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IN/OUT Trump card time...

wymondham
wymondham Posts: 6,356 Forumite
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With us getting close, I'm sure each side has something up their sleeve. What do you think it could be?

On the Remain camp I thought DC would announce a groundbreaking immigration change if we stay, but I keep hearing no movement on this can occur so not so sure now (unless this announcement will double surprise me?!)... maybe they'll stick to clumps of people announcing their intention or George Osborne offering free money if we stay in?

On the leave camp, maybe DC admits he was faking remain all along! :) Maybe something will slip out about future EU changes which are unsavoury? compromising pics of Merkel!

On both camps maybe high profile defections followed by inside expose on campaign dirt..

I wonder how messy this will end up as not much seems off limits for both sides!

What can they offer you that would make you defect??
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  • mrginge
    mrginge Posts: 4,843 Forumite
    Only the EU themselves can offer me anything that would make me change my mind.
    I'm not sure they have either the will or the ability to do that.
  • JamesFenway
    JamesFenway Posts: 14 Forumite
    He will certainly divide America!!!
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Both campaigns have been depressingly poor - I find it hard to believe either side are saving their best stuff for next week.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,133 Forumite
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    I thought it was very poor that when brexit gave their view of what the next 4 years of a post brexit vote looked like (which after all is what many people have claimed they want to know) a couple of days ago it got only a couple of hours as a small story on the bbc website front page and much less coverage than Osbourne's made up 'there would be an instant budget with cuts to the nhs' scare story. (Note for the avoidance of doubt I am not saying there would or wouldn't be less money for public spending post brexit but obviously the impact would not be immediate requiring an emergency budget and the breaking of manifesto promises from the same manifesto that also included a brexit referendum)
    I think....
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    There is nothing the Leave campaign are "offering" anyone, apart from xenophobia.

    Remain are offering more of the same. The Brexiters just appear to know nothing and have no contingencies in place for anything post Leave.

    Many people are dissatisfied with what we have but as its better than the nothing / thinly disguised racism of Leave its likely that Remain will carry the day.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    There is nothing the Leave campaign are "offering" anyone, apart from xenophobia.

    Remain are offering more of the same. The Brexiters just appear to know nothing and have no contingencies in place for anything post Leave.

    Many people are dissatisfied with what we have but as its better than the nothing / thinly disguised racism of Leave its likely that Remain will carry the day.

    its probably true that 'remain' will win, but if your message of hatred for half the people of the UK
    and your belief in unlimited, unqualified immigration for all time, were more widely publicised, then that may make a significant difference.
  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    Don't need a trump card.

    The past 40 years, with the UK - as part of the EU - evolving from the sick man of Europe to a world leading, prosperous, open, tolerant society is enough of a trump card.
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    Maybe if Leave disassociated themselves completely from the repugnance of UKIP and their pea brained supporters. Divested themselves from Boris, Gove and the rest of the underbelly of the Tories, and promoted a genuine vision of a prosperous, inclusive Britain that offered something other than capricious xenophobia and selfishness, I might consider voting for them.

    I am aware that this is unlikely to happen by next week.
  • Carl31
    Carl31 Posts: 2,616 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I think the whole things rigged anyway, The EU realises its in for problems, so if they could get one of the bigger powers to show its worth staying in, the smaller countries will think twice about jumping ship too, hence Cameron and co have had a bung to make it happen
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 17 June 2016 at 11:09AM
    Maybe if Leave disassociated themselves completely from the repugnance of UKIP and their pea brained supporters. Divested themselves from Boris, Gove and the rest of the underbelly of the Tories, and promoted a genuine vision of a prosperous, inclusive Britain that offered something other than capricious xenophobia and selfishness, I might consider voting for them.

    I am aware that this is unlikely to happen by next week.

    another unbalanced ranting : sadly exactly the sort of stuff that encourages violence and hatred.

    why not give us your positive message about your passionate belief in unrestricted and unlimited immigration
    your message that dictatorship by almost anyone is better than a democratic UK because your side doesn't always win
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