@indonesia-phil saidI don't think there is much 'malcontent in the UK currently.' I think for the first time in a long time people don't feel bogged down in a quagmire and that at last we are getting on with things rather than going round in circles.
Boris is no idiot, far from it. I wouldn't vote for him in a month of Sundays, but he is where he is because of the lack of any credible alternative. There are currently certain political parallels between the UK and the US, bad presidential/prime ministerial haircuts being but one of them. The right is rising, it's part of a cycle which has to run its' course, the cen ...[text shortened]... on, and people will always look for someone to blame, the EU being a recent and significant example.
-Removed-There's a bit of a limited choice for vegetarians in the Peer's dining room, so life can be tough, you know, but we get by somehow.
You and I disagree about stuff, you know, but what the hell, it ain't worth falling out over, so salutations to you, and may your days be contented.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI think that the Neasden anti getting - on - with - things Residents Association, of which I am an associate member (and for which I pay my £14.75 annual membership fee) would disagree with you. In my opinion the Neasden Popular Front for Doing Absolutely Nothing is too radical an organization to garner my support.
I don't think there is much 'malcontent in the UK currently.' I think for the first time in a long time people don't feel bogged down in a quagmire and that at last we are getting on with things rather than going round in circles.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidIt is a joy that Brexit is over, but I am not sure we have seen the implications yet. My sister just got made redundant as the Dutch company she was working for is closing down its English section. Interestingly not its Glasgow based section (so possibly waiting to see if an independent Scotland rejoins Europe?)
I don't think there is much 'malcontent in the UK currently.' I think for the first time in a long time people don't feel bogged down in a quagmire and that at last we are getting on with things rather than going round in circles.
Going to the country with a referendum when there is no plan in place as to how you will action the two possible outcomes has to be wrong in most peoples eyes whichever way they voted. Put the plans in place first so they can be actioned swiftly and people can also see what they are actually voting for. Personally I think Cameron just arrogantly presumed he knew which way the country would move so made no plan B! At the time a lot of people talked about feeling uncertain which way to vote and ill informed for the choice. Afterwards people became much more certain they had always believed in what they voted for after rehearsing their developing arguments over and over due to a deep sense of grievance and division (either I won but nobody is letting me have my prize or I lost but only because nobody really knew what exactly they were voting for).
@petewxyz saidCameron did indeed miscalculate in calling the referendum. In the end it cost him his job.
It is a joy that Brexit is over, but I am not sure we have seen the implications yet. My sister just got made redundant as the Dutch company she was working for is closing down its English section. Interestingly not its Glasgow based section (so possibly waiting to see if an independent Scotland rejoins Europe?)
Going to the country with a referendum when there is no plan ...[text shortened]... g me have my prize or I lost but only because nobody really knew what exactly they were voting for).
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThe 3 stooges cameron/May/Boris.
Cameron did indeed miscalculate in calling the referendum. In the end it cost him his job.