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[DustyDiamond]

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Walking “Just watched Farage's last words in the European Parliament“

He didn’t start singing 17 million, did he? 😂

The BBC. Some good output but so much to think about funding wise.

A few speakers after Farage, a Labour MEP expressed his horror at leaving the EU and predicted that by this time next years the UK public opinion would be against Brexit (and therefore want to rejoin).

The “rejoiners” are weirding me out.

He didn’t start singing 17 million, did he?
If only but he just had 90s to speak lol. His party did give him three cheers before they were chucked out.

So funny when he was told to go.

Just checking in, you sneaky prohibition drinkers.

I had to go into a red phone booth, pick up phone, press special button, say the pass word then the booth turned into a lift and here I am.

I only trundled over to brexit yesterday wondering where the threads were for the 31st!!

Hello comrades... Hello hello hello. Is anyone going to parliament square?

I'd like too but not sure about temp etc, logistics... Will there be anything on TV?

Accidental achievers 😂😂.

However that pic of Bob does not remind me of that poignant if at times hilarious tete a tete on the the Thames. Bob on his huge yacht, shrieking abuse at Fisher men.

I'm really hope those fisherman are not sold out.

I had to go into a red phone booth, pick up phone, press special button, say the pass word then the booth turned into a lift and here I am.

You've been in our village community library? I hope you sent the lift back to the ground floor in case anyone needs to borrow a book.

Welcome, Sallysaved.

Dusty, seriously, please post it on twitter and the Conservative Home page.

It is absolute genius.
But Dimitri will want to employ you.

On the BBC. The deal is done and the EU are singing Auld Lang Syne and crying, some not surprisingly are pissing themselves laughing and the vast majority of them don't know the words does anyone

Meanwhile the Scottish MP's have decided they aren't taking the EU flag down.

I'm going Sally. I'm in London for the WPUK conference so it worked out quite well

There’s a programme on Sky News at 9 on Friday I think.

So were Nigel et al there for Auld Lang Syne?

Autumn
So were Nigel et al there for Auld Lang Syne

They didn't show him so I think they must have already left the room.

I think they flounced out after the flag incident.

It was actually very funny.

Remember the fight when about two years ago I mentioned the five stages of grief.
Now the papers have been mentioning it.

I think I wandered by accident onto the thread you mentioned earlier, Autumn. It's just a boiling scream of rage all round apart from a handful of posters so I just backed out again.

Going back to Nigel, I do think all British MEPs should have left with grace and dignity. It's no longer about the relationship we had; that legally comes to an end in 50 hours and 30 minutes anyway. It's now about our future relationship. I dislike the political construct that is the EU but I love Europe. We should be good neighbours and allies. There's no place for rancour if we are to move forward.

Thanks jolie

mummy I wasn’t here then, sounds....interesting!

At the time, I was being told we were going to withdraw A50 or have BINO.
People could not see getting 27 to agree was a nightmare.

Lily if you mean the thread where I was singing, it wasn’t a political thread. Sadly it’s been taken down, but MNHQ were kind enough to refer to songs & poetry in their deletion messages 😂

You are going to have so much fun on Friday! I will be watching TV and trying to ignore GFs on here I expect.

Ah, I misunderstood.

I am looking forward to Friday but I hate driving in the dark and I especially hate dressing up.

The food had better be good

Oh I hate dressing up too! Hope you enjoy it.

On Friday night I will be curled up in my pjs with my bottle of fizz waiting for 2300 to strike. I will phone my leaver mates in Brussels to say 'yay'.

Remember when we were threatened with a “punishment budget”?

I think what struck me during the 13 years in Belgium, is that the EU is viewed by some almost as a religion. It was enlightening talking to some of them and alarming to hear the fervour in their voices. It was also amusing amongst some of my peer group when they realised that not everyone had drunk their EU kool aid.

It has been interesting today to read some threads about leaving. I know people who are third country nationals who manage to live and work in the EU without too much trouble. Some on other threads have posited that conflict in Europe will be the fault of Brexit. They have evidently never heard of Article Five of the Washington Treaty, or of NATO come to that.

For the query about pensions, there is a lot deeply buried in the EU Programme of Works. Pension rationalisation across the EU is one such thing, as is standardising inheritance law. With the former, it won't be pensions in Romania being updated to the level of ours; and were we to stay, it would be interesting to see if we could still retain both an employer's and state pension, as this is not allowed in some other EU Member States. I think the EU would be on sticky ground trying to change our inheritance laws, as we don't use the Napoleonic system, but I bet they would have a damn good try.

Gosh, the European Parliament- that was rather embarrassing, wasn't it?

Even a Little Englander must've felt their toes curl at that unedifying spectacle.

This isn't how you demonstrate honest intent in trade negotiations.

But, we are where we are.