From: kylix_is@yahoo.co.uk
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:13:00 +0100, The Todal
wrote:
>On 13/10/2019 14:32, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> In message <580246b30ccharles@candehope.me.uk>, charles
>> writes
>>> In article <58024428bddave@davenoise.co.uk>,
>>> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>>>> In article ,
>>>> Stephen Cole wrote:
>>>> > Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>>>> > > In article ,
>>>> > > Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>> > >> I still have a legitimate interest, mate. And if there's another
>>>> > >> Referendum I'll be voting in it again, same as before, just like
>>>> > >> everyone else who voted Leave - plus not a few former Remainers
>>>> > >> who've seen the light over the last 3 years.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Oddly, most the polls seem to show the opposite has happened.
>>>> > >
>>>
>>>> > Thats no surprise as the electorate has changed; a million or more
>>>> dead
>>>> > Leave voters and a couple million freshly-minted teenage voters since
>>>> > June 2016. The longer that Brexit is fobbed off before a 2nd
>>>> referendum
>>>> > the more the scales will tip toward Remain.
>>>
>>>> True. And it is their future which is important. More than those of the
>>>> old farts who talk about the last WW all the time. Even although they
>>>> weren't in it.
>>>
>>> I was 5 when WW2 ended. you'd need to have been 13 years older than me to
>>> have served in it - that's 92+
>>>
>> You can get two in-phoners who start off by saying exactly the same
>> thing - but end up by making points that are diametrically opposite.
>>
>> "My grandfather fought in WW1, and my father fought in WW2. The wars
>> occurred because the Germans were allowed to become too powerful - and
>> the EU has allowed them again to become far too powerful. My father
>> reckons that before long, they will be totally dominating all the
>> members of the EU (including the UK), and they will be dictating what we
>> do. We therefore need to leave."
>>
>> "My grandfather fought in WW1, and my father fought in WW2. The wars
>> occurred because the Germans were allowed to become too powerful.
>> However, my father says that the EU will make sure that they are kept in
>> check, and they will not be able to do again. Because of the EU, Europe
>> is a much safer place than it used to be."
>
>
>And I have a slightly different permutation. One of my grandfathers
>fought in WW1 for the Germans and was awarded an Iron Cross. Another of
>my grandfathers fought in WW1 for the Allies and several of my great
>uncles were killed in action.
>
>The main factor that leads to war is mass unemployment and recession.
>Unfortunately Brexit is likely to produce recession and an increase in
>unemployment.
If it happens, be prepared for the Tories to start blaming non-whites
when they can no longer blame the EU. A new scapegoat is needed!
MM
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