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Subject: [Leica] OT: 'Heavy Fog In Channel. Continent Cut Off.'
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:17:46 +0100
References: <DB5DB202-115F-4EEF-9252-4C99A33FDBA0@gmail.com> <20AAE1E064A04B298B1ACC86CFEAA1E8@Family> <d6c59c6c-b0dd-a71d-dfbe-d59fc6b6d359@gmx.de>

..and independence for London and the South East too! ;-) I am heartbroken.

Peter

On 24/06/2016 18:46, Douglas Sharp wrote:
> Well said, Douglas,
> 
> Yesterday, I was a citizen of the EU with almost precisely the same rights 
> as
> the people who were born here in Germany.
> 
> Early this morning, I woke up as a foreigner national in Germany.
> 
> The referendum should have been demographically weighted according to age. 
> After
> all, most the people who voted out appear to have been 50 and over, so it 
> was
> not really their future they were deciding on.
> 
> Watching the interviews before the debacle also showed quite clearly that 
> HM
> Gov. should have invested a lot more in education over the past few 
> decades :-)
> 
> What the outists can now look forward to is a massive influx of rich - 
> rather
> than poor - foreigners looking for cheap property when the pound hits rock
> bottom. Just think of all those people who voted out living in houses 
> rented to
> them by foreigners - serves 'em right.
> 
> The only thing missing from Farage?s corner is a bunch of "foot soldiers" 
> like
> the SA. (Get out the black shirts again and put up a memorial to Oswald 
> Mosley!
> - my dad was always proud of the fact that he threw rocks at him at a 
> rally in
> Leeds).
> 
> They finally went and put an end to any kind of "splendour that was ours" 
> and
> turned themselves into a right-wing, tin-pot, has-been empire just off the 
> coast
> of continental Europe.
> 
> High time that Ulster, Eire and Scotland (Cornwall, Wales and Brittany, as
> well?) joined forces as a Celtic Union within the EU!!
> 
> Douglas
> 
> On 24.06.2016 19:17, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>
>> "Philippe" <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Find+the+odd+flag+out-.jpg.html
>>>
>>
>> A nice image that will have the value of history in time, Philippe.
>>
>> Ah yes, here in the westernmost outpost of the EU, we can't believe the
>> mess. The Brits don't seem to know what has hit them. There's a lot of 
>> brave
>> talking from Brexiteers and a puffed up Farage, but, in truth, the elderly
>> Brexit voters (Irish translation - feckin' eejits) with their empire 
>> manqu?
>> still thought they counted for something in the world, and, if they do a
>> crap, the world has to wipe their posterior.
>>
>> To their surprise, foreign businesses are bringing in contingency plans
>> immediately and are moving thousands of workers out of Britain. Bewildered
>> voters saying on tv they didn't realise all this would happen. Universal
>> suffrage is all very fine, but sometimes it gives universal suffering. On
>> the bright side, second hand M9s might be worth throwing a few stronger
>> euros after.
>>
>> I hear Brussels is crowded with reporters, and even my lowly son has been
>> told not to talk to them.  Apparently, there are people crying in the
>> corridors of Brussels, and everyone British there is scared, angry, and 
>> sad
>> as they feel their life's work has been pointless. It hasn't been, of
>> course, as we haven't had a European war since 1945. However, from now on,
>> all bets are off. Farage is probably being measured for jackboots.
>>
>> Now, a "pioneering" Britain will be the very first country to leave the
>> Union and the ripple effect in the United Kingdom will see Scotland, and
>> maybe even Wales decide they don't need their own union with the UK, not 
>> to
>> mention Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams this morning lifting the current lid that
>> helps to suppress the simmering disquiet in Northern Ireland. He wants a
>> refenendum to join up with us here in the Republic, as Northern Ireland
>> voted Remain. Mind you, we're not sure we want them :-)
>>
>> As for the rest of a perplexed and extremely pissed off EU watching 
>> naughty
>> boy Britain slinking off on its own, and hearing the UK being told by the
>> Brexit chorus to expect immediate trade deals, I have to say the EU 
>> consists
>> of humans, and, unfortunately, humans exact consequences, as history has
>> always shown. Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. Not that I'm vindictive 
>> :-)
>>
>> Now, secondhand M9s....
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



In reply to: Message from photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe) ([Leica] OT: ‘Heavy Fog In Channel. Continent Cut Off.’)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] OT: 'Heavy Fog In Channel. Continent Cut Off.')
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] OT: 'Heavy Fog In Channel. Continent Cut Off.')