To wonder what would it actually take to cause civil unrest in the UK

[Frenchfancy]

Why aren't people angrier about Brexit? Why have there been no riots? Is it because the part of society that are more likely to root want Brexit and the rest of us are too polite.

I live in France where we have been having weekly riots for the past few months because people are a bit upset they haven't got enough money. Yet in the UK not a single window has been smashed.

I'm not saying rioting is a good thing, I'm just wondering why other in other countries people get angry enough to riot but in the UK they don't.

We, as your next door neighbours, see that you're fucked, and are trying to negotiate a good deal for you at the EU table. It's typically Irish, don't kick them when they're down. We don't operate like that. Unlike Britain over centuries.

Bigfatyellow The laughs just keep on coming 😂

Hey, TulipsTulipsTulips. If you work, can you remember the last question someone asked you at work?

I can. It was: "Can you please tell me where I can get a free meal?"

Not a rarity. Every day. Which fucking country do you live in?

Which is much appreciated Bigfatyellow: but of course Ireland is also f*ed without a deal. As I understand the coverage, whilst the EU has indicated some leeway initially, an hard border becomes an inevitability in that circumstance.

My husbands pension and our stocks and shares ISAs are at an all time high

Only in sterling terms......

I suppose the British are just grown ups.

Maybe you don't get irony, Natalia ?

What the fuck are you talking about @ Bigfatyellow

You still seem to mistake Ireland ( a real country), for NI (part of the Great British empire).
We'll take a hit certainly, but we've got the EU to back us. We're creaming in the Finance industry as it is.

I think there are two reasons:

1. The country has voted on this decision so it hasn't been forced upon us.

1. There is a high sense of apathy and a lot of people think they are powerless, have no voice.

I remember the non-violent protests in 2000 by a handful of oil haulage companies. It took 10 days to bring the country to a stand still.

www.theguardian.com/business/2000/sep/17/oil.jasonburke

I suspect that if there's no food, no petrol, no medical supplies civil unrest will follow.

@BellaVista1540 yes I live in France because as a part of the EU I was able to move here, just like many people from the EU moved to Britain. I am however still a British citizen and a member of MN and therefore perfectly within my rights to share my night time musings as to why one group of people get angry but not another.

I am not condoning rioting, merely discussing the triggers.

I took a innocent man being shot by police for the British to riot.

It resulted in the deaths of 5 people, several injuries and enormous property damage costs.

Puts the idea of rioting over brexit in an entirely different light.

Give your head a wobble if you think rioting of brexit would be a good thing

And we've told you. Britain is not accustomed to being the oppressed.

Go raibh mile maith agat bigfatyellow

I don’t know who the fuck you are but I have never wanted to applaud a poster as much as you. I couldn’t agree more with what you have said this far.
I’m British, by the way... and our track record throughout history is fucking disgusting. Not least because we aren’t taught most of it at school and so have to try and educate ourselves on this topic. Which I have been trying to do. And it’s shocking.
What really pisses me off is people worrying about high food prices etc when it seems to me that the biggest worry is that a no deal Brexit goes completely against the spirit of the GFA and the repercussions in NI could be terrible.
DH (Irish) and I have said that the same thread of arrogance that has existed since Norman times (us Brit’s know best so we should ‘colonise and civilise’ etc) is still there today and it is completely unfounded. Most people I know genuinely believe that the EU needs us more than we need them. What a loads of bollocks.

Sorry about the mistakes. Got a bit carried away there.

The people most likely to riot are those few that were conned by the Brexit campaign (not everyone who voted leaved, just the ones who were easily fooled by the bus! Nigel & Boris).

Lol, don't worry Ethel, I'll be banned forthwith! MN doesn't like Leavers. Surprised I'm still standing to be honest.

Bigfatyellow

You still seem to mistake Ireland ( a real country), for NI (part of the Great British empire).
We'll take a hit certainly, but we've got the EU to back us. We're creaming in the Finance industry as it i”

So an hard border is a non-issue to Ireland? Why is the backstop seen as so vital then (genuine question, trying to understand)?

Haha bigfat will try read your posts before they’re deleted then

It seems to me that you inciting riots and violence Op. So why would you do that?

Can I just point one very obvious point: Brexit is the cause of division here at the moment, but here is the rub. It’s not actually a people versus authority situation. Whole families voted on opposing sides.

So no one really wants to have a riot against their much loved gorgeous old granny just because she voted differently, or their husband or boss. No one wants to start street warfare with those closest to them no matter HOW shit they feel or otherwise about Brexit.

Your daughter may have voted leave, you may be a committed remainder. Civilised people, and we British are civilised if nothing else may seethe and stress but we are not about to petrol bomb our grandparents house ffs. It will all come good one way or another.

The ones who will be rioting will be the Remainers lol.

It fucking pisses me off that nobody thought about the hard border issue before they even called the bloody referendum in the first place!!

I can just imagine it now. 100k cyclists in their lycra.

Civilised people, and we British are civilised

I actually laughed out loud at that.