Good start to the Tory conference then 08:17 - Oct 1 with 12579 views | Steve_M | Hunt comparing the EU to the USSR (that's going to help gain support from countries that were occupied by the Soviets after WWII or indeed the Baltic nations), a Festival of Brexit Britain, a bridge to Ireland and a new Royal Yacht. It's like they've been reading the madder comments of Mail and Telegraph readers which indeed is the whole intent of this week and sod the impact abroad. Any pretence of being a serious, pragmatic country has been blown away by rabid jingoism over the last two years. The damage to this country's reputation will be enormous. Good thing we have a competent opposition then..... | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 08:30 - Oct 1 with 4705 views | ElephantintheRoom | Damage to our reputation? Brexit is already costing the country £500 million a week two years before it is due to happen. Actual and irreparable damage to the country is a tad more important. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 08:59 - Oct 1 with 4648 views | Herbivore | I think I'm going to emigrate. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:02 - Oct 1 with 4644 views | Coastalblue |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 08:59 - Oct 1 by Herbivore | I think I'm going to emigrate. |
If I didn't have an aging Mother on her own I would give this some serious thought, I can only see the UK heading one way for the rest of my lifetime. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:09 - Oct 1 with 4621 views | StokieBlue | It was always going to be this way. Both parties and thus both conferences were always likely to be a masterclass of incompetence and idiocy. SB | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:27 - Oct 1 with 4577 views | pickles110564 | You are all a bunch of melts, get a grip, we will prosper as soon as we leave. | | | |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:28 - Oct 1 with 4577 views | brazil1982 |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 08:59 - Oct 1 by Herbivore | I think I'm going to emigrate. |
A number of my friends said this after the vote, and still bang on about it. They won't though. | | | |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:31 - Oct 1 with 4561 views | footers | Been waiting on some substantive domestic policy from the blue corner for a while now. And here we have it! 1. Something nicked from Labour, described as communist 2. Ensuring tips to go servers not owners | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:33 - Oct 1 with 4556 views | Coastalblue |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:27 - Oct 1 by pickles110564 | You are all a bunch of melts, get a grip, we will prosper as soon as we leave. |
How exactly? In or out unless we begin to accept our more natural lower position in the world we are financially screwed. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:37 - Oct 1 with 4541 views | StokieBlue |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:31 - Oct 1 by footers | Been waiting on some substantive domestic policy from the blue corner for a while now. And here we have it! 1. Something nicked from Labour, described as communist 2. Ensuring tips to go servers not owners |
I assume (2) is the tax on foreigners buying homes? Totally pointless, either don't have one or do it properly and make it 30%. SB | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:42 - Oct 1 with 4528 views | footers |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:37 - Oct 1 by StokieBlue | I assume (2) is the tax on foreigners buying homes? Totally pointless, either don't have one or do it properly and make it 30%. SB |
Point (1), yeah. I totally agree with you, SB. Won't make the slightest bit of difference being set so low. And the tips thing is good, just not a marquee policy to make at conference. Getting some Thick of It vibes... 'free ideas zone'. Brexit really has put the brakes on, hasn't it? There's been no real domestic policy since the vote, which with the Tories in charge may be a good thing depending on your views. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:52 - Oct 1 with 4505 views | Steve_M |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:09 - Oct 1 by StokieBlue | It was always going to be this way. Both parties and thus both conferences were always likely to be a masterclass of incompetence and idiocy. SB |
I know, but yesterday was still appallingly bad. I think it was Hunt's naked bid for the leadership that really stood out, as crass as a Daily Express front page. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:59 - Oct 1 with 4485 views | StokieBlue |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:42 - Oct 1 by footers | Point (1), yeah. I totally agree with you, SB. Won't make the slightest bit of difference being set so low. And the tips thing is good, just not a marquee policy to make at conference. Getting some Thick of It vibes... 'free ideas zone'. Brexit really has put the brakes on, hasn't it? There's been no real domestic policy since the vote, which with the Tories in charge may be a good thing depending on your views. |
Sorry, I meant (1) as you've pointed out :). SB | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:28 - Oct 1 with 4369 views | Swansea_Blue | Just when you thought they couldn't get any lower. Awful from Hunt, truly awful. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:32 - Oct 1 with 4364 views | Steve_M |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:28 - Oct 1 by Swansea_Blue | Just when you thought they couldn't get any lower. Awful from Hunt, truly awful. |
Although Chris Grayling is now comparing Brexit to the collapse of Monarch Airlines. Inspirational stuff. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:45 - Oct 1 with 4336 views | footers |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:32 - Oct 1 by Steve_M | Although Chris Grayling is now comparing Brexit to the collapse of Monarch Airlines. Inspirational stuff. |
Chris Grayling couldn't run a bath let alone a department. How he keeps getting ministerial roles is one of the great mysteries of our time. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:50 - Oct 1 with 4316 views | factual_blue |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:45 - Oct 1 by footers | Chris Grayling couldn't run a bath let alone a department. How he keeps getting ministerial roles is one of the great mysteries of our time. |
He made some truly strange judicial appointments. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:52 - Oct 1 with 4314 views | footers |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:50 - Oct 1 by factual_blue | He made some truly strange judicial appointments. |
Because he was the first person at the MoJ to have zero legal experience, probably. He must have a stash of compromising photos hidden away somewhere. Can't see any other reason for it. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:59 - Oct 1 with 4292 views | BlueBadger | These are the same people that will, in the same breath, claim 'we've shown the EU nothing but respect' and then whine that they're not being taken seriously. [Post edited 1 Oct 2018 12:03]
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:01 - Oct 1 with 4284 views | BlueBadger |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:33 - Oct 1 by Coastalblue | How exactly? In or out unless we begin to accept our more natural lower position in the world we are financially screwed. |
Well, that's pickles gone for the day. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:03 - Oct 1 with 4279 views | footers |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 11:59 - Oct 1 by BlueBadger | These are the same people that will, in the same breath, claim 'we've shown the EU nothing but respect' and then whine that they're not being taken seriously. [Post edited 1 Oct 2018 12:03]
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Here's a bit of Brexit maths. It may be costing us half a billion pounds per week so far but we'll soon be able to get £350m back, and that £150m deficit will fund our NHS. Rule Britannia! | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:09 - Oct 1 with 4258 views | Herbivore |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 09:28 - Oct 1 by brazil1982 | A number of my friends said this after the vote, and still bang on about it. They won't though. |
I need to finish my PhD first but then Canada or New Zealand are looking quite appealing. Wait it out there and come back in 5 years when we've rejoined the EU and we've got the Euro. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:12 - Oct 1 with 4243 views | J2BLUE |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:09 - Oct 1 by Herbivore | I need to finish my PhD first but then Canada or New Zealand are looking quite appealing. Wait it out there and come back in 5 years when we've rejoined the EU and we've got the Euro. |
So many are planning to leave the sinking ship. Either a lot of it is complete nonsense from people who know they'd never leave or our population will go down by several million. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:16 - Oct 1 with 4224 views | Vic |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 08:59 - Oct 1 by Herbivore | I think I'm going to emigrate. |
Doing your bit to solve the housing crisis. Good man. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:16 - Oct 1 with 4225 views | Steve_M |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:12 - Oct 1 by J2BLUE | So many are planning to leave the sinking ship. Either a lot of it is complete nonsense from people who know they'd never leave or our population will go down by several million. |
There is a big difference between considering something and actually doing it. Plenty of practical reasons why people can't all emigrate but there is no doubt that this has become a more insular, less rational and - all but inevitably - poorer country after the last two years. | |
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Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:16 - Oct 1 with 4222 views | Keno |
Good start to the Tory conference then on 12:12 - Oct 1 by J2BLUE | So many are planning to leave the sinking ship. Either a lot of it is complete nonsense from people who know they'd never leave or our population will go down by several million. |
so what you are saying is not only will kick out all nasty foreign people we may also lose a lot of young talented people and Herbivore The UK will get very empty very quickly | |
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