hillery can't stop - Page 11

Joan wrote - "We Americans have July 4th, and the Brits now have June 23rd. In the words of Nigel Farage, leader of the the UKIP and top proponent for the United Kingdom to leave the European, the Brexit vote was Britain’s “Independence Day.”

Really??????? Funny how things turn out and you are so estatic about it. And if Trump becomes President, expect things to even be worse. The biggest thing is Americans know what Trump stands for not so sure the Brits knew what the ramifications would be.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/24/the-british-are-frantically-googling-what-the-eu-is-hours-after-voting-to-leave-it/

The whole world is reeling after a milestone referendum in Britain to leave the European Union. And although leaders of the campaign to exit Europe are crowing over their victory, it seems many Britons may not even know what they had actually voted for.

Awakening to a stock market plunge and a precipitous decline in the value of the pound that Britain hasn't seen in more than 30 years, voters now face a series of economic shocks that analysts say will only worsen before they improve. The consequences of the leave vote will be felt worldwide, even here in the United States, and some British voters say they now regret casting a ballot in favor of Brexit.

[No, Brexit isn’t a good sign for Trump]

"Even though I voted to leave, this morning I woke up and I just — the reality did actually hit me," one woman told the news channel ITV News. "If I'd had the opportunity to vote again, it would be to stay."

[The critical fact Trump forgot in his viral speech on Brexit]

That confusion over what Brexit might mean for the country's economy appears to have been reflected across the United Kingdom on Thursday. Google reported sharp upticks in searches not only related to the ballot measure but also about basic questions concerning the implications of the vote. At about 1 a.m. Eastern time, about eight hours after the polls closed, Google reported that searches for "what happens if we leave the EU" had more than tripled.

(Google Trends)

(Google Trends)

The run-up to the vote was marked by a bitterly divided campaign, one that was as much about immigration fears as it was about the global economy.

[Live updates: Brexit]

But despite the all-out attempts by either side to court voters, Britons were not only mystified by what would happen if they left the E.U.— many seemed not to even know what the European Union is.

 

 

Scotland took its country back? It's still part of the UK.

Oh, and take a look at the English national soccer team. There are a lot of players of black African origin.

That's the irony of the whole anti-multicultural and immigration movement. England invaded and conquered other peoples and cultures and built an empire. They imposed their laws, language and culture on these peoples. They enslaved these peoples and brought them to other places in order to increase the wealth of England. Blacks are not native to Jamaica. How did English become an official language in India and Pakistan? Now that people from these countries, whom England "contacted" first, are coming to England and have been for years suddenly it's a problem. Unless they play soccer of course.

And given the English love of doner kebabs and curries I would say they should be happy about it.

SOME of us are (happy about it) !

OMG is that true about people waking up and thinking they'd like to go back and re-vote to 'Remain' instead ? I am still dealing with the crowing of those around here who voted Leave and still cannot see what a foolish thing it was to do, or why the 'other half' of the UK are telling them it was a racist decision (as well as an economically stupid one). What I get for living in a Tory county, I guess; I should have remained in London 4 years ago ...

@noitsyou England and the English are just one part of the UK. I think you mean British. I am Scottish and although I am partial to a curry, I don't like kebabs. I much prefer some haggis . I voted in the Scottish Referendum, and I voted to stay part of the UK . I also voted to remain in the EU Referendum. If Scotland has another Independence Referendum , I will vote to stay part of the UK even though that might mean we would leave the EU . I don't have any problem with people from any nation coming to live in the UK. As long as they contribute and are law abiding, that's fine by me.
As you all know Mr Trump was in Scotland to "admire" his empire at Turnberry, which is very close to where I live. He is not that popular , apart from the fact he has invested large amounts of money. Most people I know think he is a pompous fool, with a seriously ridiculous hairdo. I certainly wouldn't be happy with him running the country, but hey ho, what do I know. I'm too busy eating kebabs and curries to worry about politics. Anyway all politicians I feel, are only there for their own benefit or ego and not for the people who voted for them

I wonder what Trump will say when Scotland votes for independence and remains in the EU. Will he say they took their country back, again?

He will say, "See, I told you so!

@Brady Bee, I know the difference between Scotland and England and their relationship to one another. If you reread what I posted you will notice that. I didn't say the British, which would include the Scots, enjoy kebabs and curries; I said the English. If I don't use British it's because I am making a distinction between the various nations in the UK for a reason. When talking about the Leave movement, though it affects the UK as a whole, it is an English driven movement. So yes, Britain voted to leave but that doesn't tell the whole story as Scotland and N. Ireland didn't. Thus when Trump says that Scotland voted to take its country back it is nonsensical and ignorant on more than one level. If we look at what Trump is suggesting with his endorsement of the vote to leave then it would have been more in keeping with his thought process if the individual nations within the UK were allowed to vote and allowed to follow the result of their voting. Meaning that if Scotland voted to remain then it should be allowed to remain and not have to take into account what the rest of the UK voted for. The people of Scotland have spoken but that is all they have done. Trump is too dense and also too vacuous to see the irony in his tweet.

I'm glad you know the difference , but you still said that the English invaded other countries etc. I still think you mean British. Anyway let's not argue over a word. Mr Trump seem like an idiot to me. He opens his mouth and let's his belly rumble. A real numpty. A bit like Mr Farage.