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Quoting this for all the people that think the majority of Brits regret their vote. Even if you took this million off from the Leave side, the leave side would STILL win.
BREXIT - June 23rd 2016 vote - *ARTICLE 50 TRIGGERED!*
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Quoting this for all the people that think the majority of Brits regret their vote. Even if you took this million off from the Leave side, the leave side would STILL win.
Plus:
However, a ComRes poll commissioned by The Mirror shows that half of those asked do not want to vote again on Brexit.
In a few weeks as the market corrects itself the number who regret it will dwindle.
glorious, the end of the western hegemony is nigh
stupid fukking brits want to piss off eastern euros, the same people who have been pushing their shyt back in the last few centuriesCorbyn hit with claims of Brexit sabotage
According to a BBC report, the Labour leader’s office hoped to ‘water down’ Remain campaign.
By
CHRIS SPILLANE
6/26/16, 2:10 PM CET
Updated 6/26/16, 2:11 PM CET
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s office has been accused of sabotaging the campaign for Britain to remain within the European Union.
The BBC reported Sunday it had obtained documents suggesting that Corbyn’s office undermined the campaign to remain in the EU, with one email indicating that Seumas Milne, Labour’s director of strategy and communications, was behind Corbyn’s muted campaign.
“[The] hand of Seumas. If he can’t kill it, he will water it down so much to hope nobody notices it,” the BBC reported, citing the email from Corbyn’s office.
A team assembled by Prime Minister David Cameron was frustrated over Corbyn’s lukewarm campaign against Brexit, according to POLITICO sources. One idea suggested was to get the Labour leader to make a gesture of cross-party support by appearing in public with Cameron. Polls showed this would be the key approach to luring Labour voters.
Corbyn resisted efforts from senior campaign staff and Gordon Brown to appear with Cameron as he wanted nothing to do with the prime minister, sources told POLITICO. His reluctance led to fury from Cameron’s communications chief Craig Oliver and Jim Messina, U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign guru.
Corbyn hit with claims of Brexit sabotage
According to a BBC report, the Labour leader’s office hoped to ‘water down’ Remain campaign.
By
CHRIS SPILLANE
6/26/16, 2:10 PM CET
Updated 6/26/16, 2:11 PM CET
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s office has been accused of sabotaging the campaign for Britain to remain within the European Union.
The BBC reported Sunday it had obtained documents suggesting that Corbyn’s office undermined the campaign to remain in the EU, with one email indicating that Seumas Milne, Labour’s director of strategy and communications, was behind Corbyn’s muted campaign.
“[The] hand of Seumas. If he can’t kill it, he will water it down so much to hope nobody notices it,” the BBC reported, citing the email from Corbyn’s office.
A team assembled by Prime Minister David Cameron was frustrated over Corbyn’s lukewarm campaign against Brexit, according to POLITICO sources. One idea suggested was to get the Labour leader to make a gesture of cross-party support by appearing in public with Cameron. Polls showed this would be the key approach to luring Labour voters.
Corbyn resisted efforts from senior campaign staff and Gordon Brown to appear with Cameron as he wanted nothing to do with the prime minister, sources told POLITICO. His reluctance led to fury from Cameron’s communications chief Craig Oliver and Jim Messina, U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign guru.
Corbyn hit with claims of Brexit sabotage
Corbyn hit with claims of Brexit sabotage
According to a BBC report, the Labour leader’s office hoped to ‘water down’ Remain campaign.
By
CHRIS SPILLANE
6/26/16, 2:10 PM CET
Updated 6/26/16, 2:11 PM CET
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s office has been accused of sabotaging the campaign for Britain to remain within the European Union.
The BBC reported Sunday it had obtained documents suggesting that Corbyn’s office undermined the campaign to remain in the EU, with one email indicating that Seumas Milne, Labour’s director of strategy and communications, was behind Corbyn’s muted campaign.
“[The] hand of Seumas. If he can’t kill it, he will water it down so much to hope nobody notices it,” the BBC reported, citing the email from Corbyn’s office.
A team assembled by Prime Minister David Cameron was frustrated over Corbyn’s lukewarm campaign against Brexit, according to POLITICO sources. One idea suggested was to get the Labour leader to make a gesture of cross-party support by appearing in public with Cameron. Polls showed this would be the key approach to luring Labour voters.
Corbyn resisted efforts from senior campaign staff and Gordon Brown to appear with Cameron as he wanted nothing to do with the prime minister, sources told POLITICO. His reluctance led to fury from Cameron’s communications chief Craig Oliver and Jim Messina, U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign guru.
Corbyn hit with claims of Brexit sabotage
Corbyn was a euroskeptic well before the right wing capitalists began to prance around about.
I'm proud of him for that
He technically endorsed Remain, even if it was half-hearted though.
Labour revolt as MPs quit Corbyn cabinet
Several shadow ministers resign after party leader fires Hilary Benn in Brexit aftermath.
By
ALEX SPENCE AND CHRIS SPILLANE
6/26/16, 8:50 AM CET
Updated 6/26/16, 3:01 PM CET
LONDON — U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to sack shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn prompted several other Labour MPs to quit his cabinet Sunday and raised questions about his hold on the party leadership.
Benn was fired from the post amid claims he was encouraging ministers to resign should Labour leader Corbyn ignore a vote of no confidence, the BBC reported Sunday.
The news was followed quickly by the resignation of shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander from Corbyn’s cabinet. It was the start of a chain reaction throughout Sunday, with a succession of other ministers saying they would quit and questioning Corbyn’s ability to lead the party.
Alexander said she resigned with a “heavy heart” and told Corbyn in a letter that “I do not believe you have the capacity to shape the answers our country is demanding and I believe that if we are to form the next Government, a change of leadership is essential.”
The Guardian reported that Gloria de Piero, the shadow minister for young people and voter registration, had also decided to leave Corbyn’s cabinet. Later on Sunday, shadow education secretary Lucy Powell also said she would quit, as did shadow transport minister Lilian Greenwood, shadow secretary for Scotland Ian Murray, shadow environment secretary Kerry McCarthy and shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra.
The BBC reported that as many as half of the shadow cabinet members were expected to quit Sunday, but Corbyn appeared to be digging in. His office sent astatement to Sky News saying “there will be no resignation of a democratically elected leader.”
Labour’s leader faces a vote of no confidence over claims he was “lackluster” during the EU referendum campaign. Benn said there was “widespread concern” about Corbyn’s “leadership and his ability to win an election.”
He added: “There is no confidence to win the next election if Jeremy continues as leader.”
Benn told him that in a phone call, and Corbyn “dismissed me,” he said.
“There are people who voted for Jeremy last year who are now saying, ‘It’s not working, is it?’” Benn said.
Alexander, appearing on ITV’s “Peston on Sunday” program, said Labour needed “to reflect” about the result of the Brexit vote.
She said “a fair number” of colleagues were likely to join her in quitting the shadow cabinet, and that she expects Labour to have a new leader in place by its party conference in autumn.
Speaking on the same program, Labour shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, a Corbyn supporter, said he was “saddened and disappointed” by the departures of Benn and Alexander but added: “Jeremy’s not going anywhere. If people do resign, that’s unfortunate but they’ll be replaced.”
Labour MP Chuka Umunna said in a series of tweets Sunday that it was “crazy” for Corbyn to fire Benn and hinted at the unrest in the party over the decision: “Either you look your flaws in the face and address them or you stick your head in the sand, destroy the Labour Party and the country suffers.”
Barbara Surk contributed to this article.
Labour revolt as MPs quit Corbyn cabinet
MikeyC
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC that Holyrood could try to block the UK's exit from the EU.
She was speaking following a referendum on Thursday which saw Britain vote by 52% to 48% to leave Europe.
However, in Scotland the picture was different with 62% backing Remain and 38% wanting to go.
SNP leader Ms Sturgeon said that "of course" she would ask MSPs to refuse to give their "legislative consent".
However, Scottish Secretary David Mundell said he "personally" did not believe that Scotland could block Brexit.
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In an interview with the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme Ms Sturgeon was asked what the Scottish Parliament would do now.
Ms Sturgeon, whose party has 63 of the 129 Holyrood seats, said: "The issue you are talking about is would there have to be a legislative consent motion or motions for the legislation that extricates the UK from the European Union?
"Looking at it from a logical perspective, I find it hard to believe that there wouldn't be that requirement - I suspect that the UK government will take a very different view on that and we'll have to see where that discussion ends up."
Could Scotland block Brexit?
By BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor
I think Holyrood blocking Brexit is unlikely in that the power arises because the Scottish Parliament has to implement European legislation.
It is not a power that arises with regard to the things that matter, which is the single market and the EU treaties.
I also think that politically there would be a huge resentment from Westminster and England.
If, for example, Scotland had voted "Yes" to independence in 2014 and the Westminster parliament used the blocking mechanism to stop that, one can understand the anger in that regard.
It is a possible political scenario, but in terms of it being a likely political scenario, I think not.
When Ms Sturgeon was asked by presenter Gordon Brewer whether she would consider asking the parliament not to back such a motion of legislative consent she replied "of course".
She added: "If the Scottish Parliament was judging this on the basis of what's right for Scotland then the option of saying look we're not to vote for something that's against Scotland's interest, of course that's got to be on the table."
Image captionDavid Mundell: 'We have to respect the result on Thursday'
Conservative MP Mr Mundell, who also spoke to the Sunday Politics Scotland programme, said: "We have to respect the result on Thursday, even if we don't like it - it was a UK wide vote - it was a vote by people across the UK."
Asked about the possibility of Scotland stopping Brexit, he said: "What we need to see is the legal mechanism that we go through to get to a situation of the UK leaving.
"I personally don't believe the Scottish Parliament is in position to block Brexit, but I haven't seen the legal documentation that you refer to in your interview with Nicola [Sturgeon]."
Following the programme, constitutional law expert and Conservative MSP Adam Tomkins tweeted that Holyrood had no power to veto the UK's withdrawal.
Mr Tomkins - who backed the Remain side of the referendum campaign - said that while Holyrood had the power to withhold consent, that was not the same as blocking.
PM plans to go
Earlier on Sunday, Ms Sturgeon said that she and her colleagues would begin talking to Brussels officials next week about Scotland remaining in the EU.
The day after the full result was known, the Scottish leader confirmed that a second Scottish independence referendum was back on the table.
In September 2014, people in Scotland voted by 55% to 45% to stay a part of the UK.
Following the UK's decision on 23 June to leave the EU, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his intention to resign and a number of Labour shadow cabinet members have quit - with more resignations expected - in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership over the EU referendum.
Nicola Sturgeon says MSPs at Holyrood could veto Brexit - BBC News
Do it for the culture
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
Why is it that people think that there are only two modes in immigration
The decision isn't between no immigration and opening the floodgates, there is an in between
There was already immigration into the uk, it's complete utter bullshyt to say opening the floodgates to Eastern European immigration was necessary, it was completely unnecessary and uncalled for
And Blair has already been exposed anyways, they wanted to make Britain more multicultural Labour wanted mass immigration to make UK more multicultural, says former adviser
Blair was just following the leftist script followed by the democrats of trying to flood the country to make it "multicultural" and assuming migrants will solidify the power of the leftist party
It had nothing to do with retirees, it's that staying in power is more important that the wage stagnation and social conflict caused by mass migration
Yep, would rep if I could.
MikeyC
The Coli Royal Rumble Champion 2019
You don't think there was resentment towards immigrants before the "Eastern European floodgates" were open?
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
yeah there was resentment, whats your point?
People really believe that importing millions of unskilled labourers is beneficial for us?
Labour's immigration policy was a policy of social engineering. It's amazing that when it comes to immigration into white countries lefties suddenly become hyper capitalist
Both sides know this was never about the economy.
Labour's immigration policy was a policy of social engineering. It's amazing that when it comes to immigration into white countries lefties suddenly become hyper capitalist
Both sides know this was never about the economy.People really believe that importing millions of unskilled labourers is beneficial for us?
Labour's immigration policy was a policy of social engineering. It's amazing that when it comes to immigration into white countries lefties suddenly become hyper capitalist
Yep:
MikeyC
The Coli Royal Rumble Champion 2019
Apologies, I misinterpreted the post. However, your assertion that EU migration was "unnecessary and uncalled for" lends itself to xenophobia.