To think Juncker is an arrogant fucker

[laidbackneko]

I was/am a staunch remainer and, like many, am shell shocked at the result. IMO leaving the EU is quite frankly a disaster for this country's economy. The harsh truth is we simply don't have enough desirable commodity to be able to trade on the world stage that puts us in a strong position to negotiate favourable terms.

But I watched in horror at Juncker's speech on the eve of the referendum with his bully boy stance and tactics - which has only intensified since the result.

The best result the UK can hope for now is that Brexit will cause a domino effect which means the entire EU will be forced to reform under a new president and government.

The Czech Republic has now spoken out, criticising Juncker and calling for his resignation. It's a long shot but let's just hope and pray that other countries follow suit.

Can you not see that by making out that Juncker (the EPP candidate who was elected by the eu parliament)
What choice were the EU parliament given? They had Juncker put in front of them and were told by the EU council this is who we have chosen ...half of you have to agree to him or .....????

Well done, Loopy, for saying it out loud. Truly hate this guy. Reminds me of the member of "Politburo", one of the Kremlin's oldies before Perestroika.

Totally I can't wait to go. No buyers remorse from me - the EU is a sinking ship that we are jumping from while we still can.

My OP wasn't about blaming anyone. Not the Government, the voters or the EU. We are human and life is neither perfect or fair. The people of the U.K. were given the power to have their say on membership of the EU and after a shambolic campaign by both sides, this is the result.

The ugly truth that this referendum has revealed is the extremities of social discord in the U.K. And the reality is that we are now in an economical crisis, and yet we are as a country, right now, still airing our internal problems for all to see, the immediate result being that the rest of the world is responding by losing confidence in our country as evidenced by the continuing decline of our global economic rating.

Undoutably brilliant minds are right now getting together and trying to create a strong plan that will lead us out of this crisis. But it's only going to work if we put our differences aside for the good of the country and present a united front.

Loopy

Fully agree with your last post

Well if you think Junker is arrogant, the latest from Merkel is warning that other countries should be stopped from leaving. Not sure how she thinks she can achieve that - if a country wants to leave, I assume it will leave, after due process.

No fan of Merkel but are you sure she doesn't mean if they come wanting to strike a deal 'a la Cameron' we should do a better deal than we did for the UK?

I'm watching him at the eu parliament. He just shouted at Lord hill "I'm surprised your here, you were fighting for the exit, the British people voted for the exit. Why are you here?"

Maybe that's what she meant - I don't know. I just read the attached. www.itv.com/news/story/2016-06-27/merkel-we-must-stop-other-countries-fleeing-the-eu/ and the less palatable for most on here: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3662027/EU-stop-following-Britain-door-Merkel-warns-amid-market-fears-bloc-no-longer-governable-Brexit.html

For those who won't click on the Mail link:

Mrs Merkel said the EU needs to stop other countries following Britain out of the door amid market fears that the bloc is 'no longer governable' after Brexit.
The German Chancellor told her conservative party board in a conference call that it was necessary to prevent other European Union members going down the same path as Britain.
Merkel is also said to have revealed that international financial markets are concerned the EU is 'no longer governable' in the wake of Britain's exit vote.
She added that it was not the right time to pursue a quick deepening of cooperation between euro zone member states.
The EU should instead act on popular concerns such as securing the bloc's borders, creating jobs and improve internal security, she said.

Juncker is a twat.

I voted remain and am upset about the outcome.

However, leaving the EU isn't just a disaster for us but also the EU itself. They have lost one of their large NET contributors and Junker should resign. His pronouncements were completely unhelpful. He is an incompetent, corrupt bully.

Was just coming on to say I have just watched Junckers speech this morning and he is obviously an immature bully.

It was all about HIM.
the papers being mean to him, the british being mean to him, the doctors being mean about his health etc etc etc

sprinkled with plenty of bullying threats about UK Brexit timetables.

I think the EU is very worried that other nations will follow suit and clearly want to hang the UK out to dry to ensure that they don't.

But I can see why DC had trouble negotiating with him earlier (and I loathe DC).

Also TUSK and the comments about football. Really?
Did he mean to be such an arse???

It is terrifying that our future lies in the hands of arses like this.

Bullying is not going to stop other nations.

Junkers bullying tactics worked for the Leave campaign. he's doing more damage by the minute.

Someone smack him down, who elected him God?

Wistfully remembering the days of Barroso - he wasn't perfect but a great deal better than the self appointed son of christ that is Juncker.

Ha! Farage just told the EU that 'none of them had ever had a proper job'.

They then had to be told to stop acting like UKIP and heckling and booing him.

I am no huge Farage fan but it was good to see so many self satisfied people blink and look stunned, for a change.

Great stuff!

I am no huge Farage fan but it was good to see so many self satisfied people blink and look stunned, for a change.

Farage is the epitome of self satisfied. Happy enough to take the wages though and turn up to showboat. If he disrespects it that much he should have taken the referendum result as the signal to not bother showing up there again as he has no interest anyway.

In case it hasn't already been posted.

Drunk and disrespectful at the EU-Eastern Partnership summit in Latvia.

I'm actually worried about the damage Farage can do while he's still showing up in Brussels. He's been deliberately left out of the post referendum Leave campaign meetings to plan exit strategy which made him angry so he's determined to make a fuss in Brussels while he can I think. Also, I don't think being obnoxious to fellow MEPs is a good thing either. Like it or not, we need every little scrap of goodwill (if any is left) to make it through negotiations. All Farage is doing is angering them even more to the point where I fear they will be more interested in punishing us than doing the best thing for everyone's interests including their own. Somebody needs to reign Farage in or at least make it clear to the Brussels that he doesn't represent the UK government going forward.

The EU is rotten to its core. Lord Hill resigned as our EU commissioner today- after less than two years there and will get a pay-off of more than £250,000. Why? My MIL after teaching for 35 years retired 5 years early as a Deputy Head and has a pension of £16,000.
Junkers is a bastard and has his own egocentric power agenda. Today he was smilng at, welcoming, kissing and whispering to Farage. What is that about?
I don't know anyone that voted Remain who thinks the EU does a good job- they are worried about the i pact of us not being in it.
It needs breaking up and completely re-formatting under very different rules and agreements.

Well I think there's a fair chance Juncker was drunk if what I've read is true, also Farage did not enjoy being kissed by Juncker which makes me wonder if he did it to piss Farage off!

I find Junker impossible to watch. He is quite slimed and he makes my skin crawl.

And Farage is what Katie Hopkins is to journalism

Watching the news now, Juncker's body language is just bizarre. He is a creep.

I have no axe to grind for Juncker, but I was just a bit entertained by this post from this morning:

" if you look how he got the job it is all a bit murky - not corrupt but politically driven, people looking after their interests and holding grudges against others."

Remind me how the shiny new democratic UK is choosing their next Prime Minister again? (Oh, and the leader of the opposition, a very important role in holding the gov't to account in a functioning democracy)

Remind me how the shiny new democratic UK is choosing their next Prime Minister again? grin (Oh, and the leader of the opposition, a very important role in holding the gov't to account in a functioning democracy)
Whilst I agree politics is full of back biting etc - but you are missing the important point. Both leaders of the UK parties actually have to get some grass root support - from ordinary party members - ordinary people....they have a vote....
Juncker had to get the EU council (of leaders -so a majority from 28 people) to select him ...then MEPs to support that decision (with no other choice). Ordinary people didn't get a say at all. Can you really not see how that is different? Less democratic?