Why dont the Poms grow balls and just leave?

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simon43 wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:53 pm
What about Northern Ireland? Any sort of deal that doesn't sit OK with them could threaten the stability of that region. We do not want to return to the days of bombings and daily murders (which I recall in my youth).
The Northern Irish were also pretty clueless in the way they voted (only 55.8% remain) considering they probably had the most to lose.

Surely if they knew the hard border was even a possibility, as it was always going to be but somehow got overlooked, they would have voted remain with the same certainty like Gibraltar, or even Scotland.
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The vote results were like 52% leave.

So really they should have done a re vote but they didn't.

I think most people want another vote and secretly want to stay.

Our Government does therefore not accurately represent the people's wishes.
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What are the chances of another vote?
Argument against that seems to be that that would be like - "oh you didn't vote the way we wanted the first time lets try again"- as being undemocratic. But individuals can change their minds when you information comes to light, why can't a country
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bittermelon wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:08 pm What are the chances of another vote?
Argument against that seems to be that that would be like - "oh you didn't vote the way we wanted the first time lets try again"- as being undemocratic. But individuals can change their minds when you information comes to light, why can't a country
I reckon there will be another vote if Theresa May's deal gets voted down, with an extension of the Article 50 for at least 1 more year.
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hanno wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:43 pm
Username Taken wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:08 pm
Spigzy wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:12 pm [edit: surely some Australians can chime in with where they first heard it, and how their forefathers explained the origin?!]
Agree with Duncan, It was always Prisoner Of Mother England when I was a kid.

And, as you are no longer a prisoner, you can be an ex-pommy bastard!
Etymology 1
Australian from 1912.[1][2] Shortening of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”), with additional reference to the fact that the harsh Australian sun could turn British immigrants' skin pomegranate red.

Noun
pom (plural poms)

(Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, sometimes pejorative) An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent.
Usage notes
The use of this word to refer to a British person is considered by some to be pejorative or offensive. The word is, however, used by many Australians and some British people as a neutral or even an affirmative term.


Etymology 2
Shortening of pomegranate.

Noun
pom (plural poms)
it's more of an "it" than an "ate" at the end of both. You're looking at a 100 years of accent drift. Shakespeare used to rhyme.
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Can you imagine the loss of face (if such a thing exists for poms)? Junckers et Al will be pissing their pants at what a bunch of indecisive plonkers the Brits are...

Better to stick with the original vote, stuff the EU and head out to uncharted waters, (bit like sticking your todger up a ladyboy for the first time, or so I'm reliably informed!!)
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simon43 wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:16 pm Can you imagine the loss of face (if such a thing exists for poms)?
loss of face for who?

People who changed their vote would have done so because of the new information (and they were ill informed)

Most of the government (at least the cabinet & shadow cabinet) actually wanted to stay in the first place.

The only people to lose face would be Boris, Farage & Gove, and who gives a fuck about them.

And if they vote & still leave the government can then say they have a mandate for exactly what they have either been negotiating for or a no deal.

Perhaps this time they should limit the vote to 18-65 :stir:
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cptrelentless wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:44 pm
Joker Poker wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:30 pm
xandreu wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:26 pm Weren't the Aussies themselves the original prisoners of Mother England? I'm confused...
Yes, so you either descended from prisoners or prison wardens - not much of a choice really.
Or Gold miners. That’s where Melbourne came from. Or you could be a mixed race kid stolen from the bush
I was taught that because your jails where dripping with Scarlet fever, Scrofula, Smallpox, Syphilis, Tuberculosis, Typhoid, Typhus, to name a few disgusting Pom traits, and the jails where overflowing with your mums, dads and others, they sent the lucky ones to Oz..
Please dont tell me my teachers were wrong :bow:

... Go Liverpool :)
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Please excuse me, this is for Scotland

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Easy solution:

England pulls out of Northern Ireland and gives Scotland independence.

Then each nation determines whether they want to be in the EU or not. Simple :good:
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