Brexit

[vendic]

I put this in politics as humor usually doesn't result in a discussion.

If you haven't seen John Oliver before, he's an English ex pat living in the USA and can be pretty funny.
I found this hilarious: Brexit II

[pumpkinpi]

So, is it crazy that we just bought plane tickets to be on holiday in England during Brexit?

[Rommie]

Nah- good exchange rate!

On a more serious note, as the UK already has an agreement in place with the USA on immigration status etc, I don't think you guys will have much issue. I mainly feel bad for my friends living in Europe who are British expats- many of them moved abroad years ago, and had no say in the entire thing, but nevertheless are now screwed.

[Thumper]

I don't think so. Unless they go crazy and start burning the place down. But I mean, they all voted for it, it's what they want right? What's the problem?

[SciFiFisher]

If you want some real fun watch the British Parliament when they are televised. It's amazing how raucous they get.

[pumpkinpi]

If you want some real fun watch the British Parliament when they are televised. It's amazing how raucous they get.

I heard some audio of parliament laughing at May while she was talking.

[Thumper]

Most Parliament sessions come across to me as a Frat meeting.

[geonuc]

I seem to recall Tony Blair getting razzed quite a bit as he attempted to get parliament to side with him and W on the Iraq war.

[Thumper]

I remember seeing old clips when Thatcher was in office.

[Rommie]

So, today the UK Parliament voted against the Brexit deal. And not even by a close amount, it was like 432-200 or some such. A vote of no confidence in the government follows tomorrow.

I mean, I confess at the rate things have gone I am not surprised this is where we are. I feel very sorry for my British friends now stuck between a rock and a hard place, especially my British friends living abroad who have faced serious uncertainty in the past few months (literally being told to not travel for six months at the Dutch universities for example, because no treaty is in place even now for British passports' movements in the EU). The thing is though I'm legit not sure if they have enough time to do anything else by this point.

I also confess by the way, I have more sympathy for May than the average person. There was literally no way to take this job as PM and come out of it successful, and the main antagonizers for leave had all resigned. She's definitely not the best politician (like, I think her vote she called last year was pretty dumb), but I don't think any of her critics would have fared better in a job with such stupid starting terms.

I do, however, at this rate look forward to the next time I meet with my Canadian relatives. One of my dad's cousins has a boyfriend who emigrated from the UK in like the 60s because of a lack of opportunity there, and is Pro Brexit because "there's too much immigration and it's not like what it used to be." The irony abounds.

[geonuc]

I agree concerning Ms. May. It seems Mr. Cameron left her a pile of dung.

[SciFiFisher]

Yeah. The Pro-Brexit dicks set it up and then ran out on actually implementing it. I have heard that the EU might be receptive to a new Brexit vote by the UK rejecting the "leave the EU" vote. I don't know if that has much traction in the UK though. There are times when I wish we could give the UK Trump and we could be stuck dealing with Brexit.

[Sigma_Orionis]

Meh, the alternative to May is Corbyn. Whom, IMHO, is a regular idiot.

[geonuc]

Yeah. The Pro-Brexit dicks set it up and then ran out on actually implementing it. I have heard that the EU might be receptive to a new Brexit vote by the UK rejecting the "leave the EU" vote. I don't know if that has much traction in the UK though. There are times when I wish we could give the UK Trump and we could be stuck dealing with Brexit.

Cameron was anti-Brexit and that's the reason he gave for resigning as PM. He stated that someone invested in Brexit should lead the way.

[Rommie]

They voted it down a third time.

I've got to say, there is a delicious irony in Britain wanting to leave the EU so they can make their decisions, but can't make a decision on how to do it.

[pumpkinpi]

I'm keeping my ears open, but the Brits I've been around so far aren't talking about Brexit.

[Sigma_Orionis]

They voted it down a third time.

I've got to say, there is a delicious irony in Britain wanting to leave the EU so they can make their decisions, but can't make a decision on how to do it.

Absolutely. Hopefully, John Bull now realizes the consequences of not bothering to go to vote...

[SciFiFisher]

Heard on the news today that a one-year extension may be approved by the EU.