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What comes closest to your view on how well Brexit is going? All Brits: 10% well, 73% badly Remain: 5% well, 85% badlyLeave: 16% well, 70% badlyhttps://t.co/XV0uSCHH6y pic.twitter.com/0MM6LGCtxg

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  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 39,748
    First like Tessy once low expectations have been very slightly exceeded.
  • kjohnwkjohnw Posts: 1,456
    has there been any polling on what type of brexit most people want?
  • The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830
    FPT:

    Dura_Ace said:

    Tories with a 7 point lead over Labour perhaps says as much about the shambles that Corbyn Labour is on the EU as the Govt.'s shambles.....

    Every tory should go down on their arthritic knees and make an offering to Cthulhu, the tutelary deity of the Conservative and Unionist Party, for the continuing good health of J. Corbyn.
    Even the Labour Party is going to work out that Corbyn is sending them down to yet another defeat. I said at the start of this year that it would get interesting if the Tories were on 43%, Labour 35%. Well......
    Labour were in a worse position than that in the polls between 2015-17 and Corbyn didn’t go anywhere. Corbyn’s supporters will point to the Survation poll which came out yesterday, and to last GE. Only three years ago Tories were so excited by the prospect of a Corbyn led Labour Party there was ‘Tories 4 Corbyn’ and now you get the sense some want the party to be led by someone like Woodcock. How times change....
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    ' A big shout out to the 4% who thought Brexit would go badly but think it is going well. '

    Looks like they sampled Cameron and Osborne.
  • The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830
    The public don’t really care about the process of Brexit. What will matter is when we leave, how the way we Brexit impacts people. That is what has the potential into influence votes.

    ' A big shout out to the 4% who thought Brexit would go badly but think it is going well. '

    Looks like they sampled Cameron and Osborne.

    LOL.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    FPT:

    Dura_Ace said:

    Tories with a 7 point lead over Labour perhaps says as much about the shambles that Corbyn Labour is on the EU as the Govt.'s shambles.....

    Every tory should go down on their arthritic knees and make an offering to Cthulhu, the tutelary deity of the Conservative and Unionist Party, for the continuing good health of J. Corbyn.
    Even the Labour Party is going to work out that Corbyn is sending them down to yet another defeat. I said at the start of this year that it would get interesting if the Tories were on 43%, Labour 35%. Well......
    Labour were in a worse position than that in the polls between 2015-17 and Corbyn didn’t go anywhere. Corbyn’s supporters will point to the Survation poll which came out yesterday, and to last GE. Only three years ago Tories were so excited by the prospect of a Corbyn led Labour Party there was ‘Tories 4 Corbyn’ and now you get the sense some want the party to be led by someone like Woodcock. How times change....
    The Survation poll that still had the Tories ahead?
  • ' A big shout out to the 4% who thought Brexit would go badly but think it is going well. '

    Looks like they sampled Cameron and Osborne.

    The 4% = "who thought Brexit would go badly..." = "I bet the B*****ds will sell us out and we won't leave" + ".. but think its going well" = "... but now its going so badly we'll end up with No Deal so hurrah". Or else they didn't understand the question.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited June 2018
    Remain voters think Brexit is going badly as we are leaving the single market and customs union, most Leave voters think Brexit is going badly as we have to pay an exit bill and have regulatory alignment to get any sort of FTA with the EU and resolve the Irish border issue and as we are having a transition period rather than ending free movement immediately after Brexit.

    It is not very easy to reconcile the two
  • The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830
    HYUFD said:

    FPT:

    Dura_Ace said:

    Tories with a 7 point lead over Labour perhaps says as much about the shambles that Corbyn Labour is on the EU as the Govt.'s shambles.....

    Every tory should go down on their arthritic knees and make an offering to Cthulhu, the tutelary deity of the Conservative and Unionist Party, for the continuing good health of J. Corbyn.
    Even the Labour Party is going to work out that Corbyn is sending them down to yet another defeat. I said at the start of this year that it would get interesting if the Tories were on 43%, Labour 35%. Well......
    Labour were in a worse position than that in the polls between 2015-17 and Corbyn didn’t go anywhere. Corbyn’s supporters will point to the Survation poll which came out yesterday, and to last GE. Only three years ago Tories were so excited by the prospect of a Corbyn led Labour Party there was ‘Tories 4 Corbyn’ and now you get the sense some want the party to be led by someone like Woodcock. How times change....
    The Survation poll that still had the Tories ahead?
    Yes, you can check twitter if you don’t believe me. Several of his supporters are pointing to that poll.
  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138
    Whilst critics of Mrs May might use these findings to criticise her these findings could help her.
    With expectations very low on Brexit a moderately successful deal on Brexit has the potential to be seen a very good deal which leads to boost for Mrs May and the Tories.


    Ever the Tory optimist, Mr Eagles. The promises from the Brexiters were that there would be no downside. Mrs May has assumed the mantle of the diehard Brexiters - more fool she! - and she will get the blame. For her, there is no way out of this messy disaster of her own devising.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited June 2018

    HYUFD said:

    FPT:

    Dura_Ace said:

    Tories with a 7 point lead over Labour perhaps says as much about the shambles that Corbyn Labour is on the EU as the Govt.'s shambles.....

    Every tory should go down on their arthritic knees and make an offering to Cthulhu, the tutelary deity of the Conservative and Unionist Party, for the continuing good health of J. Corbyn.
    Even the Labour Party is going to work out that Corbyn is sending them down to yet another defeat. I said at the start of this year that it would get interesting if the Tories were on 43%, Labour 35%. Well......
    Labour were in a worse position than that in the polls between 2015-17 and Corbyn didn’t go anywhere. Corbyn’s supporters will point to the Survation poll which came out yesterday, and to last GE. Only three years ago Tories were so excited by the prospect of a Corbyn led Labour Party there was ‘Tories 4 Corbyn’ and now you get the sense some want the party to be led by someone like Woodcock. How times change....
    The Survation poll that still had the Tories ahead?
    Yes, you can check twitter if you don’t believe me. Several of his supporters are pointing to that poll.
    Grasping at straws then as Survation was the only pollster to underestimate the Tory lead at the last general election
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    I guess the unasked question is: what does good look like?
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.
  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138

    I guess the unasked question is: what does good look like?

    Good in this case surely, is Go Back to Go.
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584
    kjohnw said:

    has there been any polling on what type of brexit most people want?


    a) No Brexit

    b) Red White and Blue

    c) 27 Shades of Grey

  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124
    PClipp said:

    Whilst critics of Mrs May might use these findings to criticise her these findings could help her.
    With expectations very low on Brexit a moderately successful deal on Brexit has the potential to be seen a very good deal which leads to boost for Mrs May and the Tories.


    Ever the Tory optimist, Mr Eagles. The promises from the Brexiters were that there would be no downside. Mrs May has assumed the mantle of the diehard Brexiters - more fool she! - and she will get the blame. For her, there is no way out of this messy disaster of her own devising.

    There was no easy way out for T May following the GE result. The campaign was awful and the result was devastating. She has no long-term future as leader. I do however, admire her effort to get a fair Brexit which reflects the result of the vote. I am unconvinced that any of the alternatives available then or even now could really have done much better. She is operating against the largely hostile metropolitan media on the one hand and extremists on both sides within her party. Labour is massively split on the issue. The SNP are only concerned with independence and no other party has any traction with the public mood. Brexit will happen - it will be a fudge leaving the UK with some element of control over immigration. there will probably be something of an economic hit and then an adjustment before everyone moves on.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    PClipp said:

    Whilst critics of Mrs May might use these findings to criticise her these findings could help her.
    With expectations very low on Brexit a moderately successful deal on Brexit has the potential to be seen a very good deal which leads to boost for Mrs May and the Tories.


    Ever the Tory optimist, Mr Eagles. The promises from the Brexiters were that there would be no downside. Mrs May has assumed the mantle of the diehard Brexiters - more fool she! - and she will get the blame. For her, there is no way out of this messy disaster of her own devising.

    While the promise of Remainers was doom, disaster and no strawberries in the supermarkets.

    So she would get the reward.

    Lets face it whatever happens you will say its a failure and whatever happens you're never going to vote Conservative.

    Meanwhile most people assume all politicians are liars and/or incompetents and don't believe a word of their promises in any case.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124

    I guess the unasked question is: what does good look like?

    The answer is undoubtedly - meh.
  • StuartinromfordStuartinromford Posts: 14,089
    Odd thing is that the table shows a lot more people saying they expected Brexit to go badly than well. Now that could be sampling, it could be that lots expected short-term pain for long-term gain, but it could be a sign of a move towards a world where Brexit is like the Iraq war, where nobody admits to having supported it at the time.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124

    Odd thing is that the table shows a lot more people saying they expected Brexit to go badly than well. Now that could be sampling, it could be that lots expected short-term pain for long-term gain, but it could be a sign of a move towards a world where Brexit is like the Iraq war, where nobody admits to having supported it at the time.

    No - I think many of the Brexiters I argued against among family and friends said that they were not voting about money when they made their choice. I felt their fears about the UK were wrong but none expected to be better off financially as a result. Just as well really.
  • YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382
    edited June 2018
    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967

    PClipp said:

    Whilst critics of Mrs May might use these findings to criticise her these findings could help her.
    With expectations very low on Brexit a moderately successful deal on Brexit has the potential to be seen a very good deal which leads to boost for Mrs May and the Tories.


    Ever the Tory optimist, Mr Eagles. The promises from the Brexiters were that there would be no downside. Mrs May has assumed the mantle of the diehard Brexiters - more fool she! - and she will get the blame. For her, there is no way out of this messy disaster of her own devising.

    While the promise of Remainers was doom, disaster and no strawberries in the supermarkets.

    So she would get the reward.

    Lets face it whatever happens you will say its a failure and whatever happens you're never going to vote Conservative.

    Meanwhile most people assume all politicians are liars and/or incompetents and don't believe a word of their promises in any case.
    The one proviso I see about the people assuming all politicians are liars are that a few specific issues which are so fundamental that they don't expect a political party ever to betray on them.

    For example nobody thinks that Labour would privatise the NHS or the Conservatives would unilaterally nuclear disarm or the SNP would oppose Scottish independence.

    Or that the LibDems would triple student tuition fees.

    And so the LibDems give a good example of what happens to a political party which fundamentally betrays its voters.

    I don't expect any other party to follow likewise.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124
    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shirtless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    It does - and I was likewise surprised. However, it does not mean that the 'one more heave' theory will prevail - polling since the GE would suggest we are at 'Peak Corbyn' at best and maybe below it at worst. Remember the campaign was awful and the result was heavily influenced by the Brexit divide.
  • nunuonenunuone Posts: 1,138
    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    Truth is most of the public really is not ideological.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    edited June 2018
    England are absolutely pummelling the Springboks in the egg chasing.

    24-3 in less than 18 minutes.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,165
    Who are these impostors playing rugby for England in South Africa.
  • nunuonenunuone Posts: 1,138
    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
  • nunuonenunuone Posts: 1,138
    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Suggests only when negative consequences are actually experienced outside the E U will Leavers change their minds.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    tlg86 said:

    Who are these impostors playing rugby for England in South Africa.

    A better question is who were the impostors playing rugby for England in February and March.
  • YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
  • StuartinromfordStuartinromford Posts: 14,089
    felix said:

    Odd thing is that the table shows a lot more people saying they expected Brexit to go badly than well. Now that could be sampling, it could be that lots expected short-term pain for long-term gain, but it could be a sign of a move towards a world where Brexit is like the Iraq war, where nobody admits to having supported it at the time.

    No - I think many of the Brexiters I argued against among family and friends said that they were not voting about money when they made their choice. I felt their fears about the UK were wrong but none expected to be better off financially as a result. Just as well really.
    But the question isn't really asking about finances- just is it going well or badly in general. It's a shame the "don't know" box isn't split between good and bad expectations.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    nunuone said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Suggests only when negative consequences are actually experienced outside the E U will Leavers change their minds.
    The thing that Brexit is still missing is a Tony Blairesque hate figure who the public can turn into the fall guy. The prime candidates are still playing pass the parcel hoping it won't be them.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Worth noting that whilst there was some chat on the prior thread about the UK not endearing itself to the EU during this process, the reverse is also true.

    So, in answer to Mr. Glenn's point about a hate figure, it's possible that will, collectively, be the EU. A crucial aspect for future polling and public sentiment is who gets the blame for anything going wrong.

    If the public are disenchanted with the Government but believe the EU has been deliberately intransigent, obstructive and unreasonable, they may blame the EU. For the domestic political atmosphere, that might prove better than deepening the trench warfare.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 39,748
  • stodgestodge Posts: 12,745
    felix said:


    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.

    Political polling also suggests 40%+ of voters will have no truck with the Conservative Party.

  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
    Unemployment is a big issue when its high or when its increasing rapidly.

    When it isn't what people want is a nice pay rise and many people have been missing out of that for the last decade.

    And there's no shortage or people who are leaving university £50k in debt or who are still renting a room in their thirties.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 20,812

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
  • blueblueblueblue Posts: 875
    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
    40% of the population have no idea how much worse they would have it if crazy socialists were ever allowed to seize power. Depressing times.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,165

    tlg86 said:

    Who are these impostors playing rugby for England in South Africa.

    A better question is who were the impostors playing rugby for England in February and March.
    Looks like the lot from Feb/March have turned up.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    England are being Brexit shite now.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
    Unemployment is a big issue when its high or when its increasing rapidly.

    When it isn't what people want is a nice pay rise and many people have been missing out of that for the last decade.

    And there's no shortage or people who are leaving university £50k in debt or who are still renting a room in their thirties.
    I think Currystar is correct, though, that very strong employment growth is one factor that buttresses Tory support. Not having to worry about finding a job is a major source of happiness. Back in the eighties, Labour led by about 40% on this issue. Now, the parties are level-pegging.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    Sean_F said:

    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
    Unemployment is a big issue when its high or when its increasing rapidly.

    When it isn't what people want is a nice pay rise and many people have been missing out of that for the last decade.

    And there's no shortage or people who are leaving university £50k in debt or who are still renting a room in their thirties.
    I think Currystar is correct, though, that very strong employment growth is one factor that buttresses Tory support. Not having to worry about finding a job is a major source of happiness. Back in the eighties, Labour led by about 40% on this issue. Now, the parties are level-pegging.
    Certainly - life is very good for lots of people at the moment.

    I wonder if there is some psychological effect from all the construction work taking place - even if it has nothing to do with you it gives the impression of 'progress' and 'future prosperity'. It provides a counterbalance to the images of boarded up shops.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124
    When is your appointment? Someone had to ask...
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124
    stodge said:

    felix said:


    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.

    Political polling also suggests 40%+ of voters will have no truck with the Conservative Party.

    Yup - I think the difference now is that these blocks have grown back to levels of the 60s and seem immovable.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Perhaps running an utterly crap campaign was all part of Osborne's masterplan to get the UK into the Euro.

    Or perhaps not.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    UKIP really are a bunch of tossers, I expect soon they'll be proscribed like Combat 18.

    https://twitter.com/GerardBattenMEP/status/1005448714935328769
  • YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382

    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
    Unemployment is a big issue when its high or when its increasing rapidly.

    When it isn't what people want is a nice pay rise and many people have been missing out of that for the last decade.

    And there's no shortage or people who are leaving university £50k in debt or who are still renting a room in their thirties.
    Yes true , I live in York Outer .

    My neighbours have extended the house twice, as their sons , both working in their mid twenties are still living there.
    Labour posters in both their bedrooms at last GE.
    York central has been Labour since 1992, but the spread to the suburbs of York, surprised me.
    As even Blair did no good around here.
    Housing problems are a major concern for many families.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,124

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    If Brexit turns into an economic slump then it could happen.

    As we saw with the dementia tax, voters don't like the prospect of becoming poorer.
  • YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382

    UKIP really are a bunch of tossers, I expect soon they'll be proscribed like Combat 18.

    https://twitter.com/GerardBattenMEP/status/1005448714935328769

    Morrissey , has sympathy also for Tommy Robinson.

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/07/morrissey-expresses-sympathy-for-jailed-edl-founder-tommy-robinson
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 20,812

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    If Brexit turns into an economic slump then it could happen.

    As we saw with the dementia tax, voters don't like the prospect of becoming poorer.
    Well Boris is now predicting a “meltdown”.
    But we shouldn’t panic, apparently. No need to worry our pretty little heads.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    Yorkcity said:

    UKIP really are a bunch of tossers, I expect soon they'll be proscribed like Combat 18.

    https://twitter.com/GerardBattenMEP/status/1005448714935328769

    Morrissey , has sympathy also for Tommy Robinson.

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/07/morrissey-expresses-sympathy-for-jailed-edl-founder-tommy-robinson
    Support for Tommy Robinson is a 'moron detector'
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    image.
  • ElliotElliot Posts: 1,516
    This is what happens when you embrace Brexit but then try to do a Remain version of it. Remainers will never be happy as they oppose Brexit, and Leavers will be frustrated their preferences were sold out.

    The best way to go about it is to sign a deal with the EU and quickly follow it up with deals with other countries and a new tougher immigration system. I suspect that would end up with 60% support, from those who want immigration reduced.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    One can never say never, but that seems fanciful.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765
    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
    Unemployment is a big issue when its high or when its increasing rapidly.

    When it isn't what people want is a nice pay rise and many people have been missing out of that for the last decade.

    And there's no shortage or people who are leaving university £50k in debt or who are still renting a room in their thirties.
    Yes true , I live in York Outer .

    My neighbours have extended the house twice, as their sons , both working in their mid twenties are still living there.
    Labour posters in both their bedrooms at last GE.
    York central has been Labour since 1992, but the spread to the suburbs of York, surprised me.
    As even Blair did no good around here.
    Housing problems are a major concern for many families.
    York Outer was marginal on its creation, but is now pretty safe Conservative.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    Sean_F said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    One can never say never, but that seems fanciful.
    Is it fanciful that we would have a border poll during transition? The question of "what next?" for GB would be acute in those circumstances.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    If the Referendum had included joining the Euro as a requirement of staying in the EU it would have been at least 70% Leave, I would certainly have voted Leave rather than the Remain vote I eventually cast
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,400

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    Not necessarily. The most serious and ideological will be less inclined to be satisfied with a fudge than the public might.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    Elliot said:

    This is what happens when you embrace Brexit but then try to do a Remain version of it. Remainers will never be happy as they oppose Brexit, and Leavers will be frustrated their preferences were sold out.

    The best way to go about it is to sign a deal with the EU and quickly follow it up with deals with other countries and a new tougher immigration system. I suspect that would end up with 60% support, from those who want immigration reduced.

    Except we cannot do a deal with the EU without regulatory alignment and an exit bill as Barnier has made clear and reducing immigration immediately post Brexit means no transition period
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
  • England are absolutely pummelling the Springboks in the egg chasing.

    24-3 in less than 18 minutes.

    Reaslly wish you hadn't said that. It's your fault now...
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 58,941

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    The successor state can be called whatever it wants to be called, surely?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969

    England are absolutely pummelling the Springboks in the egg chasing.

    24-3 in less than 18 minutes.

    Reaslly wish you hadn't said that. It's your fault now...
    England are going to get absolutely pummelled in this test.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    edited June 2018
    RobD said:

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    The successor state can be called whatever it wants to be called, surely?
    There's rules.

    It's the reason why Macedonia was known as 'The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' for a while.

    There was a dispute between themselves and Greece over what constitutes Macedonia.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669

    image.

    Is this a caption competition?
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    Sean_F said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    One can never say never, but that seems fanciful.
    Is it fanciful that we would have a border poll during transition? The question of "what next?" for GB would be acute in those circumstances.
    Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Northern Ireland voted to join the Irish Republic. Why would the other 62 m inhabitants of this country change their minds over the Euro? If Scotland had voted for independence in 2014, it would have had no bearing at all on the attitude of voters in RUK to Euro membership.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 20,812
    Brexit is dying.

    Philosophically, it’s bankrupt. Many of its erstwhile backers have gone quiet or publicly disowned the project. The public are bored it with it, or associate it with calamity.

    Only Rees Mogg and the ERG seem to care anymore but they have already lost the main arguments. Corbyn remains privately loyal of course, but cannot bring himself to say it out loud.

    I’m not even sure David David believes in it intellectually, although he remains committed to seeing it through for career reasons.

    Like a house with rotten timbers and worm eaten joists, it still appears solid, but is one strong gust away from complete collapse.

    Ironically, an exit to EEA might be the only way to keep Brexit alive, as it at least coherent. But perhaps only Gove or Johnson are capable of of leading that pivot.
  • murali_smurali_s Posts: 3,037
    edited June 2018

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    Brexit = a calamity!
    Brexiteers = Idiots!

    The sh*t hasn't even begun to hit the fan yet. God help this country once it does!
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    Not necessarily given its full title is the United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Northern Ireland.

  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138

    PClipp said:

    Whilst critics of Mrs May might use these findings to criticise her these findings could help her.
    With expectations very low on Brexit a moderately successful deal on Brexit has the potential to be seen a very good deal which leads to boost for Mrs May and the Tories.

    Ever the Tory optimist, Mr Eagles. The promises from the Brexiters were that there would be no downside. Mrs May has assumed the mantle of the diehard Brexiters - more fool she! - and she will get the blame. For her, there is no way out of this messy disaster of her own devising.

    While the promise of Remainers was doom, disaster and no strawberries in the supermarkets.
    So she would get the reward.
    Lets face it whatever happens you will say its a failure and whatever happens you're never going to vote Conservative.
    Meanwhile most people assume all politicians are liars and/or incompetents and don't believe a word of their promises in any case.
    That was the promise of the Conservative leaders who took control of the Remain campaign, Mr Richard. Nothing to do with me.

    If you were to rephrase your last paragraph as "all Conservative politicians are liars and/or incompetents and (people) don't believe a word of their promises in any case", then I think I would agree with you.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Mr. Eagles, yes indeed.

    The Greeks do like pretending Alexander was Greek too. Which is tosh.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967

    image.

    Is this a caption competition?
    So how many of the 'skilled doctors and engineers' are you willing to accept ?
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    Not necessarily given its full title is the United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Northern Ireland.
    Yes, it's a union between the Kingdom of Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765
    murali_s said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    Brexit = a calamity!
    Brexiteers = Idiots!

    The sh*t hasn't even begun to hit the fan yet. God help this country once it does!
    It's a calamity for those who are committed to the EU, not to the rest of us.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,969
    edited June 2018
    It is entirely possible that if Scotland and/or Northern Ireland secede the UK will be known as The Former United Kingdom, or FUK for short.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    RobD said:

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    The successor state can be called whatever it wants to be called, surely?
    Northern Ireland was created so that it would have a Unionist majority - hence the 6 counties of Ulster and the fact that Donegal is almost isolated from the rest of the RoI.
    Without Northern Ireland, Great Britain would be the geographically correct term.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    Sean_F said:

    Sean_F said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    One can never say never, but that seems fanciful.
    Is it fanciful that we would have a border poll during transition? The question of "what next?" for GB would be acute in those circumstances.
    Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Northern Ireland voted to join the Irish Republic. Why would the other 62 m inhabitants of this country change their minds over the Euro? If Scotland had voted for independence in 2014, it would have had no bearing at all on the attitude of voters in RUK to Euro membership.
    It would starkly demonstrate that Brexit was a historic mistake. Euro membership would just be part of the package of accepting that our destiny is to play a full role in European integration.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    It is entirely possible that if Scotland and/or Northern Ireland secede the UK will be known as The Former United Kingdom, or FUK for short.

    If anything, the independence referendum rejuvenated Scottish Unionism.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    Not necessarily given its full title is the United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Northern Ireland.

    Yes, 'Great Britain' united with 'Northern Ireland'.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    PClipp said:

    PClipp said:

    Whilst critics of Mrs May might use these findings to criticise her these findings could help her.
    With expectations very low on Brexit a moderately successful deal on Brexit has the potential to be seen a very good deal which leads to boost for Mrs May and the Tories.

    Ever the Tory optimist, Mr Eagles. The promises from the Brexiters were that there would be no downside. Mrs May has assumed the mantle of the diehard Brexiters - more fool she! - and she will get the blame. For her, there is no way out of this messy disaster of her own devising.

    While the promise of Remainers was doom, disaster and no strawberries in the supermarkets.
    So she would get the reward.
    Lets face it whatever happens you will say its a failure and whatever happens you're never going to vote Conservative.
    Meanwhile most people assume all politicians are liars and/or incompetents and don't believe a word of their promises in any case.
    That was the promise of the Conservative leaders who took control of the Remain campaign, Mr Richard. Nothing to do with me.

    If you were to rephrase your last paragraph as "all Conservative politicians are liars and/or incompetents and (people) don't believe a word of their promises in any case", then I think I would agree with you.
    Considering that the LibDem contribution to the issue was to predict a strawberry shortage LAST YEAR I don't think anyone is particularly bothered by what they might say.

    Not to mention Uncle Vince and his gang are already known to be liars after student tuition fees.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    Sean_F said:

    Sean_F said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    One can never say never, but that seems fanciful.
    Is it fanciful that we would have a border poll during transition? The question of "what next?" for GB would be acute in those circumstances.
    Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Northern Ireland voted to join the Irish Republic. Why would the other 62 m inhabitants of this country change their minds over the Euro? If Scotland had voted for independence in 2014, it would have had no bearing at all on the attitude of voters in RUK to Euro membership.
    It would starkly demonstrate that Brexit was a historic mistake. Euro membership would just be part of the package of accepting that our destiny is to play a full role in European integration.
    Rubbish. If anything it would accelerate English nationalism, the most Unionist figures in Scotland were all staunch Remainers

  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    Sean_F said:

    murali_s said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    Brexit = a calamity!
    Brexiteers = Idiots!

    The sh*t hasn't even begun to hit the fan yet. God help this country once it does!
    It's a calamity for those who are committed to the EU, not to the rest of us.
    73% of Brits disagree with you.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901
    The Balkanization of Britain already well underway, accelerated by Brexit. Tragic.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765

    Sean_F said:

    Sean_F said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    One can never say never, but that seems fanciful.
    Is it fanciful that we would have a border poll during transition? The question of "what next?" for GB would be acute in those circumstances.
    Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Northern Ireland voted to join the Irish Republic. Why would the other 62 m inhabitants of this country change their minds over the Euro? If Scotland had voted for independence in 2014, it would have had no bearing at all on the attitude of voters in RUK to Euro membership.
    It would starkly demonstrate that Brexit was a historic mistake. Euro membership would just be part of the package of accepting that our destiny is to play a full role in European integration.
    It would demonstrate only that Protestants had been outbred. Most people would simply accept that our destinies were different.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    HYUFD said:

    Sean_F said:

    Sean_F said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    One can never say never, but that seems fanciful.
    Is it fanciful that we would have a border poll during transition? The question of "what next?" for GB would be acute in those circumstances.
    Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Northern Ireland voted to join the Irish Republic. Why would the other 62 m inhabitants of this country change their minds over the Euro? If Scotland had voted for independence in 2014, it would have had no bearing at all on the attitude of voters in RUK to Euro membership.
    It would starkly demonstrate that Brexit was a historic mistake. Euro membership would just be part of the package of accepting that our destiny is to play a full role in European integration.
    Rubbish. If anything it would accelerate English nationalism, the most Unionist figures in Scotland were all staunch Remainers
    English nationhood is not incompatible with European federalism. I would argue that it's actually the best way for the English to be reconciled to becoming a modern European country.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    Not necessarily given its full title is the United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Northern Ireland.
    Yes, it's a union between the Kingdom of Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland.
    Northern Ireland was never a Kingdom unlike Scotland or England but a province, It was not even a principality like Wales
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901
    Sean_F said:

    murali_s said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    Brexit = a calamity!
    Brexiteers = Idiots!

    The sh*t hasn't even begun to hit the fan yet. God help this country once it does!
    It's a calamity for those who are committed to the EU, not to the rest of us.
    Surely even the most ardent Brexiteer must be concerned about the division it has created in the UK.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    Brexit is dying.

    Philosophically, it’s bankrupt. Many of its erstwhile backers have gone quiet or publicly disowned the project. The public are bored it with it, or associate it with calamity.

    Only Rees Mogg and the ERG seem to care anymore but they have already lost the main arguments. Corbyn remains privately loyal of course, but cannot bring himself to say it out loud.

    I’m not even sure David David believes in it intellectually, although he remains committed to seeing it through for career reasons.

    Like a house with rotten timbers and worm eaten joists, it still appears solid, but is one strong gust away from complete collapse.

    Ironically, an exit to EEA might be the only way to keep Brexit alive, as it at least coherent. But perhaps only Gove or Johnson are capable of of leading that pivot.

    Brexit is dying? Gold Standard Survation had 50% of voters still backing Leave only yesterday
  • YorkcityYorkcity Posts: 4,382
    Sean_F said:

    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    Yorkcity said:

    felix said:

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    I wonder if this coupled with other polling indicates the electorate thinks little of the Government, and less of the Opposition.

    Political polling suggests that a firm 40+% of voters will have no truck with an extreme left-wing Labour party.
    Should scare you shitless then that 40% are willing to give it a shot.

    It certainly surprised me at the last GE.

    I always thought 25% would be the most even a left wing Labour Party would achieve.
    There seems to be 20-25% who want to nationalise everything - supermarkets, car factories, travel agencies - according to the opinion polls.

    Now add on those who have little to lose from a Corbyn government or those who expect to be protected and it amounts up to quite a lot.

    And then add on some more for Labour loyalists and Conservative haters.
    You could be correct , but I never thought they would turn out to vote , at that level.

    There must be plenty pissed off , with current arrangements , even with unemployment so low
    Unemployment is a big issue when its high or when its increasing rapidly.

    When it isn't what people want is a nice pay rise and many people have been missing out of that for the last decade.

    And there's no shortage or people who are leaving university £50k in debt or who are still renting a room in their thirties.
    Yes true , I live in York Outer .

    My neighbours have extended the house twice, as their sons , both working in their mid twenties are still living there.
    Labour posters in both their bedrooms at last GE.
    York central has been Labour since 1992, but the spread to the suburbs of York, surprised me.
    As even Blair did no good around here.
    Housing problems are a major concern for many families.
    York Outer was marginal on its creation, but is now pretty safe Conservative.
    True Sean , York Outer was marginal between Conservatives and Lib Dem not Labour.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Outer_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

    Labour has gone from 9k and 3rd place in 2010 , to 21k and second place to the Conservatives in 2017 a big change.

    I believe Labour are targeting it .
    http://www.electionpolling.co.uk/battleground/targets/labour

    I think they have no chance .
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,765
    Jonathan said:

    Sean_F said:

    murali_s said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    Brexit = a calamity!
    Brexiteers = Idiots!

    The sh*t hasn't even begun to hit the fan yet. God help this country once it does!
    It's a calamity for those who are committed to the EU, not to the rest of us.
    Surely even the most ardent Brexiteer must be concerned about the division it has created in the UK.
    Concerned, yes. But, it's no calamity.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    HYUFD said:

    Brexit is dying.

    Philosophically, it’s bankrupt. Many of its erstwhile backers have gone quiet or publicly disowned the project. The public are bored it with it, or associate it with calamity.

    Only Rees Mogg and the ERG seem to care anymore but they have already lost the main arguments. Corbyn remains privately loyal of course, but cannot bring himself to say it out loud.

    I’m not even sure David David believes in it intellectually, although he remains committed to seeing it through for career reasons.

    Like a house with rotten timbers and worm eaten joists, it still appears solid, but is one strong gust away from complete collapse.

    Ironically, an exit to EEA might be the only way to keep Brexit alive, as it at least coherent. But perhaps only Gove or Johnson are capable of of leading that pivot.

    Brexit is dying? Gold Standard Survation had 50% of voters still backing Leave only yesterday
    ...but 73% think it's going badly today.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    felix said:

    nunuone said:

    73% think Brexit is going badly yet badly anyone has changed their minds on it. Interesting.

    Not quite

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1005064760650534912
    Now that the “ideologues” begins Brexit are pretty much all saying Brexit is crap it can only be a matter of time before the public follow suit.
    I'll laugh like a drain if Brexit leads to the UK ultimately rejoining the EU and signing up to the Euro.
    Speaking personally this would be ideal for emigres like myself. However it seems highly unlikley.
    The most unlikely aspect of that scenario is the idea that the UK would rejoin. The UK will be dismembered and the constituent parts will adopt the Euro.

    If there were a border poll during the transition deal, Northern Ireland would obviously join the Euro, and it would be the ideal time for either Great Britain or an independent Scotland and the former Kingdom of England to re-accede to the EU.
    Wales will stay in the UK regardless, the Welsh voted Leave.

    Scotland would probably favour a Scandinavian style relationship with the EU if it ever went independent ie in the EU or the single market but not in the Eurozone.

    Northern Ireland still has a Unionist majority and there is no evidence of any enthusiasm for the Euro amongst the population of Northern Ireland
    Once Northern Ireland has gone, there is no UK. The successor state would be Great Britain.
    Not necessarily given its full title is the United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Northern Ireland.
    Yes, it's a union between the Kingdom of Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland.
    Northern Ireland was never a Kingdom unlike Scotland or England but a province, It was not even a principality like Wales
    I put Northern in brackets because the UK was originally created as a union between Great Britain and Ireland. The Northern bit was only inserted after Irish independence.
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