Referendum: which way are you voting?

gardner1

Leave

Another out as are most people I know

thefreckle

Leave

Saw this on facebook:


A good friend of mine came up with a great idea. If you don't have the time/inclination to find out all the facts about the EU referendum (I don't blame you) and are possibly unsure which way to vote, perhaps knowing how other notable people are thinking could help out.

Here are a few that strongly believe the UK should remain a member of the EU:

• Governor of the Bank of England
• International Monetary Fund
• Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Confederation of British Industry
• Leaders/heads of state of every single other member of the EU
• President of the United States of America
• Eight former US Treasury Secretaries
• President of China
• Prime Minister of India
• Prime Minister of Canada
• Prime Minister of Australia
• Prime Minister of Japan
• Prime Minister of New Zealand
• The chief executives of most of the top 100 companies in the UK including Marks and Spencer, BT, Asda, Vodafone, Virgin, IBM, BMW etc.
• Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the United Nations
• All living former Prime Ministers of the UK (from both parties)
• Virtually all reputable and recognised economists
• The Prime Minister of the UK
• The leader of the Labour Party
• The Leader of the Liberal Democrats
• The Leader of the Green Party
• The Leader of the Scottish National Party
• The leader of Plaid Cymru
• Leader of Sinn Fein
• Martin Lewis, that money saving dude off the telly
• The Secretary General of the TUC
• Unison
• National Union of Students
• National Union of Farmers
• Stephen Hawking
• Chief Executive of the NHS
• 300 of the most prominent international historians
• Director of Europol
• David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
• Former Directors of GCHQ
• Secretary General of Nato
• Church of England
• Church in Scotland
• Church in Wales
• Friends of the Earth
• Greenpeace
• Director General of the World Trade Organisation
• WWF
• World Bank
• OECD

Here are pretty much the only notable people who think we should leave the EU:

• Boris Johnson, who probably doesn’t really care either way, but knows he’ll become Prime Minister if the country votes to leave
• A former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who carried out a brutal regime of cuts to benefits and essential support for the poorest in society as well as the disabled and sick
• That idiot that was Education Secretary and every single teacher in the country hated with a furious passion for the damage he was doing to the education system
• Leader of UKIP
• BNP
• Britain First
• Donald Trump
• Keith Chegwin
• David Icke

So, as I said, if you can’t be bothered to look into the real facts and implications of all this in/out stuff, just pick the list that you most trust and vote that way. It really couldn’t be more simple.

And if you are unsure about leaving, don't.

saverbuyer

Leave

Well I mean if you saw it on bakebook...


Where's my ballot paper, I'm voting in.

thefreckle

Leave

saverbuyer wrote: »

Well I mean if you saw it on bakebook...


Where's my ballot paper, I'm voting in.

Good for you

saverbuyer

Leave

thefreckle wrote: »

Good for you

I mean I wasn't going to vote, but now that I know Tony Blair and
Xi Jinping want me to stay in I'm going to do it.

qwert_yuiop

Some names on there provide a very effective reason for voting Leave, particularly those who probably haven't got the best interests of the U.K. at heart?

Risteard

Leave

It's laughable how the Provos pretend to be Republican and yet now promote the so-called "EU". It was always Republican policy to get rid of the so-called "EU" (and its predecessor forms) and to have a free country.

Gerry Adams is a Loyalist. So is Martin McGuinness. That has been known by Republicans for many, many years.

qwert_yuiop

One of my older brothers used to collect old political posters stolen from lampposts. (He was an unusual child.) One lay in our hayshed for years, which showed a group of stylised tycoons in top hats and monocles, slugging champagne. This was an sdlp anti EEC poster with the slogan "leave the rich men's club". Haven't times changed?

Are you a republican who's voting to Leave?

duggan1

Remain

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

One of my older brothers used to collect old political posters stolen from lampposts. (He was an unusual child.) One lay in our hayshed for years, which showed a group of stylised tycoons in top hats and monocles, slugging champagne. This was an sdlp anti EEC poster with the slogan "leave the rich men's club". Haven't times changed?

Are you a republican who's voting to Leave?

They'd do well to. A brexit is a confidence boost for English nationalism and will lead to the breakup of the UK. Scotland will be gone in 2 years and that will lead to an awakening of Irish nationalism among those who are currently quite content.

Risteard

Leave

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

Are you a republican who's voting to Leave?

Of course. True Republicanism demands opposition to the so-called "EU" as much as opposition to English rule.