been fairly biased wrt. Brexit up to the referendum but after the result is in they have just gone completely stupid. Boris Johnson is an excellent future leader of the conservatives and will do very well as a prime minister. That he was able to become mayor of London shows his broad appeal to what is traditionally a left-winged and very EU-positive place. What will happen now is much more about the fut…

well there is a chance for him to be the prime minister who lost scotland for the queen. and yesterday he looked regreatful so maybe his plan was to lose the referendum, continue to campaign against eu and win the next elections without having to remove britain from the eu.

"lost scotland for the queen"

I don't think there would be any desire to replace the Queen as head of state in an independent Scotland. The same royal family was head of state before the Union and could easily be afterward a split in the same way that she is Head of State for Canada, Australia and quite a few other countries.

Edit: I personally would prefer a non-political President as Head of State, but I suspect few other people think that and I don't have hugely strong views on it. I also wouldn't want any change to happen in the lifetime of the Queen.

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