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Original poster

To ask if people in your real life are talking about Brexit because no bugger is in mine!

127 replies

JaneHare · 15/01/2019 12:28

Considering the media say we're a country divided, it doesn't look like it to me!

No-one I work with is talking about Brexit or tonight's vote. My family don't discuss it; leavers and remainers spent a perfectly cordial Xmas together. My friends look at me like this Confused if I bring it up. I'm not hearing any discussions in the hairdressers or the shop or the pub.

How about in your life?

(And if you don't want to discuss Brexit on this thread, you're free to leave)

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Oblomov19 · 15/01/2019 14:20

No. No ones talking about it here. Other than today's decision will bring more mess. But we're already in a total mess. So what's the change?

Ta1kinPeace · 15/01/2019 14:24

JaneHare
My DD is also on Erasmus. She knows that the politicians do not give a stuff about her and are just looking to line their own future pockets.
She understands that Robert Mercer funded the Leave campaign as a dry run for Trump.
She knows that our MP agreed with us but is hamstrung by Corbyn.
So quietly seethes.
DS is now old enough to vote. He is very angry so I tend not to talk to him about it Smile

Among family we discuss it.
Among friends we discuss it.
At work I carefully remind people of the potential impacts.
Out in the street I NEVER discuss it.

Sparklesocks · 15/01/2019 14:27

We have a lot of EU workers in our office, and the legislation/process which oversees our industry is EU led (scientific industry with clinical trials), so we speak about it a lot (no one is really sure how our business will be affected). Also we recently were looking to recruit a new senior director/head post, in the past we’ve had interest from amazing staff from EU countries who would migrate for it, but really struggled this time. So it’s frequently mentioned in my work.

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JaneHare · 15/01/2019 15:05

Ta1kinPeace

My DD is also on Erasmus. She knows that the politicians do not give a stuff about her and are just looking to line their own future pockets

Not all politicians. It's so depressing that your DD and so many young people feel that way. Where's their fight? Where's their spirit? It's sounds like your DD and my DSD are just making excuses.

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chaoscategorised · 15/01/2019 15:12

God I am actually momentarily a bit jealous of the people who aren't discussing it at all in their daily lives! My OH and I discuss it a lot - he works in a heavily EU-influenced role and we're both interested in politics, we have BBC News on the TV all day at work so it's often discussed, and my friends and I often discuss the latest. My sibling lives in the EU now, so we often talk about it... I half-wish I could disengage, but it is going to have an impact on my life one way or another (and the lives of people around me), so it feels weird not to engage with it and understand it as well as possible.

Blibbyblobby · 15/01/2019 15:27

Yes. There are updates at least once a day and people will discuss them both in general terms and specifics about what actions their department needs to take. I will be on 2 hours of Brexit planning calls today alone. We have news screens on at work all day and now and then someone will just be standing there looking aghast.

Davros · 15/01/2019 15:34

No, not if we can help it. DSis and I both stopped listening to R4 in the mornings to avoid it. We're happy with Petroc Trelawney

jay55 · 15/01/2019 15:35

It's the main topic in the office, with plans based on various outcomes (we have clients across the eu) being tossed about.
But not just in a professional sense, we've all looked up how our MPs are expected to vote and people pipe up with updates throughout the day.

pisspawpatrol · 15/01/2019 15:37

All of the remainers I know are talking it sometimes. I discuss it with my husband a lot, his work is affected by it.

The conversations that I am really interested in are with those people I know voted leave, but they're not talking. They're eerily quiet in fact and I find it infuriating. Particularly my SiL.

WhenISnappedAndFarted · 15/01/2019 15:40

My dp and I do daily.

I do with my family whenever I speak to them and we do with our friends as well.

My DP doesn't with his family, his DM's partner tries too however neither of us agree with his reason for voting leave so it's best just not too.

londonrach · 15/01/2019 15:43

Yes discussed daily as adults. No one gets cross with either side. Both sides seem to realise theres no perfect answer. Only thing i have noticed is the leavers are more common than you think but are quiet on the subject.

londonrach · 15/01/2019 15:44

Add to comment above i voted remain and will now double in fact triple vote leave. Everyone is very polite where i work though.

BarbarianMum · 15/01/2019 15:45

Yes its a topic of daily discussion at home and at work. Even my kids (10 and 13) talk about it (although not as much as Fortnite).

Hoppinggreen · 15/01/2019 15:45

We do but there’s only 1 member of our close friends and family who are Leavers and we avoid the subject with them
DH is slightly obsessed with it but he had dual nationality ( obtained last year due to Brexit) so it’s pretty relevant for him

Lonelyheart2020 · 15/01/2019 15:47

No tbh u don’t seem to be surrounded by anyone who cares either way apart from me haha no one seems to know anything about what’s actually going on here !

Movinghouseatlast · 15/01/2019 15:51

Yes, I discuss it with friends a lot. We are all remainders though, so We just moan really.

I also discuss it at work. I work abroad and people are just incredulous that this has happened. So I get asked about it a lot.

A party I went to at Christmas had 2 massive rows and one storming out on the subject!

Mookatron · 15/01/2019 15:53

We talk of little else round here, quite honestly.

pfwow · 15/01/2019 15:54

I feel like my UK based friends mention it alot, and it doesn't really affect me as I have two nationalities, one of which is British, but they do seem very concerned and preoccupied by it. I have to admitt, I have been watching it rather like a soap opera, it's kind of fascinating in its awfulness.

icannotremember · 15/01/2019 15:55

Yes, of course they are. My husband is an EU national, loads of my friends are EU nationals. Most people I know are really bothered by it and talk about it a lot.

BollocksToBrexit · 15/01/2019 15:56

It's the main topic of conversation at the moment. But then I live in another EU state and my fellow Brit immigrants and I have been dumped in the shit so it's not surprising. Very hard to talk about the weather, the holidays, what's on tv when you're in limbo about whether you'll lose your job, home and future.

MrsJBaptiste · 15/01/2019 16:02

No, never discuss it. A few people at work could debate Brexit for their life but most of us aren't interested. What will be, will be.

Ifangyow · 15/01/2019 16:35

No one within my family/friends/work are discussing or even mentioning it.
I think the only time it was discussed in my home was when the vote first happened and we discussed whether to stay here or return home.
Which posed a bit of a difficulty as my husband is British Confused

Heatherjayne1972 · 15/01/2019 16:44

We have sky news on in our waiting room so lots of patients want to discuss it
However in non work life it’s off limits - not worth arguing over since
We ordinary folk can’t change anything

Agree with pp it’s oddly fascinating to watch our country fall apart

scaryteacher · 15/01/2019 16:48

Yes, it's discussed at home and with friends, both leavers and remainers. Was having a disagreement with a friend at 0745 this morning on the Brussels Ring as I dropped him and dh at work about the WA and the backstop (all leavers).

Some friends (normally Americans) understand why Leave won. Some European friends are aghast that the UK is leaving, and some wish their countries would/could do the same.

ElfAndSafetyBored · 15/01/2019 16:50

My in laws had a big argument about it on Christmas Day 🙁

But it’s so important, why wouldn’t you discuss it?