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On 23/08/2019 13:46, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , The Natural Philosopher
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On 23/08/2019 12:10, Marvin Turnip-Strearer wrote:
I made the big mistake of being collared by a neighbour
down my road, and asking what he thought about a No Deal
Brexit and although I'm fairly sure he's never even heard
of Usenet its probably best to be sure.
*We live around the corner from a Tube station and one of
the main reasons he gave for voting leave. and why he thinks
a No Deal Brexit is a good idea is that you can't get on a
Tube train in the morning nowadays as a result of all
the "extra" people nowadays travelling into London.
*When I pointed out to him that once we've sent all the
"extra" people back from where they came from, their jobs
would still need to be done by "our own" people who would
still need to travel to work by Tube.
*This didn't seem to impress him very much.

I am sure we can do without the polish floor sweepers

*Another reason was because of these plans to form a European
Army which would be run by the Germans. He explained that this
wouldn't be a good idea if we ever went to war with Germany
again.
*I'm still not quite sure how that one was supposed to work
but by that stage I'd had enough of "the will of the people"

I was collared by a young lady who said we were mad to leave the EU
because we 'wouldnt be able to buy any stuff'

She was at* a sixth form college too.

As she becomes older, and changes into a Conservative supporter, she
will probably also become one of those phone-in Brexiteers who believe
that it's EU rules that are presently preventing us from trading with
the RoW.

No, that is only remainers that think that no trade deal means no trade.

I've never heard any Remainer express such a misunderstanding. On the
other hand, although I'm sure it's not general I've heard a couple* of
Brexiteers who were absolutely convinced that at the moment we could
only trade with the EU - and that leaving would free us to trade with
the RoW.
*One was a caller to one of Iain Dale's LBC phone-ins. An increasingly
frustrated Iain was having a lot of trouble trying to convince him that
he was wrong - and even when the caller was cast adrift, it wasn't clear
whether Iain had managed to persuade him.
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Ian