NotThePars Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 58 minutes ago, ayrmad said: We had a GE because of Brexit, the GE was about nothing else. Theresa May would've loved that to have been the case but it patently wasn't. I don't think anyone apart from the Lib Dems took the bait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 No it's not.I think we actually could, the EU set the baseline for "general" VAT rate or whatever it is.I've said it before, the Tories always increase VAT when in power, yet no one seems to be howling about how they pumped it up to 20% when they got back in gov. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 28 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I’d ignore the sinister muttering, that’s all they are. I'm just interested to note that these sinister mutterings all seem to come from Brexit supporters. Same as death threats to MPs also appear to have emanated from that side. Are Remainers less likely to be of a violent disposition than Leavers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Are Remainers less likely to be of a violent disposition than Leavers? Remainers are more into bombing poor brown people and driving benefit claimants to suicide than fighting in the streets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: I'm just interested to note that these sinister mutterings all seem to come from Brexit supporters. Same as death threats to MPs also appear to have emanated from that side. Are Remainers less likely to be of a violent disposition than Leavers? The Brexiteers argument is nearly purely emotional rather than rational. I was talking to one last night and every reason he gave blaming the EU was actually decisions made by Westminster. I'd say rational people are less likely to resort to violence. P.S. I refer you to the post by the fuckwit Brexiteer and Trump defender above. Edited April 7, 2019 by welshbairn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: The Brexiteers argument is nearly purely emotional rather than rational. I was talking to one last night and every reason he gave blaming the EU was actually decisions made by Westminster. I'd say rational people are less likely to resort to violence. P.S. I refer you to the post by the fuckwit Brexiteer and Trump defender above. Trump defender I was just pointing out the conspiracy theory was nonsense. As for violence I don't take the view that harassing a benefit claimant is less serious than harassing an MP. Or that someone killing an MP is more imoortant than British bombs killing Yemenis. Political violence happens every single day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, oaksoft said: POOR ME WAH WAH WAH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Who the f**k is this oaksoft character? Is he of some old school P&B fame? Either way, he is coming in far too hot and his game seems to be a couple of years out of date. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Been a bit of a dull return so far, but our premier Daily Mail satirist is certainly finding form again. Popcorn at the ready for the glorious frothing seethefest to come! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Bairnardo said: Who the f**k is this oaksoft character? Is he of some old school P&B fame? Either way, he is coming in far too hot and his game seems to be a couple of years out of date. Was a centre left Scottish independence supporter until H_B broke his brain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 minute ago, NotThePars said: Was a centre left Scottish independence supporter until H_B broke his brain. I get confused with old posters names etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: I get confused with old posters names etc. Someone else might remember better but Detournement's old guise destroyed oaksoft's brain over some claim he made (I think it might've been about a brain drain in the aftermath of the No vote) and he never really recovered after that. Maybe cause nobody else really backed him up despite it happening when this forum was at its most tribal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Jeff Venom said: I think we actually could, the EU set the baseline for "general" VAT rate or whatever it is. I've said it before, the Tories always increase VAT when in power, yet no one seems to be howling about how they pumped it up to 20% when they got back in gov. If we wanted to bankrupt the country, yes we could, but it's not an EU tax, it's "Purchase Tax", introduced in 1940, under a different name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Is he the poster with pocketfuls of degrees and directorships in numerous FTSE100 companies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Who the f**k is this oaksoft character? Is he of some old school P&B fame? Either way, he is coming in far too hot and his game seems to be a couple of years out of date. An attention seeking daftie who never quite recovered from the humiliation of being owned by H_B. In fairness that's pretty embarrassing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 If anyone wants some light relief from this, I can recommend Road to Brexit on BBC. A spoof documentary starring Matt Berry. Very funny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Maybe cause nobody else really backed him up despite it happening when this forum was at its most tribal. Says it all really. Is he the poster with pocketfuls of degrees and directorships in numerous FTSE100 companies? AKA Walter Mitty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 If we wanted to bankrupt the country, yes we could, but it's not an EU tax, it's "Purchase Tax", introduced in 1940, under a different nameYes we could (I'm not saying we should), and yes the EU set the baseline rate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 06/04/2019 at 22:26, sureiknow said: The Grand National is set for a re- run as Remainers don't like the result. Why did we have a Grand National this year? Did nobody win it last year? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Yes we could (I'm not saying we should), and yes the EU set the baseline rate. So what? It's a tax that existed before the EU did. That's the point. The impression given is that VAT is a tax imposed by and for the benefit of the EU and that's palpably wrong. I don't know why you're bothering to defend it. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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