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To think that the Brexit Party is the most exciting thing to happen in British politics in years

258 replies

ChavvyOldBrexiteer · 12/04/2019 21:02

1000 candidates have applied for 73 seats, nearly a million pounds raised with small donations, buzz and brexitement on the ether and the sense that the 2 party system may be over for good....at last some good news for Brexiteers.

Viva la Revolucion!

OP posts:
anangalou · 13/04/2019 17:30

'Principle heavy, policy light' - says it all Hmm

randomchap · 13/04/2019 17:43

So apart from leaving the EU what policies do they have? What sort of trading arrangement with the EU are they planning. What's their plans for child poverty in the UK, the gender wage gap, the future of the NHS, environmental protection?

ContinuityError · 13/04/2019 18:02

One of the Brexit Party websites doesn’t have any policies on it at all - just requests for money or volunteers.

Does Farage detail his policies on www.thebrexitparty.com?

Homefireburn1ng · 13/04/2019 18:10

Yes I’m not seeing anything either. Zero on how they’re planning on saving Brexit or what type of Brexit they want either. Both kinda crucial.Grin

PortiaCastis · 13/04/2019 18:10

How can anyone vote for a party with no policies maybe brexit party.com has more info

NaturatintGoldenChestnut · 13/04/2019 18:11

I wish that frog faced cunt Farage would disappear in a black hole. YABU.

GoFiguire · 13/04/2019 18:13

What does Anaconda Rees Mogg have to say for herself?

OddBoots · 13/04/2019 18:14

Meh, it's the same old upper and middle class outfit pretending to do what is best for us while actually working to secure their stashes as we always have at election time.

Xenia · 13/04/2019 18:17

The first stage is whether Labour chooses to do a deal with the Tories on the withdrawal agreement etc. if it so we will not have the EU elections and we will leave the EU fairly soon. If so the Brexit party will be a dead duck.

If Labour and the Tories don't reach a compromise then we will have those elections and that is second stage - will be interesting to see if the Brexit party win a lot of seats in the European Parliament - cretainly if Brexit does not happen by then there will be at least 17m not that happy with Labour or the Tories. Plenty don't want Corbyn in power either.

Stage 3 would be the next general election but that might not be until 2022 - wonder if we will still be in the EU by then. I voted Remain but I do respect the referendum result. I remember the 1970s one when we voted remain. We didn't do that again a couple of years later so I don't think we should that this time either, i.e have another go because some people don't like the result.

Homefireburn1ng · 13/04/2019 18:20

Teresa May seems to be able to have several goes when she doesn’t like the result.

If it doesn’t go through surely there is no other option. Or are we going to have years of TM trying to get her deal through?

Xenia · 13/04/2019 18:23

Not quite the same thing as that is Parliament, but i agree we may have to have a referendum which says something like
Remain Leave.
If it is leave then leave under current draft withdrawal agreement or leave under no deal

There is no point in offering an option the EU has not offered however so I suppose those are the only 2 questions.

Homefireburn1ng · 13/04/2019 18:30

I’m finding it very hard to forget the lies told in the first one. Before a second I’d like it spelt out exactly what leave would mean so we’re not back to square one. Should have happened in the first one.

jasjas1973 · 13/04/2019 20:25

We didn't do that again a couple of years later so I don't think we should that this time either, i.e have another go because some people don't like the result

Totally different because we'd had 2 years to know what remain meant and leaving would mean going back to what we had 2 years earlier....all deliverable.

The 2016 referendum was a concept, with many many different interpretations of Leave, now we know which one the Govt the has chosen, it is democratic to put this new and different proposition back to the public.

However, thats unlikely, so hopefully these elections will happen and with a good turn out, similar to a GE, it will give Parliament a very good idea of which direction they should take.

Alsohuman · 13/04/2019 20:30

We'd didn't vote again a couple of years later after the 1975 vote because the result was very clear - two thirds of the votes were to stay.

safariboot · 13/04/2019 20:49

You spelled boring wrong.

If it doesn't evaporate it'll just become another right-wing nationalist party, because it's going to attract those voters.

Abra1de · 13/04/2019 20:53

Nigel F doesn’t really want us to leave the EU. He loves razzing leaver fever up again and again. What would he do if we actually left? He would be without a mission.

PortiaCastis · 13/04/2019 21:00

...... and without an EU salary but still not to worry he'll still trouser an EU pension the two faced tosser

jasjas1973 · 13/04/2019 21:01

Yep, feel this with the hardcore ERG too, once out... they have no reason to exist

Seems the DUP have realised that brexit could well mean a unified Ireland and no DUP lol!

ContinuityError · 13/04/2019 21:19

brexit could well mean a unified Ireland and no DUP lol!

Brexit bonus?

Jebuschristchocolatebar · 13/04/2019 22:00

No Dup? What.a.shame.

Krimpy · 13/04/2019 22:03

The DUP would move to the Home Counties and set up a new NI there.

Jebuschristchocolatebar · 13/04/2019 22:07

Called HCUP or hiccup

Krimpy · 13/04/2019 22:09
Grin
GoFiguire · 14/04/2019 08:22

I think they should go to Coventry and then they’d be CUP

GoFiguire · 14/04/2019 08:23

Or Merseyside..... the MUP ... and their party members would be called the MUPpets.