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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    Brexit hypocrisy highlighted by nationwide billboard campaign


    Political billboards have popped up across the UK, from Glasgow to Dover, thanks to anti-Brexit group Led By Donkeys.
    Each board is emblazoned with a quote from a politician or public figure, taken from past speeches, interviews and social media.

    The four friends behind the popular campaign ”wanted to highlight the hypocrisy” of politicians engaging in the Brexit debate, according to the group’s crowdfunding page.

    “This Brexit chaos is founded on the forgotten lies of our leaders,” the page says.
    “Let’s remind the country of them with giant billboards.”


































    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-billboards-led-by-donkeys-remain-uk-a8837576.html

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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    Sorry Theresa, but democracy is a rolling process. We may have wanted Brexit before, but we don’t now
    Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk

    When a million people march against Brexit, compared with 150 on Farage’s feeble counter-march, the government should wake up to the will of the people.
    When the biggest ever parliamentary petition to revoke Article 50 already has just shy of five million signatures, more than 10 times the number who signed a petition to crash out without a deal, the government should wake up to the will of the people. Democracy is a rolling process of collective will. It’s always moving.

    We need to press the pause button now, before Theresa May gets replaced by someone even more inept at detecting the temperature of the population.



    We have been humiliated enough by our political representatives who can barely run themselves, let alone a divided country.

    Divided as we may be, we are not as divided as we were.
    There is now a clear majority who want to stay in the EU. If there’s a vote – in parliament or referendum – it should be between Remain and a Norway-style soft Brexit. There never were any other options that the people or parliament would support.



    Yesterday was my first time marching


    I just completed my first ever march, and it was an amazing and uplifting experience.
    I was once asked, was there anything I would march for? My reply was democracy. Thanks to The Independent and other organisers for giving so many of us (people from all over the UK and beyond, all ages, backgrounds and beliefs) the opportunity.
    It was very good-natured; there was so much laughter and a real feeling of unity and shared purpose.

    The UK definitely needs a bit more of that right now. The only unpleasantness I was aware of came from a bystander, who said something to the effect of “the protesters from the front are running down the side streets to join the back, that’s why it looks like there are so many”. A remark worthy of Andrea Leadsom herself!
    So, as I’m still thinking in slogans, here are a few messages from the march, Theresa May:
    “As a citizen of nowhere I want Blighty not Blighted.”
    “Brexit – the impossible dream – is turning into a bit of nightmare.”
    “Be woke: Revoke.”
    Please!
    Ellis Jones
    London N4



    Some Brexit advice
    Decades ago, when learning woodwork, we received some sound advice from a retired cabinet maker: “Measure twice. Cut once.”

    Surely this should especially apply to a situation like Brexit, where the first measurement was marginal and the consequences so far-reaching.

    Sylvia Ledger
    Ringwood



    Delia Smith is right about Brexit and football
    Thanks to Delia Smith for her marvellous football analogy yesterday. The individual and the group. It is of course just the same in music (my profession).
    Whether it be string quartet, brass band or full symphony orchestra, the individual player is all-important. Just imagine that “tacet” bar marred by some overenthusiastic squeak from the back desk.
    For the European Union to be great, we need Britain to be great, which can be achieved in the 21st century only by remaining in this essential club. Teamwork produces excellence. Give us a Final Say, politicians. Don’t deny us excellence.

    Rachel Greenwood
    Bewdley



    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/brexit-final-say-march-peoples-vote-theresa-may-a8837656.html
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    ‘Chicken’ Theresa May has ‘completely bottled’ Brexit says Boris as the PM clings to power having defied the Tory coup plotters



    Theresa May's government has 'bottled it completely' over Brexit according to Boris Johnson as she clings to power after holding crisis talks with her Brexit critics at Chequers yesterday.
    During a three-hour meeting, Brexiteers Iain Duncan Smith and Jacob Rees-Mogg warned the Prime Minister she must set out a timetable for her departure to get her deal through the Commons.
    Mrs May dug in, warning Eurosceptics including Mr Johnson and David Davis that if they refused to get behind her plan, MPs would force through a 'soft' Brexit.
    But Mr Johnson, writing in The Telegraph, said the government had a 'chickened out' and 'bottled it completely' over Brexit.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/chicken-theresa-may-has-completely-bottled-brexit-says-boris-as-the-pm-clings-to-power-having-defied-the-tory-coup-plotters/ar-BBVbiyI?ocid=spartanntp
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    madprofmadprof Member Posts: 3,305
    @HAYSIE thinking about this...what harm has Brexit really done to us?

    A crashed currency, potential price rises, normalisation of lying, worsening trade gap, increase in hate & violent crime,undermining of parliament,loss of high income jobs,threat to peace in Ireland,potential shortage of farm workers,further alienation of Scotland,weakening of our science base,loss of health cover in 27 countries,higher phone charges abroad,loss of GDPR protection,uncertainty in Gibraltar,loss of doctors & nurses,loss of influence in the world,soaring debt,huge Euro divorce bill,massive distraction and international derision to name a few

    apart from that, what harm has Brexit ever done to us?
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    madprofmadprof Member Posts: 3,305
    HAYSIE said:

    Brexit hypocrisy highlighted by nationwide billboard campaign


    Political billboards have popped up across the UK, from Glasgow to Dover, thanks to anti-Brexit group Led By Donkeys.
    Each board is emblazoned with a quote from a politician or public figure, taken from past speeches, interviews and social media.

    The four friends behind the popular campaign ”wanted to highlight the hypocrisy” of politicians engaging in the Brexit debate, according to the group’s crowdfunding page.

    “This Brexit chaos is founded on the forgotten lies of our leaders,” the page says.
    “Let’s remind the country of them with giant billboards.”


































    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-billboards-led-by-donkeys-remain-uk-a8837576.html

    I wish everyone of these politicians was interviewed with this poster and asked to explain themselves now!
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    madprof said:

    @HAYSIE thinking about this...what harm has Brexit really done to us?

    A crashed currency, potential price rises, normalisation of lying, worsening trade gap, increase in hate & violent crime,undermining of parliament,loss of high income jobs,threat to peace in Ireland,potential shortage of farm workers,further alienation of Scotland,weakening of our science base,loss of health cover in 27 countries,higher phone charges abroad,loss of GDPR protection,uncertainty in Gibraltar,loss of doctors & nurses,loss of influence in the world,soaring debt,huge Euro divorce bill,massive distraction and international derision to name a few

    apart from that, what harm has Brexit ever done to us?


    More damage to come when we actually leave.

    No good will ever come of it.
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    madprof said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Brexit hypocrisy highlighted by nationwide billboard campaign


    Political billboards have popped up across the UK, from Glasgow to Dover, thanks to anti-Brexit group Led By Donkeys.
    Each board is emblazoned with a quote from a politician or public figure, taken from past speeches, interviews and social media.

    The four friends behind the popular campaign ”wanted to highlight the hypocrisy” of politicians engaging in the Brexit debate, according to the group’s crowdfunding page.

    “This Brexit chaos is founded on the forgotten lies of our leaders,” the page says.
    “Let’s remind the country of them with giant billboards.”


































    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-billboards-led-by-donkeys-remain-uk-a8837576.html

    I wish everyone of these politicians was interviewed with this poster and asked to explain themselves now!
    It just goes to show how little they know.
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    People Are Making Fun Of Boris Johnson For Telling Theresa May To Act Like ‘Moses’




    Boris Johnson has used his Telegraph newspaper column to blast the prime minister’s “chicken” government and appealed to her to “channel the spirit of Moses” and tell Brussels to “let my people go”.

    “It is time for the PM to channel the spirit of Moses in Exodus, and say to Pharaoh in Brussels – LET MY PEOPLE GO.”



    A lot of people were confused by the biblical comparisons, which have crept their way into Brexit parlance fairly regularly, with the likes of European Council president Donald Tusk recently claiming there is a “special place in ****” for Brexiteers without a plan.

    Claire McGing wrote: “Does Boris know how the story ends for Moses? A 40 year wander in the desert, never reaching the Promised Land, seems apt for the Tory Party if they leave with #nodeal.”
    The Times columnist Hugo Rifkind tweeted: “If the EU is Pharoah and Theresa May is Moses then this means we now all have to spend 40 years in a desert living off scavenged bread before we reach the promised land and I for one am not keen.”
    If no-deal warnings, reports of stockpiling and empty supermarket shelves are anything to go by, he may have a point.

    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-making-fun-boris-johnson-102919166.html
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447

    Caroline Dodds Pennock
    @carolinepennock


    a) This is the stupidest, most self-aggrandising piece of bluster that I’ve ever refused to pay to read.

    b) It was God who said ‘let my people go’, not Moses.

    c) Has Boris Johnson forgotten that this was followed by 40 years in the wilderness?




    Sarah Jenkins #FBPE
    @saljenkin


    Wasn’t Boris the one responsible for the ‘Titanic Success’ comment? With that & now Moses (40 years in the wilderness) is it possible that this is a whole elaborate laugh at the electorate? Do it in plain sight, TELL them what I am doing, & still get away with it, for the LOLS?



    The Dominic Grieve Amendment
    @wyt3fr0g

    I think he's appealling to a very specific section of society. Not me because I don't care for Churchill or Moses. I'm from a comprehensive school, I don't go to church, I voted remain, never vote Tory, hate all this Brexit malarkey, don't read the newspapers, can't stand Boris.




    Cen
    @CenLD


    Eventually Boris Johnson must run out of inappropriate & inapplicable pseudo-intellectual metaphors to apply, surely? Moses?!

    Just a vacuous, crass individual trying to make himself sound clever - like Mogg & his latin nonsense.

    Do they really believe we can't see through them?




    Richard Dixon
    @Linguagroover


    We’re obviously on the way with, if not the Nile, lines turning red; and something like the plague of frogs – ‘meaningful votes’ croaking. #Brexodus does indeed already feel like wandering around aimlessly for decades. And in the original yarn, Moses eventually got replaced.


    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-making-fun-boris-johnson-102919166.html
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    Petition
    Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU.
    The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is 'the will of the people'. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People's Vote may not happen - so vote now.
    Sign this petition
    5,475,078 signatures
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    Brexit supporter who egged Corbyn pleads guilty to assault





    A Brexit supporter who egged Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn while shouting "respect the vote" has pleaded guilty to assault.
    John Murphy, 31, pressed an egg onto the politician's head during a visit to Finsbury Park Mosque in north London on 3 March.
    Murphy, from Barnet in north-west London, pleaded guilty to an assault by beating charge at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
    The judge warned that Murphy, who had four other eggs with him, could face a brief stint in jail.
    Chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said: "This is a public servant and attacks on MPs must stop. The message must go out - this must stop."
    Mr Corbyn, who was uninjured but was left with a red mark, reported that Murphy's face was "contorted" with rage and he appeared "very aggressive".
    In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Corbyn described how he
    was "shocked and surprised" by the attack.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/courts/brexit-supporter-who-egged-corbyn-pleads-guilty-to-assault/ar-BBVc0sX?ocid=spartanntp
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    Taking back control has been a theme of Theresa May's Brexit vision but Tuesday's front pages reveal that MPs have "seized control" of the process, after yet another government defeat in the Commons.
    That's the phrase used by the Times, which says the move is likely to begin a process that could result in Parliament backing a "softer" Brexit, meaning one with a closer relationship to the EU than that set out by the PM.
    The paper adds that some of Mrs May's closest allies appear to be abandoning her, with her former de facto deputy, Damian Green, voting against the government.
    The Daily Express blames what it calls "Remainer MPs" for the outcome, under the headline: "They've now stolen what's left of Brexit".
    It claims MPs are trying to thwart the result of the referendum and says the ensuing deadlock could result in a general election.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs/the_papers
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    Brexit: MPs seize control of Brexit as Theresa May suffers humiliating defeat



    Theresa May has lost authority over her own Parliament as MPs seized control of the Brexit process and three of her ministers resigned.
    On another disastrous night for the PM, a majority of MPs agreed to hold a series of so-called ‘indicative votes’ on alternatives to Mrs May’s Withdrawal Agreement. It will give individual MPs a chance to have their say on a series of options to see if Parliament can agree on a way forward.
    As well as losing the vote by 329-302, the PM suffered further embarrassment as three ministers quit in order to rebel against Mrs May’s instructions.
    The move underlined to what extent May has lost authority over Parliament and her own party. The three ministers – Richard Harrington, Alistair Burt and Steve Brine – were among 30 Tory rebels who defied the Prime Minister and backed the amendment.

    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/theresa-may-still-not-sufficient-support-third-meaningful-vote-brexit-withdrawal-agreement-154548554.html
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    'Alarm bells ringing' as finance optimism falls at fastest rate since 2008: 'Brexit is now a national emergency'



    Optimism among financial services companies is falling at its fastest rate since the height of the financial crisis amid a Brexit “national emergency”, according to a survey published on Monday.
    The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PwC surveyed 84 financial services and found their optimism about UK business conditions declined by 45% in the first quarter of 2019. That was the worst reading since 2008. The survey’s authors blamed the confidence slump on ongoing Brexit uncertainty.
    “The alarm bells ringing at the state of optimism in the financial services sector have now reached a deafening level,” Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI’s chief economist, said in a statement.
    “Not only has it plummeted at the fastest rate since the depths of the Financial Crisis, it has been falling or flat since the EU referendum. Additionally, business volumes and employment have fallen over the last quarter. Brexit is now a national emergency.”

    https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/alarm-bells-ringing-finance-optimism-falls-fastest-rate-since-2008-brexit-now-national-emergency-000135242.html
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    BBC's Humphrys rips into Corbyn for FAILING Brexit position – 'whole point of a leader'
    BBC host John Humphrys hit out at Jeremy Corbyn’s indecisive style of leadership and urged the Labour leader to express a clear position of Brexit.





    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has faced widespread criticism for his unclear position on Brexit after failing to show outright support Labour MPs’ calls for a second Brexit referendum. Hosting BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Mr Humphrys told Labour’s Baroness Shami Chakrabarti: “Jeremy Corbyn is, of course, an elected Member of Parliament as well but he hasn’t expressed his view as forcefully as Tom Watson and Keir Starmer. Has he?”

    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1104813/Brexit-news-BBC-latest-John-Humphrys-Labour-Party-Jeremy-Corbyn-UK-Theresa-May-vote


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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    'Frustrated' Marr LOSES IT at Brexit Secretary – 'You NEED to start answering questions'
    BBC PRESENTER Andrew Marr became “frustrated” during an interview with Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay, after repeatedly asking whether the Government is bound by indicative votes from the House of Commons.



    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1104554/brexit-news-latest-andrew-marr-stephen-barclay-commons-vote-theresa-may-deal-extension-uk
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,447
    Is Britain plunging into a General Election? Rebel MPs vote to seize control of Brexit TOMORROW after three ministers quit to join them and May's allies warn poll that could be WEEKS away if the chaos goes on
    Cabinet has stepped up preparations for the possibility of a general election as MPs grabbed control
    Business minister Richard Harrington,Middle East minister Alistair Burt and health minister Steve Brine quit
    MPs can stage a series of 'indicative votes' on alternatives to Prime Minister's deal in Commons tomorrow
    The Prime Minister previously said she was not prepared to accept a soft Brexit because of Tory manifesto


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6849819/Ministers-warn-election-cards-WEEKS-Brexit-chaos-continues.html
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