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muriel_volestrangler

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23. The EU laws are passed by the EU parliament, not the bureaucrats

Reply to nationalize the fed (Reply #14)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:44 PM

Jun 2016

(and the EU parliament is actually more representative than the British one, being more proportional, and not having a second house that is appointees for life with a few hereditary peers and Church of England bishops).

If you think that the leave voters were 'resisting' or 'starting a revolution', you're delusional. Look at the demographics - it was the over 50s. Look at their stated reasons in polls - it was to cut immigration from the EU. Look at how they voted in the 2015 general election:

This was the British equivalent of the Tea Party.

How much were you posting about the referendum before it happened, by the way?

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Brexit vote prevailed, the resistance is possible! [View all] no more banksters Jun 2016 OP

"Global financial mafia"? You mean "world markets". Now the banksters in the UK have free rein tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

A different bunch of crooks gwheezie Jun 2016 #2

Applauding a right wing movement on DU? Nonhlanhla Jun 2016 #3

There's a bunch of them here. It's disconcerting, to say the least. Hekate Jun 2016 #15

Yep. Extremism is extremism regardless of ideology. sufrommich Jun 2016 #18

Now if we can just get Trump elected, the left's revolution will be complete. pampango Jun 2016 #4

This is so incredibly fucking stupid I don't have words for it. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #5

Co-signed. auntpurl Jun 2016 #7

There's a four letter word I keep repeating to myself, more and more, as I msanthrope Jun 2016 #11

Rhymes with "hat" in UK English and "hot" in US English? Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #12

You have it. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #13

It works with an i in the middle, too wryter2000 Jun 2016 #51

God damn it! I suck a word games. :p Meldread Jun 2016 #19

Yep. I've been gobsmacked by the number and persistance of this cohort of posters. Hekate Jun 2016 #16

This +1000 Meldread Jun 2016 #20

Obviously you didn't read the article no more banksters Jun 2016 #60

Yeah it worked so well the PM is going to resign and the Labour Party leader is stepping down. Rex Jun 2016 #6

It really bothers me... Adrahil Jun 2016 #8

"Global financial mafia" MohRokTah Jun 2016 #9

You know who gets hurt the most from this? justiceischeap Jun 2016 #10

That's because they don't care. Meldread Jun 2016 #21

Ever listened to Alex Jones? THEY are coming, the GLOBALISTS Albertoo Jun 2016 #25

Ever read Snowcrash? AngryAmish Jun 2016 #33

k&r Why are so many people on an "underground" site nationalize the fed Jun 2016 #14

Better question is "why are so many supporting Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage" Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #17

Exactly. Virtually all the left was united behind the Remain campaign. Meldread Jun 2016 #22

The EU laws are passed by the EU parliament, not the bureaucrats muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #23

Anything UKIP likes that much... DeadLetterOffice Jun 2016 #32

Also, and crucially, it is the EU Council, consisting of Ghost Dog Jun 2016 #39

I find this 'unelected bureaucrats' cliché laughable Albertoo Jun 2016 #27

The "unelected bureaucrat" is always a favorite target of conservatives. In the US it is Washington pampango Jun 2016 #47

+1,000 n/t LarryNM Jun 2016 #29

maybe you should get your facts straight first. drray23 Jun 2016 #30

Petty insularism is "resistance"? Brave new world of word salad.. Albertoo Jun 2016 #24

It was bigotry that won. Bad Thoughts Jun 2016 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #28

So what's the big plan after Labour cracks apart, as it seems about to? Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #31

Who cares what happens? sufrommich Jun 2016 #34

It's crazy! Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #35

Sometimes you have to take 1 step backwards in order to take 2 steps forward davidn3600 Jun 2016 #36

So, what are the two steps forward, as I asked? Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #37

Where in any of this is there a step forward? Tories are about to strip Britain of its labor laws Recursion Jun 2016 #41

What? no more banksters Jun 2016 #42

You should really learn more about this Recursion Jun 2016 #44

Obviously no more banksters Jun 2016 #52

Remain campaigned to retain workers' rights; Leave to get rid of them muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #46

That's because no more banksters Jun 2016 #53

"Europe needs a restart towards the direction of humanitarian values"; Brexit is the wrong direction muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #55

Human rights and refugees no more banksters Jun 2016 #56

No, the UN does not have a court to protect human rights muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #57

Sorry, but no more banksters Jun 2016 #59

Breathtaking forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #54

The Left was absent again no more banksters Jun 2016 #38

You don't seem to know anything about the UK, its politics, or its media muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #45

If you support the rhetoric of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, that tells us all we need to know. pampango Jun 2016 #49

The stupid... it burns... Recursion Jun 2016 #40

Yeah, no. LeftyMom Jun 2016 #43

Fuck all this Fascism apologia. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #48

To the barricades, comrades! Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #50

Oh FFS... SidDithers Jun 2016 #58