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Brexit, the economy and house prices part 5

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  • posh*spice
    posh*spice Posts: 1,398 Forumite
    Corporal_Perkins wrote: »
    beatdeadhorse.gif Polls count for little and a Poll of just 1,500 counts for nothing but they obviously mean something to you so you keep grasping at straws.

    This poll was conducted from 5th to 8th Dec. There have been other polls since that don't show any movement to Remain.

    Makes you wonder about the state of our newspapers....
    Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
  • Corporal_Perkins
    Corporal_Perkins Posts: 89 Forumite
    posh*spice wrote: »
    This poll was conducted from 5th to 8th Dec. There have been other polls since that don't show any movement to Remain.

    Makes you wonder about the state of our newspapers....

    Do you not feel a little embarrassed for them?.... Living in a country they hate, have the freedom to live anywhere in their EU utopia and yet remain in the UK.. ..:o
  • Ballard
    Ballard Posts: 3,001 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Because I liked something that was clearly intended as humour my serious posts are deemed not to be relevant. Only a complete moron would jump to that conclusion.
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    Ballard wrote: »
    Because I liked something that was clearly intended as humour my serious posts are deemed not to be relevant. Only a complete moron would jump to that conclusion.

    I agree. I don't think we should judge by what people like on here.

    Someone can make a good point, just..one you might not agree with.

    I've even liked some of Hamish's posts ! (Though it did require a period afterwards of laying down in a darkened room with whale music playing !)
  • wunferall
    wunferall Posts: 845 Forumite
    Ballard wrote: »
    Because I liked something that was clearly intended as humour my serious posts are deemed not to be relevant. Only a complete moron would jump to that conclusion.
    And yet you have done just that.
    :T
  • tracey3596
    tracey3596 Posts: 661 Forumite
    wunferall wrote: »
    And yet you have done just that.
    :T

    :D
    It has been said before in these forums that the need to resort to abuse (as with Ballard's use of "moron") is clear evidence that the argument has been lost.
  • Ballard
    Ballard Posts: 3,001 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I went too far in using the term moron and for that I apologise.

    I do realise that just because someone can’t differentiate between humour and seriousness doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re moronic. In a similar way, asking a question and not only ignoring the answer but adding a completely different and unrelated point as ‘proof’ does not necessarily indicate idiocy either.

    Hopefully we can move on from here.
  • Rough_Justice
    Rough_Justice Posts: 340 Forumite
    edited 17 December 2017 at 7:26PM
    Well what a busy Sunday it has been in this thread. Even from a quick flick through the pages, it's immediately obvious that the pro-EU contingent here are more than a little ........ is "miffed" polite enough?
    From "moronic" abuse to intimidation (I'm partial to an old Scotch single malt as my "surprise" FYI, ilovehouses ;)) and the usual deceit and distractions, IMHO if there was anyone left who was unsure of how insulting some of the pro-remainers feel they need to be in their obviously overwhelming desire to prove the glory of the EU they have been enlightened today.

    Whatever happened to the debate of the forum title I don't know.
    What I do know is that far too much of what I have seen posted today is not debate, it's an ill-intentioned foot-stamping temper tantrum by some pro-remainers.

    Now on a slightly lighter note for once at least today, this.
    "Brexit: Can Leavers and Remainers call a Christmas truce?"
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42198627

    Ballard wrote: »
    Hopefully we can move on from here.
    Amen to that. We can but hope.


    (Had you not posted the central paragraph of your post your apology may have garnered more credence BTW.)
  • Rinoa
    Rinoa Posts: 2,701 Forumite
    Barnier explains why we won't get the deal TM wants.

    It won't happen.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-michel-barnier-trade-deal-theresa-may-norway-canada-a8115831.html

    Full steam ahead to WTO. :)
    If I don't reply to your post,
    you're probably on my ignore list.
  • Rough_Justice
    Rough_Justice Posts: 340 Forumite
    edited 17 December 2017 at 7:53PM
    Rinoa wrote: »
    Barnier explains why we won't get the deal TM wants.

    It won't happen.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-michel-barnier-trade-deal-theresa-may-norway-canada-a8115831.html

    Full steam ahead to WTO. :)
    Personally speaking, with each and every anti-Brexit utterance from senior EU officials that POV from them has become increasingly obvious.
    Quite why we are wasting our time and effort when these EU officials openly state their intransigence I do not honestly know.
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