Brexit slowly becoming a Farce.

[Stephen Malkmus]

Found it: http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/31/inenglish/1490947258_654751.html

[Bully Wee Villa]

Found it: http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/31/inenglish/1490947258_654751.html

Fair enough. There's quotes in there. Would be a dickish move by Spain to try to punish the massively pro-EU Gibraltararians for the actions of (mostly) bigots in England and Wales, imo.

[Mudder]

Spanish

[Crùbag]

6 hours ago, resk said:

Only 500 million? Definitely worth it, that.

You can't eat a flag, say the Unionists but passports?

And this... WTF?

 

[Bully Wee Villa]

I like the claret ones. ????

[D Angelo Barksdale]

2 hours ago, Mudder said:

Spanish

Both Ceuta and Melilla were 'Spanish' cities even before some parts of mainland Spain were liberated from the Moors. They send MP's to the Spanish parliament.

The UN doesn't consider them colonies unlike Gibraltar.

 

[Cyclizine]

Both Ceuta and Melilla were 'Spanish' cities even before some parts of mainland Spain were liberated from the Moors. They send MP's to the Spanish parliament.

The UN doesn't consider them colonies unlike Gibraltar.

 

It's like the way France treats its overseas possessions, like La Réunion and Guadeloupe as integral parts of France. Spain treats Ceuta and Melilla as actual parts of its territory. The way the UK treats Gibraltar, Falkland Islands etc (as British Overseas Territories) is as separate areas under the control of, but not part of the UK. It's a subtle difference, but enough for the UN to be happy about decolonisation.

 

[Benjamin_Nevis]

So instead of putting money into healthcare, eradicating poverty, cutting police funding, creating jobs, investing in renewable energy or education this country celebrates in the past two weeks spending around £1billion on doing up Buck palace and changing the colour of our fucking passports? No fucking wonder we've not been found by other sentient life in the universe they probably watched us from afar and thought we were too dangerous.

Brexiters [emoji38]

Fucking hell.

[dogmc]

So instead of putting money into healthcare, eradicating poverty, cutting police funding, creating jobs, investing in renewable energy or education this country celebrates in the past two weeks spending around £1billion on doing up Buck palace and changing the colour of our fucking passports? No fucking wonder we've not been found by other sentient life in the universe they probably watched us from afar and thought we were too dangerous.

Getting on with the day job but.....

[resk]

It's a fucking minter, no doubt about it.

[DrewDon]

7 minutes ago, kilbowie2002 said:

See when you sit back and think of it all happening its fucking mental, its utterly utterly bewildering that people have voted for something that will leave all of us poorer, make travelling around Europe harder, make moving abroad to work harder, make owning a business more expensive, make attracting workers even more difficult and give the tories free reign to destroy workers rights, the human rights act and all for what? a blue passport. If anyone genuinely thinks brexit will work out for the betterment of the UK population they are without a shadow of a doubt stupid.

When you consider how utterly gormless and unthinking your typical Brexit enthusiast is, it becomes slightly less bewildering that we have ended up in this dreadful position. 

[D Angelo Barksdale]

Harsh but fair imo.

[Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo]

Michelin starred chefs in Paris and Brussels will still want cost effective langoustines from Scotland, though, so everything will be fine.

[resk]

Harsh but fair imo.

Pink?!

[Granny Danger]

16 minutes ago, kilbowie2002 said:

See when you sit back and think of it all happening its fucking mental, its utterly utterly bewildering that people have voted for something that will leave all of us poorer, make travelling around Europe harder, make moving abroad to work harder, make owning a business more expensive, make attracting workers even more difficult and give the tories free reign to destroy workers rights, the human rights act and all for what? a blue passport. If anyone genuinely thinks brexit will work out for the betterment of the UK population they are without a shadow of a doubt stupid.

 

1 minute ago, DrewDon said:

When you consider how utterly gormless and unthinking your typical Brexit enthusiast is, it becomes slightly less bewildering that we have ended up in this dreadful position. 

I really don't want to think that such a large percentage of the UK are xenophobic and racist, but the old Arthur Conan Doyle line about eliminating the impossible seems relevant here.

People simply couldn't believe it would be good for trade; they simply couldn't be so naive to think it would benefit national security; they simply couldn't think that it would lead to improved services.

The little Englander mentality must be wider and deeper than most of us thought possible or we're willing to believe.

[Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo]

4 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said:

Harsh but fair imo.

There's a what committee? Good to know that the politicians are spending their time concentrating on the important stuff.

[D Angelo Barksdale]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/02/britains-navy-far-weaker-falklands-could-still-cripple-spain/

Less than a week into this shit and major newspapers are openly debating about a possible war with an EU country.

[DrewDon]

1 minute ago, kilbowie2002 said:

But whats mental about it is that they act all surprised when stuff goes against their interests as if its someone else's fault? I think there was a women who went on question time who gave it big licks about believing the tories would look after her etc and being upset at some reforms that were essentially at the heart of the tory ideology. It absolutely astounds me just how stupid people in this country can be. We now have Michael Howard wanting us to go to war with Spain over Gibraltar. FFS!

Most Tory voters don't really give a solitary shit about the untold damage that a Conservative government will reap on other individuals and vulnerable communities; it is, of course, an entirely different story if they specifically are adversely affected - even if it was an entirely predictable and foreseeable outcome. 

Funny thing is, many of those same voters will then unquestioningly swallow whole the very same politicians telling them that it is all the nasty immigrants' fault. Well, it's not really very funny at all.

[welshbairn]

7 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/02/britains-navy-far-weaker-falklands-could-still-cripple-spain/

Less than a week into this shit and major newspapers are openly debating about a possible war with an EU country.

Some interesting background on the armchair admiral.

Eccentric brain-chip admiral expelled by toff schools - Flashmob goth Nostradamus war hero goes overboard

[Crùbag]

16 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/02/britains-navy-far-weaker-falklands-could-still-cripple-spain/

Less than a week into this shit and major newspapers are openly debating about a possible war with an EU country.

Yes. What the hell?

We are lead by a bunch of stupendous backward looking right-wing arseholes.

Fck Britain - let's get out of this shithole a.s.a.p.