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  1. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As an aid for those readers who don't venture very far from the mainstream media, I am attaching an article by a well-respected journalist who is not an 'establishment man' like the vast, vast majority giving forth in our tabloids and via TV & radio. Some of you will know this man's work; some...
  2. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's way too late for that I'm afraid OG; the low-life were empowered long before the referendum. Farage and Co knew exactly what they were saying and knew equally well that all the loose cannons, rebels without a cause, rent-a-mob and every anarchist group you care to mention would conjoin and...
  3. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Have you no humanity whatsoever? God forbid that anything nasty befalls any of your family and a medical professional tells you it's not his problem? Those people you describe as a problem have arms and legs just like us. They also have hearts, some still have family (many don't) and once...
  4. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That really is a very fair point. All the other major EU nations (and some smaller ones!) have taken their fair share (more than, in some cases) of migrants, far more than the UK, so there may well come a point when the French say enough is enough and take the kind of action you describe. Who...
  5. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The UN, not to be confused with those 'unelected officials in Brussels making decisions about Britain' lot, has produced a report condemning the 'Brexit' campaign in the UK. Of course, some correspondents here will view that as irrelevant, just like the murder of Jo Cox, preferring to brag...
  6. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There exists a notion that it's a simple matter for foreign people to enter Britain legally or illegally. That suggests that we have no-one checking which isn't quite true. We have people, the staff of the UK Visas and Immigration division of the Home Office who do exactly that. Sadly, their...
  7. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That's very true Dave and reverse migration is notably higher in the Polish communities around the UK than any other group. I used to live just a short walk from the Polish War Memorial, off the A40 at the Ruislip turn-off. Several of those Poles who regularly attended the services at the...
  8. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Call me selfish but as one who enjoys the food of north Africa and the middle-east, I'd welcome a few more restaurants catering in that style. Immigrants from other places seem to have overcome the difficulties and gone into the catering business, employing their own people and we have made...
  9. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The notion seems to persist that the UK is the only place which supports immigrants financially or, is far more generous than other states in mainland Europe. I wonder where that idea originated? Tom
  10. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wonder what kind of person can be so lacking in humanity to so readily disregard the desperate plight of one's fellow man? Tom
  11. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You're like dissin young people right, in'it Tom
  12. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Looking at life through rose-tinted glasses describes pretty well how the 'Brexit' devotees seem to view life as we know it today in Britain. They cannot grasp simple facts, admit their foolhardiness and move on. Instead they rely on a referendum result, predicated on lies, not little white...
  13. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Very accurate, as recorded by this fellow a long time ago: 'The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.' Aldous Huxley If only such information had been abroad pre-Brexit! Tom
  14. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wish I'd remembered this advice a while ago...... Tom
  15. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It will be patently obvious to anyone reading through this thread, (not that I imagine anyone would!), that in the absence of any evidence to support an economic case for leaving the EU, there must be some other reason. As there is no no cultural advantage in leaving, no strategic or military...
  16. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I shall ignore your latest, self-righteous protestations for the most part and I shall also ignore the absence of any further comment from you on Nicola Sturgeon and on your bizarre statement and claim that English is the dominant language around the world. My question to you was to discover...
  17. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Rob, first of all, why do you contribute to a thread, the subject of which you now tell us leaves you ambivalent? Given that you have chosen to contribute, why did you choose to make a brash statement about the English language in such a way as likely to suggest that because English is spoken...
  18. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Your 'matter of fact' is somewhat spurious, certainly debatable and your choice of adjective is quite indicative of the message you wish to put across but perhaps that is just me being a little pedantic. As for the despicable nature of racism, fascism and the shocking, brutal murder of a woman...
  19. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    'rules the world'........? 'biggest export'......? 'dreadful Scottish woman'......? Rob, you are clearly a person heavily imbued with the kind of xenophobia normally associated with the 'Britain First' racists. Your fear of another referendum illustrates your lack of confidence in the...
  20. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That's a very good piece in my opinion Dave with more than a little realism in it. I agree with your premise and the longer we are struggling along rudderless, the more inclined I am to believe that in the absence of any sensible direction from the Brexit champions, there is no way to drag...