[Leica] OT: 'Heavy Fog In Channel. Continent Cut Off.'

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

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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