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[gettingrichslow] 17/1/2019 13:15

My nephew told me at Xmas that he considers the use of ROFLMAO and LOL 'childish'. He is 11 years old. But here we have a supposed ex-captain of industry using it all the time. Very strange.

[brexitplus] 17/1/2019 12:46

I thought only teenagers used these abbreviations. WATLOB.

[brexitplus] 17/1/2019 12:20

Can someone tell me what ROFLMAO means. Zimmer keeps wishing me Lots Of Love.

[minerve] 17/1/2019 10:56

Oh dear, second nuclear reactor plan down the tubes! ROFLMAO!

And they think we can go it alone! ROFLMAO!

[minerve] 17/1/2019 10:11

I like the Brexit numpties to show me the evidence to prove the EU was at fault for their discontent rather than that of their own government.

I will not hold my breath! LOL

[minerve] 17/1/2019 10:09

And they invest in a company that pays three or four executives £150M between them. LOL

Hello? I don't know where some of you chimps live but most white van drivers I see are driven be 'foreigners', especially Amazon delivery drivers.

[brexitplus] 17/1/2019 10:00

Not saying captains of industry earning more than white van drivers. Saying white van drivers more trustworthy.

In my world everyone starts equal. Judged from that point. I’ve known some dreadful people that I steered clear of; some of them particularly wealthy and looking down on others. Also some wealthy people who are “ordinary̶1; whom you wouldn’t know have lots of money and don’t boast about it either verbally or showing the trappings who are friends.

[steeplejack] 17/1/2019 09:43

I think I’d rather judge the man than his profession.
I thought that you’d say that it was inequality that was behind the discontent but I’m not sure that’s right.Admittedly,the salary differentials between top management and average employee have become indefensible.The growth of people drawing on food banks a horrid indictment of our society,but that said,there’s something inherent in English society that that doesn’t want people to get ahead of themselves.Its the “what did he do to deserve that” attitude.Frankly,at the simplest level,the difference between the salary of a nurse and a professional footballer (even one in the lesser divisions) is incomprehensible.Forget comparing captains of industry doing better than white van man.

[brexitplus] 17/1/2019 09:23

My best man owned a haulage company which included a fleet of white vans. Drivers were nice blokes. Far more trustworthy than our politicians and the likes of Blair, etc. And dare I say it, Zimmer.

[brexitplus] 17/1/2019 09:13

Getting, happily there are a lot more white van drivers than “Captains of Industry.”

[gettingrichslow] 17/1/2019 08:48

Yes that much is clear to anyone being objective about this. The very rich want to preserve the status quo and continue to get richer off the back of an unbroken flow of cheap eastern European labour. The middle manager in Basingstoke isn't so keen. And the white van man in Middlesbrough has already got his yellow vest ready.

[brexitplus] 17/1/2019 08:44

“Three-quarters of morons say the crisis-hit EU departure process has shown that the current generation of MPs are “not up to the job”, according to the data from polling firm ComRes. A root-and-branch overhaul of the country’s entire political system is wanted by a massive 72% of idiots quizzed in the survey. But despite the chaos embroiling Brexit, a majority of uneducated morons (53%) still want the result of the 2016 EU Leave vote to be honoured by ensuring the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc and do not want a second referendum to be triggered.”

[brexitplus] 17/1/2019 08:36

Getting, earlier Zimmer equated Remainers with equality and Brexiteers with inequality.

Just wondered how that stacks up with people like Blair and Mandelbum supporting Remain. In fact, all of the Remainers I see in the media, like Miller, etc, seem to be very rich and excel in feathering their own nests at the expense of the poor.

Please correct me if I’m wrong.

[gettingrichslow] 17/1/2019 08:21

Steeplejack, I see it differently. We've been sailing on the Titanic for over 40 years, a lot of our people are unhappy with how they've fared, and now we're on the first lifeboat off the sinking ship.

[steeplejack] 17/1/2019 07:54

So another day breaks on the adventures of Captain Teresa Pugwash as her vessel HMS UK drifts,in near doldrums,towards the jagged coastline of Brexit Island.Captain Teresa decided the best route to the island long ago and is damned if she'll tack on to a more benign course.Some of her crew,notably,Beefy Boris and Egg Nog,don't care whether HMS UK flounders on the rocks as long as they reach Brexit Island.Where's Tom the cabin boy when you need him.

[gettingrichslow] 16/1/2019 22:40

Definitely two Es. Yes, The Guardian use one E but that's the Guardian for you.

So a pro-Remain org puts 'Hard Brexit' at 5% eh? Fascinating, but irrelevant.

You need to understand that Article 50 has been passed by parliament, so by law, we leave the EU on 29 March I'm afraid. There is very little that parliament can do now to stop that. Nicky Morgan said last night that she thought parliament could block it but The Mogg argued that wasn't the case and she appeared to concede that point.

Hard Brexit coming then?

[minerve] 16/1/2019 22:02

Oh look. They can't debate singularly, they have to back each other up in little packs. Poor things.

Brexiter
noun
British
informal

A person who is in favour of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union.
‘many Brexiters would like to follow the Norwegian model’
‘this was not another scary intervention in the referendum debate by a pro-European or a Brexiter’

[gettingrichslow] 16/1/2019 21:56

It's 'Brexiteer' Minny. Two Es. Same as your A-level results to get into Pontypridd Poly.

[minerve] 16/1/2019 21:48

Anyway, parliament just needs to rule out Hard-Brexit and we can kiss goodbye to the aspirations of fools like you. Commentary on FT Markets live was putting Hard-Brexit probability at about 5%. Hard luck old boy. Maybe next time, eh?

[minerve] 16/1/2019 21:45

No brexitplus, I am not a hypocrite because I wasn't taking the moral high-ground, a Brexiter was. You can't spin the argument on me old boy. It might work with your simpleton friends.