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Fewer poms think Brexit good for economy
Mar 29th, 2017 at 3:54pm
 
As time progresses fewer poms believe Brexit will be good for the UK economy.

UK has become more divided and divisive since the Brexit campaign. Will UK become DUK, DisUnited Kingdom, after Scotland next votes for a divorce.

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https://www.indy100.com/article/brexit-economy-article-50-european-union-uk-into...

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Opinium research has recently found that 49 per cent of Brits think the nation has become a less tolerant place since the Brexit vote, and that more people from an ethnic minority have reported being the victim of discrimination due to their race on a year ago (from 58 per cent to 64).

James Endersby, Managing Director of Opinium said:

"Our research shows that people have noticed the impact the vote has had on our attitude to multiculturalism and integration – hopefully this report’s findings will provide both the public and policy makers with insights that can contribute to a more unified and integrated society."
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Reply #1 - Mar 29th, 2017 at 7:41pm
 
The natives are restless.

Scots vote to have another secession referendum.

The discovery of a big new oil field off Scotland and recovery of oil prices may have been a factor in the Scottish action.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/world/europe/scotland-britain-brexit-european...

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LONDON — Only hours before Britain is to embark on its momentous journey out of the European Union, Scotland’s Parliament on Tuesday underscored one of the risks along that path by voting to demand a new referendum on Scottish independence.

By a vote of 69 to 59, members of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh approved plans to request a referendum on independence that could take place just before Britain completes its withdrawal from the European Union, a process known as Brexit.

That timing has already been rejected by Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, who must agree to any legally binding referendum on Scotland’s future.

Nevertheless, the Scottish Parliament’s vote sets the stage for a constitutional tussle between London and Edinburgh, and it illustrates the far-reaching, and destabilizing, consequences of Britain’s divisive decision in June to withdraw from the European Union. In that referendum, 52 percent of voters chose to leave the European Union.

But Scotland voted, 62 percent to 38 percent, to remain in the bloc, illustrating a divergence between Scottish and English politics that poses an existential risk to Britain. In Northern Ireland, too, a majority voted to remain in the European Union, amid fears that a withdrawal could weaken the peace process there.

The Scottish vote came on the eve of a historic day for a British government intent on disentangling itself from more than four decades of European integration.

On Wednesday, Mrs. May is expected to send formal notification of Britain’s desire to leave the bloc by invoking Article 50 of its governing treaty.

Late Tuesday, Mrs. May’s office issued a photograph of the prime minister signing the letter; its delivery will start the clock on a negotiation scheduled to last two years. During that time, Mrs. May aims to agree to divorce terms and to negotiate a new economic relationship with the countries that remain in the European Union.

In a speech that she is expected to deliver on Wednesday, she will argue that as Britons “face the opportunities ahead of us on this momentous journey, our shared values, interests and ambitions can — and must — bring us together,” according to excerpts issued by her office.

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Prime Minister Theresa May signed the letter to the European Union below a portrait of Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole. Credit Christopher Furlong/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Mrs. May will also promise that, in negotiations, she will “represent every person in the whole United Kingdom,” including citizens of countries in the European Union who have made Britain their home.

As she embarks on the talks to leave the bloc, Mrs. May knows that one of her many challenges is to secure a deal that helps avert a breakup of Britain.

But because of her control over the timing, a referendum on Scottish independence is unlikely to happen anytime soon.

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The vote on Tuesday empowers Scotland’s pro-independence first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to formally request a referendum, but she already knows Mrs. May’s answer: not now.

The British government plans to withhold agreement at least until it has secured its departure from the bloc, scheduled for the first half of 2019.

On Tuesday, David Mundell, the British government’s Scottish secretary, seemed to push the timetable further by saying that government “won’t be entering into any negotiations at all until the Brexit process is complete.” That hints at a date beyond the British withdrawal and after any further transitional period, perhaps several years later.

Nevertheless, Britain’s vote has given Ms. Sturgeon’s governing Scottish National Party a reason to demand another independence referendum, less than three years after it lost the last one in 2014.

At that time, Scots were told that if they voted to leave Britain, they would lose their place in the European Union. They may now lose it anyway. Ms. Sturgeon argued that Scots should have the right to choose between Brexit “or becoming an independent country, able to chart our own course and create a true partnership of equals across these islands.”

Ms. Sturgeon argues that the shape of any Brexit deal should be known by autumn 2018. Scots should then have the opportunity to try, through independence, to stay in the European Union, or at least in its single market and customs union, she has said.

But with London intent on blocking a referendum anytime soon, Ms. Sturgeon’s best hope may be for Mrs. May’s stalling tactics to backfire — annoying Scots enough to persuade a majority to support independence if they finally have the chance to vote.
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Reply #2 - Mar 29th, 2017 at 8:27pm
 
The closet Poms seem to like Brexit, Forgiven. Cods and Herbie are real fans.

Pity they don't get to vote in two countries, eh?
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Reply #3 - Mar 30th, 2017 at 1:14am
 
Mattyfisk wrote on Mar 29th, 2017 at 8:27pm:
The closet Poms seem to like Brexit, Forgiven. Cods and Herbie are real fans.

Pity they don't get to vote in two countries, eh?


They probably did not register to vote.
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Reply #4 - Mar 30th, 2017 at 7:27am
 
But most pakis think its good for the curry business........eh Forgotten...........
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Reply #5 - Mar 30th, 2017 at 9:19am
 
Fuzzball wrote on Mar 30th, 2017 at 7:27am:
But most pakis think its good for the curry business........eh Forgotten...........


Curry is an essential commodity to move the bowels of constipated pommies like Fireball and its ilk.
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Reply #6 - Mar 30th, 2017 at 9:32am
 
Well, well, Paki, from somebody who wipes their arse with their bare hand, you really shouldn't broach the subject of bowel movement.......
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Reply #7 - Mar 30th, 2017 at 5:43pm
 
Fuzzball wrote on Mar 30th, 2017 at 9:32am:
Well, well, Paki, from somebody who wipes their arse with their bare hand, you really shouldn't broach the subject of bowel movement.......


I always think about Denizen Fireball to induce bowel movements.
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Reply #8 - Mar 30th, 2017 at 7:19pm
 
Do you wash your hand after you wipe your arse with it paki?
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