Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]..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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig