European Capital of Culture 2023

Hard as it is to believe, the words on a leaflet dropped through your door hold no legal force whatsoever.

I didn't say they had legal force, I asked if you were prepared just to ignore that promise made to every single household in the UK. Anyway, the Commons passed the A50 bill 498 votes to 114 which does have legal force so that ends the argument, hard to see why people are still complaining about the validity of the result, a majority in the referendum and a massive majority in the Commons. All you've got left is that you personally don't like the outcome. 

"Democratic"? Democracy is not a one-time only event. Those of us on the opposite side of the argument are entitled to continue to make the case for EU membership/EEA membership/whatever up to and beyond the moment the UK leaves the EU (if we do, because there are still scenarios in which the process could be stopped). THAT is democracy. Dissent has not yet been outlawed, and the fact that the other side won the vote does not mean the rest of us all have to fall into line.

Just think in a couple of years time, when we leave the EU, we can go out on Black Friday and every other day of the week and we aren’t forced to buy straight bananas anymore.

What will be the next moment of post-referendum realisation?

Oh, the North of Ireland is now not viable as part of the UK?

Oh, UK exports to the EU have to comply with EU regulations?

Oh, the UK has no Customs & Excise capacity to "protect" "our" borders?

Oh, vast chunks of the Finance sector is decamping from the UK?

Oh, the rest of the EU has a sense of humour and is laughing at the UK?

It works both ways ,  leave voters are entitled to continue to make the case for leave being the best option. Dissent has not been outlawed?  I thought it had , because it feels like dissent to have voted leave,  with the awful things being said about leave voters by remainers.  And for the record, I have never said that there can’t be an opposing view. I don’t know where you’ve got that from, because I agree we don’t all have to fall into line,  and believe me, I won’t.  ( who was it said you should fall into line? Not me). 

The NHS can’t get enough people to cater for the (Brexit voting) elderly population.

The food we grow hasn’t got enough people to pick it so those (Brexit voting) poorer areas will have to pay more.

The economy is weak, so wages of those in non-shortage (Brexit voting) jobs are going to have less and less to live on.

Those with wealth and with good jobs will be fine, I will be fine. 

Those who spent decades softening up the the poor, working class voter to harm themselves by voting this way will be fine. In fact, they will be more than fine, just as Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy are built on the conning of similar people.

Yet - immigrants. Something which other EU countries appear to have magically more control over became the carrot to screw the working class over. Because those who wanted Brexit to line their own pockets needed something with which to execute this long con.

So long, suckers.

Also Grimsby Fishermen (Brexit voters) now want immunity from European Union taxes to export their goods.

How quickly a post about the capital of culture has descended into a row about the Brexit vote. This has nothing to do with the referendum result, it is the EU getting it's own back on us for nominating f***ing Rhyl. As you can guess, I cannot get over that!

Milton Keynes? Milton Keynes? bloody Milton Keynes (I think you know how the rest of this goes......!)

Theirs was an aspirational bid: "If we don’t win, we will build on momentum, support and work already delivered to achieve our ambition to become a creative and cultured city."