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KennDodd · 21/07/2019 17:24

What Brexit supporting businesses can I boycott? And what anti Brexit ones can I support? I already know about Next, Wetherspoons and Dyson.

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DGRossetti · 22/07/2019 10:02

I'm also not keen on Israeli goods and services ...

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bellinisurge · 22/07/2019 10:03

I don't give much of a shit if it puts people's jobs in jeopardy. I'm not a charity. I'll spend my hard earned money the way I want and on the products I choose.

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UKvsTheWorld · 23/07/2019 02:32

If the stories about No deal are correct and the shutters come down then you may have no choice other than to buy UK produced goods.

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KennDodd · 23/07/2019 09:23

Perfectly happy with UK produced goods, for the things the UK can produce.

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twofingerstoEverything · 23/07/2019 10:31

If the stories about No deal are correct and the shutters come down then you may have no choice other than to buy UK produced goods.
Given that we're not self-sufficient, that's likely to cause significant problems.

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DGRossetti · 23/07/2019 10:39

Perfectly happy with UK produced goods, for the things the UK can produce.

I'm vaguely reminded of Allegros and the constellation of crap cars from British Leyland ....

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Peregrina · 23/07/2019 10:53

I am with bellini on this - I am not a charity, and the Leavers who voted to lose their jobs can just get on with it. I won't kick them when they are down but I can't see why I should make any great sacrifices for them.

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Quellium · 23/07/2019 10:57

Yes, I would and have boycotted local shops and national chains that support Brexit. If a tradesperson spouts Leave bollocks, they also don't get my money.

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hadthesnip2 · 23/07/2019 11:01

Do you avoid public transport because one of the tube drivers voted leave.

I think your batshit crazy. We had a vote 3 years ago. What will you do when we have a General Election & your side doesnt win. Go live in a cave because all their new policies& decisions will affect you just as much.

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Peregrina · 23/07/2019 11:06

Happy to be considered batshit crazy then. I would certain avoid a taxi firm if the owner spouted Leave bollocks. There are plenty who support them (maybe not so many locally) so they can seek their business from them.

We don't know how train drivers voted, but since the tube is in London and that voted Remain, there is a good chance that the driver would have voted the same way.

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Quellium · 23/07/2019 11:07

As I've said before, I don't give a second thought to what a Leave voter thinks of me, as their critical thinking skills are quite clearly impaired anyway.

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UKvsTheWorld · 23/07/2019 12:24

but since the tube is in London and that voted Remain, there is a good chance that the driver would have voted the same way

So if the tube driver says he supported Leave you will not take the tube and walk instead?

Go live in a cave because all their new policies& decisions will affect you just as much

Exactly. Labour supporters had to endure a Conservative Government from 1979 to 1997, 18 years. Likewise Conservative supporters had to tolerate Labour from 1997 to 2010, 13 years.

If you employer supports leave are you going to resign?

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MythicalBiologicalFennel · 23/07/2019 13:58

If the stories about No deal are correct and the shutters come down then you may have no choice other than to buy UK produced goods.

Neither of the businesses I am boycotting supplies only UK produced goods. What they sell is around 2/3rds imported.

You are mixing apples and pears. With the usual underlying assumption that anyone who opposes Brexit is anti-British a traitor

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hadthesnip2 · 23/07/2019 14:18

@UkvsTheWorld. Love it, especially your last sentence.

Bet the OP wouldn't.

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Peregrina · 23/07/2019 14:24

So if the tube driver says he supported Leave you will not take the tube and walk instead?

We are not in the habit of talking to tube and train drivers who are insulated from the public in their own cabs, so it's a stupid comment. Since I don't live in London, it's not a big deal for me anyway. As I said, with a local taxi firm I would be perfectly happy to avoid one which supported Brexit.

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KennDodd · 23/07/2019 14:43

What is this nonsense about tube drivers? How is anybody equating not going on the tube because a driver might have voted Leave with choosing not to go to Wetherspoons because the owner is a vocal Leave supporter and uses his businesses to push this.

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UKvsTheWorld · 23/07/2019 14:59

Happy to be considered batshit crazy then. I would certain avoid a taxi firm if the owner spouted Leave bollocks

What is the difference between taxi drivers and tube drivers? Both transport people from one place to another?

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UKvsTheWorld · 23/07/2019 15:05

choosing not to go to Wetherspoons because the owner is a vocal Leave supporter and uses his businesses to push this

Can Wetherspoons or any other business that supports leave refuse to serve people or sell them goods and services if they are remain supporters?

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KennDodd · 23/07/2019 15:07

What is the difference between taxi drivers and tube drivers? Both transport people from one place to another?

Is this a joke?

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UKvsTheWorld · 23/07/2019 15:11

You don't like the company, you go elsewhere. You can do what you damn well like

Sounds like what leave supporters say?

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UKvsTheWorld · 23/07/2019 15:14

I'll spend my hard earned money the way I want and on the products I choose

This also sounds like a leave argument. UK wants to spend its money elsewhere rather than give to the EU

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TheElementsSong · 23/07/2019 15:47

This also sounds like a leave argument. UK wants to spend its money elsewhere rather than give to the EU

Well, in that case Leavers ought to be enthusiastically applauding this exercise of financial sovereignty by Remainers?

As for the ridiculous scenario about not taking the Tube and having to walk instead, isn't this analogous to "We Brexiters want to experience national economic hardship, and am happy for jobs and businesses to be lost, because Freedom and Shit"...

Which then leads to the further question, as Brexiters are so willing for aforementioned national economic hardship, they should be the last people to be wailing "Whyyyyyyyy won't you think of the hardships of businesses and job losses???".

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Mamamia456 · 23/07/2019 15:56

Grumiosmum - not sure if you're being serious, but that has made me laugh, the phrase cutting off your nose to spite your face springs to mind.

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UKvsTheWorld · 23/07/2019 16:08

To Elements

The difference between leave and remain supporters is simple

Leave supporters think UK will be worse off by leaving the EU

Remain supporters think UK will be better off by leaving the UK

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Wavyheaded · 23/07/2019 16:18

Whilst it is everyone’s choice where they choose to spend their money by boycotting companies supporting Leave, it is also putting people who work for these companies jobs in jeopardy

Brexit is also putting people's jobs in jeopardy.

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