[Pumpetypump]

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:26 pm  

POSTL wrote:

I really can't and won't agree that hundreds of thousands of leave voters have died in the last 2 years

I'm not sure why you can't or won't agree. I don't think there's anything controversial about it. It's just maths.

600,000 people die a year in the UK, the overwhelming majority of which are older people. Older people voted 66% to leave. Therefore of the circa 1.8m people who have died since the referendum, wouldn't it be reasonable to surmise that 1.2m (66%) were leave voters? You could reduce the figures slightly to reflect that not everyone would vote, but the older demographic typically have very high turnouts.

I'm not saying it's the smoking gun to overturn the 1st referendum, but it's a valid consideration.

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:30 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Apart from the backstop, it's somewhere in the middle.
Too hard for Remain voters and too soft for Leave voters.

As for apathy among young voters, you bet there was.
Despite this being the biggest "threat" to their futures and with most to lose (or gain), only 36% of 18 -24 year olds bothered to cast a vote and when you consider that the overall turnout was over 70%, this is appalling.

Ultimately, they (the younger generation) will endure any changes for the longest amount of time.
If Farage was right, they will have a better future than their parents / grandparents but, if he was wrong...……….

If its to hard for remain and to soft for leave then hey we have a compromise surely

I didn't realise that only 36% of 18-24 yr old voted, oh well might encourage them to use their vote in the future

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:28 pm  

POSTL wrote:

If its to hard for remain and to soft for leave then hey we have a compromise surely

I didn't realise that only 36% of 18-24 yr old voted, oh well might encourage them to use their vote in the future

Yes, it (the low turnout) certainly shoots holes in the argument about 16-18 year olds not having had the chance to vote. They need the will to use it first

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:38 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Yes, it (the low turnout) certainly shoots holes in the argument about 16-18 year olds not having had the chance to vote. They need the will to use it first

Absolutely

[Mild Rover]

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:36 am  

No deal currently at 4-1 with Coral and Ladbrokes.

Time for some light prepping this weekend, I think. Get the panic in early. Makes you think about the true essentials in life. Bog roll being right up there.

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:43 am  

Mild Rover wrote:

No deal currently at 4-1 with Coral and Ladbrokes.

Time for some light prepping this weekend, I think. Get the panic in early. Makes you think about the true essentials in life. Bog roll being right up there.

You can come and borrow my b-day if things get really tough.

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:50 am  

WIZEB wrote:

You can come and borrow my b-day if things get really tough.

it's "bidet"

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:19 am  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

it's "bidet"

Yes but mines a new type top of the range one.
It flushes and washes your crack with champagne.

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:21 am  

WIZEB wrote:

Yes but mines a new type top of the range one.
It flushes and washes your crack with champagne.

talk about thread drift! (although someone somewhere who has more money than sense probably own such a thing!)

Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3) : Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:29 am  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

talk about thread drift! (although someone somewhere who has more money than sense probably own such a thing!)

I would be devastated if Jacob Rees-Mogg didn't have one.