ml1dch Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, PieFacE said: So can brexit be stopped today or something? Nope, nothing like that. The House of Commons are voting on amendments made by the House of Lords to the bill that converts current EU law into UK law. So things like : "Amendment 3 - environmental protections Maintains EU environmental protections in domestic law, with a body to enforce compliance" I mean, imagine the horrible consequences if we had to put up with something like that. Edited June 12, 2018 by ml1dch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 9 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: It'll be great when we leave the EU and we finally have Stonehenge, the Angel of the North and red buses back, I've really missed them. Oh, wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Which images symbolise the betrayal? Is it the Chinese nuclear facility or the antiquated public transport train replacement service or the German owned car manufacturing or the £4 BILLION they want to spend renovating parliament? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 15 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Which images symbolise the betrayal? Is it the Chinese nuclear facility or the antiquated public transport train replacement service or the German owned car manufacturing or the £4 BILLION they want to spend renovating parliament? Probably the Italian-designed, Qatari-owned skyscraper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Antony Gormley's going to be pissed they used Angel Of The North. Quote From Antony Gormley to Eva Rothschild, artists take a stance against Brexit – in pictures Grauniad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 59 minutes ago, ml1dch said: Nope, nothing like that. The House of Commons are voting on amendments made by the House of Lords to the bill that converts current EU law into UK law. So things like : "Amendment 3 - environmental protections Maintains EU environmental protections in domestic law, with a body to enforce compliance" I mean, imagine the horrible consequences if we had to put up with something like that. So what's with the front pages of papers? Seems a bit OTT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 minute ago, PieFacE said: So what's with the front pages of papers? Seems a bit OTT. Got to appeal to their base; got to make money out of whipping up fury and division. Seems as though the purchase of the Daily Express hasn't changed much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 37 minutes ago, Xann said: Antony Gormley's going to be pissed they used Angel Of The North. Grauniad Not to mention the fact that the Angel of the North was built with E.U. money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StefanAVFC Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) Minister quits due to Brexit Damn you snowy Edited June 12, 2018 by StefanAVFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Just now, StefanAVFC said: Damn you snowy Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 The Grauniad's politics live reports that Downing Street has no intention to back the Grieve amendment that he tabled yesterday. I believe Grieve said this would mean him voting against the government (he may have said he couldn't say that he wouldn't or something like that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Banks's opening salvo about not putting too much trust in the evidence being given to the committee and that they've been Walter Mitty types is an interesting one. I mean if we were to take that bit seriously then we ought to view much of the rest of what comes out of Banks's and Wigmore's mouth with a great deal of skepticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Wigmore/Banks appear to be openly admitting that they and their campaign were a load of bollocks to play on peoples' emotions to get the result they wanted in the referendum (which is rather the issue that people have had with the referendum and the campaigns on both sides). They appear to be gleefully taking this line (one claiming to be an agent provocateur as though that's a good thing) and yet asking people to believe that they're telling the truth now. Let's hope that someone starts to properly push this line as I think some slightly more stern questioning could get them to drop their jocular act and expose the reality (the obviously contemptuous, sneering and patronising actuality looks like it's bubbling quite close to the surface). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I wonder if Newsnight will be cracking out the faked russian hats tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I haven't been able to stop thinking about that Scum cover all morning. It's just so indescribably shit that that's what they think the country amounts to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 I dunno. My heart swells with pride and I hear God Save the Queen on the air whenever I see steaming cooling towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I've just found out that the Scum cover is a do-over of a cover from five years ago, which is . . . well, it's twice the size, is what it is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 I mean, it's not even good is it? It looks like something I could have knocked up on MS Paint in about 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I mean, it's not even good is it? It looks like something I could have knocked up on MS Paint in about 10 minutes. Shush, you can't just reveal trade secrets like that! It's fun to note that almost all the cultural/arts 'icons' on it are created by pro-Europeans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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