Will Britain ever just piss off and get on with Brexit? -mod warning in OP (21/12)

davedanon · 12-01-2020 2:29pm

And by NI, I mean Small Island Brits, just so you understand.

blinding · 12-01-2020 2:35pm

davedanon wrote: »

And by NI, I mean Small Island Brits, just so you understand.

There are as many if not more ‘ Not Brits ‘ in Northern Ireland these Days .

This is why the future of Northern Ireland is very much up for debate . This has not gone un-noticed by Big Island Brits either . Imagine how much they could save for example .

davedanon · 12-01-2020 3:10pm

blinding wrote: »

There are as many if not more ‘ Not Brits ‘ in Northern Ireland these Days .

This is why the future of Northern Ireland is very much up for debate . This has not gone un-noticed by Big Island Brits either . Imagine how much they could save for example .

So it's expensive. That's your argument.

blinding · 12-01-2020 3:18pm

davedanon wrote: »

So it's expensive. That's your argument.

Expensive is an understatement:eek:

Its like burning money in a wood burner on a grand scale:eek:

timetogo1 · 12-01-2020 3:22pm

blinding wrote: »

There are as many if not more ‘ Not Brits ‘ in Northern Ireland these Days .

This is why the future of Northern Ireland is very much up for debate . This has not gone un-noticed by Big Island Brits either . Imagine how much they could save for example .

Since when did countries start to chip parts of themselves off because they were expensive?

blinding · 12-01-2020 3:26pm

timetogo1 wrote: »

Since when did countries start to chip parts of themselves off because they were expensive?

When 50% + 1 said they want out of there:D

davedanon · 12-01-2020 3:48pm

blinding wrote: »

When 50% + 1 said they want out of there:D

And that's going to happen soon, is it?

blinding · 12-01-2020 5:01pm

davedanon wrote: »

And that's going to happen soon, is it?

It could potentially happen within 10 years maybe sooner .

Thats not long .

davedanon · 12-01-2020 8:22pm

'could', 'potentially', 'within', 'maybe'.

Riiiight.

Padre_Pio · 12-01-2020 8:41pm

davedanon wrote: »

'could', 'potentially', 'within', 'maybe'.

Riiiight.

It's not.

Plenty of hardcore Unionists need to die of old age before we'll get a united Ireland.

I will say though that one area of negotiation that Britain has experience in is giving away it's land to other countries.

A Hong Kong like agreement could see a ten year or longer transition period, which would be perfect for us.

davedanon · 12-01-2020 8:51pm

I can't make up my mind whether the north's bloated civil service would be an intractable, and enormously expensive problem for us, or if we could sort it out fairly easily, and just assimilate NI relatively painlessly into an economically-expanded Ireland.

blinding · 12-01-2020 9:34pm

davedanon wrote: »

'could', 'potentially', 'within', 'maybe'.

Riiiight.

You are floating on De-Nile . Enjoy yourself .

blinding · 12-01-2020 9:35pm

davedanon wrote: »

I can't make up my mind whether the north's bloated civil service would be an intractable, and enormously expensive problem for us, or if we could sort it out fairly easily, and just assimilate NI relatively painlessly into an economically-expanded Ireland.

Nae bother to FFG.

davedanon · 12-01-2020 11:31pm

blinding wrote: »

You are floating on De-Nile . Enjoy yourself .

Better than talking shíte.

FrancieBrady · 13-01-2020 3:25pm

Wouldn't overly surprise if this was real and not a photoshop.

davedanon · 13-01-2020 3:35pm

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Wouldn't overly surprise if this was real and not a photoshop.

So does the misspelling make it more, or less, likely to be genuine?

ohnonotgmail · 13-01-2020 3:38pm

davedanon wrote: »

So does the misspelling make it more, or less, likely to be genuine?

the answer to that is very obvious.

davedanon · 13-01-2020 4:13pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

the answer to that is very obvious.

You might think, but, have you fully considered the blinding stupidity of Boris and his band of merry Brexiters?

notobtuse · 13-01-2020 4:18pm

Seems Megxit has overshadowed Brexit at the moment.

ancapailldorcha · 13-01-2020 4:20pm

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Wouldn't overly surprise if this was real and not a photoshop.

Remember these?

skynews-brexit-50p-photo-from-treasury_4742357.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20190811011539

ohnonotgmail · 13-01-2020 4:29pm

davedanon wrote: »

You might think, but, have you fully considered the blinding stupidity of Boris and his band of merry Brexiters?

I think we might be misunderstanding each other. for me, the spelling mistake makes it more likely to be genuine.

threeball · 14-01-2020 4:08pm

davedanon wrote: »

You might think, but, have you fully considered the blinding stupidity of Boris and his band of merry Brexiters?

Wasn't it Toad of toad Hall, Mr Farage that was fond of the independence day phrase.

davedanon · 14-01-2020 8:28pm

More Brexit stupidity. Now there's a clamour to have Big Ben fixed in time to RING OUT OUR FREEDOM on Jan 31st. Bread and circuses. It's all the lumpen masses care about, really.

First Up · 14-01-2020 11:18pm

davedanon wrote:

More Brexit stupidity. Now there's a clamour to have Big Ben fixed in time to RING OUT OUR FREEDOM on Jan 31st. Bread and circuses. It's all the lumpen masses care about, really.

Well we have people in these threads who feel threatened by the EU flag and "Ode to Joy" so symbolism and circuses seem to be important when they have little else.

ambro25 · 15-01-2020 10:51am

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Wouldn't overly surprise if this was real and not a photoshop.

Can we take this as an indication that the British are beginning their diverging, with grammatical divergence?

Cunning plan, if so :pac:

RobMc59 · 15-01-2020 12:02pm

ambro25 wrote: »

Can we take this as an indication that the British are beginning their diverging, with grammatical divergence?

Cunning plan, if so :pac:

I have noticed a few posters use american english spelling,whether thats because they are american or Ireland is tending to use their spelling remains to be seen.

ohnonotgmail · 15-01-2020 12:03pm

RobMc59 wrote: »

I have noticed a few posters use american english spelling,whether thats because they are american or Ireland is tending to use their spelling remains to be seen.

boards.ie is setup with an american spellchecker

ambro25 · 15-01-2020 3:21pm

RobMc59 wrote: »

I have noticed a few posters use american english spelling,whether thats because they are american or Ireland is tending to use their spelling remains to be seen.

For the avoidance of doubt: my post was about the '31rd' of January on that pin, not Francie's spelling.

I don't believe American has diverged so much from English yet, to the extent of replacing '31st' with '31rd'...then again, I make it a point in life to avoid Trump's testiculations, so I could well be mistaken and remain, as ever, open to correction (English is my 3rd language, see

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davedanon · 15-01-2020 3:46pm

'Testiculation' is a new one on me. Very good. A twitter thread by the always-excellent Tony Connelly on upcoming UK-EU negotiations on Level Playing Field (LPF) provisions on trade. It's gonna get nasty...

https://twitter.com/tconnellyRTE/status/1217210053033447430?s=20

davedanon · 15-01-2020 3:47pm

ambro25 wrote: »

For the avoidance of doubt: my post was about the '31rd' of January on that pin, not Francie's spelling.

I don't believe American has diverged so much from English yet, to the extent of replacing '31st' with '31rd'...then again, I make it a point in life to avoid Trump's testiculations, so I could well be mistaken and remain, as ever, open to correction (English is my 3rd language, see )

you'd never know it. What are the first two?

Will Britain ever just piss off and get on with Brexit? -mod warning in OP (21/12)

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