desensitized43 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 11 hours ago, Dr_Alimantado said: Thread... That's what Brexit was about. Making Johnny Foreigner wait in the rain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Anyone know what "Lexit" means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Anyone know what "Lexit" means Left wing people for Brexit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Anyone know what "Lexit" means Quote What's Lexit and why is everything just a series of dreadful portmanteaus now? It's the left-wing case for Brexit. The idea there's a left-wing case for Brexit is… imaginative. Have they seen the smile on Jacob Rees Mogg's face? He looks like he's about to be served a seven course dinner. Yeah, it's not a majority view. Most left-wing figures in politics, journalism, academia and trade unionism are very critical of Brexit. But it's a significant minority view and one that dominates in the Labour leadership. Left-wing attacks of the EU have a long political heritage and include some much-loved figures on the left, like Tony Benn. They're not without content either. There are some powerful left-wing critiques of the project. (more on link) Few years old now, but the whole thing sums it up in an easily digestible way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2021 Who first coined the phrase Brexit? I bet they are pleased with themselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 15, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 15, 2021 17 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Anyone know what "Lexit" means Begins with C and ends in the byn 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 20 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Left wing people for Brexit "Lexit" I thought it was a country It looks like one of those things where they had the name first and then built on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, bickster said: Begins with C and ends in the byn Cribyn ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I mean, he clearly wasn't a 'lexiter' at all. There were hardly any significant lexiters. I'm pretty sure Larry Elliott, the Guardian's economics editor, voted leave, so maybe he's the most prominent one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 15, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Cribyn ? Yes, Bernard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Just now, bickster said: 13 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Cribyn ? Yes, Bernard "Cribyn" is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons with an elevation of 2608 feet. It's the only word that fits in the whole English language to the specifications you supplied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2021 Lexit sounds more like a pharmaceutical product to help ease the way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Just now, sidcow said: Lexit sounds more like a pharmaceutical product to help ease the way out. Relaxit ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darrenm Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Lexit is almost not there as a belief. It describes the left wing argument against the EU from an anti-neoliberal position but as the years have gone on the EU have been as pro-worker as pro-corp so the argument is almost non-existent now. Some people aren't able to grasp that while Corbyn was previously anti-EU (along with people like Ian Dunt for example), they were on balance pro-EU when the question was asked about leaving. In Corbyn's case it was because he said that the EU stops the Tories from ripping up all of the worker protections we now enjoy. .e.g Oh look, it's exactly what he said would happen: Anyone saying Corbyn was a lexiter clearly isn't dealing with reality. Oh hey, here's another thing he warned against that all the 'sensible people' ignored Lo and behold 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Relaxit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 15, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: It's the only word that fits in the whole English language to the specifications you supplied. It's Welsh, I've been up it and appropriately I was dithering at the top because I was very cold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) If the governments aim was to isolate us from the rest of the world they’re doing an absolutely superb job of it. Edited January 15, 2021 by bannedfromHandV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, darrenm said: Oh hey, here's another thing he warned against that all the 'sensible people' ignored I agree with pretty much your whole post, but on this bit - eh?! Pretty much everybody said that there would be checks without that (just like there would be outside the Single Market, which he wasn't so keen on), apart from the hard-core Tory throbbers in their state of denial. Who are these "sensible people" that you thought were ignoring probably the most obvious point of this whole endeavour? Edited January 15, 2021 by ml1dch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Just now, ml1dch said: I agree with pretty much you whole post, but on this bit - eh?! Pretty much everybody said that there would be checks without that (just like there would be outside the Single Market, which he wasn't so keen on), apart from the hard-core Tory throbbers in their state of denial. Who are these "sensible people" that you though were ignoring probably the most obvious point of this whole endeavour? Anyone who said there wouldn't need to be a customs union who are considered sensible by the commentariat. e.g. https://news.sky.com/story/theresa-may-not-considering-jeremy-corbyns-customs-union-plan-on-brexit-11634539 Quote Theresa May is "not considering" Jeremy Corbyn's plan to remain in a customs union with the EU in order to secure cross-party support for a Brexit deal, Downing Street has said. Number 10 said the prime minister has been "absolutely clear" that the government is opposed to such an idea, stressing "we must have an independent trade policy after Brexit". No-one who opposed or even some who supported a customs union warned that the current state of play was going to happen. Corbyn was the only one so forthright to say that "obviously there will have to be a customs union" as if it's unconscionable any other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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