[EU] Brexit negotiations at a standstill

[Software]

Looks like Thursdays confirmatory peoples vote is a foregone conclusion...

Looks like next parlimental elctions will open the door to an anti-brexit government. Let's hope May's government will fall soon so the willing people of the UK can remain save within the EU, under the guidance of Frans Timmermans (aka Timmerfrans).

[Kronik85]

Not a big surprise. The British keep hoping that Ireland will throw a wrench into the gears of the EU. That can only happen when you don't have the faintest idea how the EU works.

Not entirely sure how true this is. Obviously our MPs have been hoping that something will come along and save them them from this mess but I've never read anything that specifically names the RoI as our potential saviour.

Happy to reevaluate if you have something compelling to make the case though.

[Dizzeeyooo]

Chaotic scenes in Newcastle city centre as a racist is milkshaked and then makes a run for it.

Paul Crowther, 32, from Throckley, Newcastle, said it was a £5.25 banana and salted caramel milkshake.

[Fuiking]

Damn that Paul Crowther should be arrested and tickled to death by Dribbles for wasting a Salted Caramel Milkshake.. damn!

[Gibblewink]

As much as I loathe Farage attacks on politicians is NOT the way to handle things...

[Slant]

As much as I loathe Farage attacks on politicians is NOT the way to handle things...

It was a milkshake. Grow up. ������

[sircaw]

It was a milkshake. Grow up. ������

I bet if someone chucked a milkshake on you on your way to work you would not be saying that.

[Noradin]

You seem to enjoy picking a fight with Britain.

Historically your nation tries to kill everyone in Europe every thirty years or so, which means you are "due" given when reunification happened. I've never trusted you people, you should have never been allowed to form a single nation again. The afd just state openly what the rest of you will eventually go along with.

Your lack of knowledge about history is appalling.

[Elegiac]

As much as I loathe Farage attacks on politicians is NOT the way to handle things...

No mercy for racists. It’s not like we ran a car through a Brexit rally.

[Kangodo]

Who? Never heard of the man, probably like 99/100 ordinary EU folk. How many on this board had heard of him prior to you mentioning him? Very odd isn't it for a supposed democracy. When will he stand up and introduce himself as the new head EU bossman to the ordinary joes like me who are expected to pay his extravagant salary, or we just get to hear of him through the grapevine? At the least it's just a bit rude that he can't be bothered prior to his appointment. Im not expecting an EU equivalent of "My fellow Americans" but a "wotcha eurochums" wouldn't go amiss. It is just uncivilised..

He's just more of the same old corruption and arrogance, so nothing will change.

May is in place but not in power and she'll be gone by summer. Everyone in the UK is well aware of who the likely replacement will be and soon after his appointment he must face the electorate for confirmation, or not, of that.

The next general election will be in 2022, so what are you talking about?

And at least eventually we get a say in that process and will have a good idea of the measure of the man, unlike the new EU nobody that nobody knows yet.

No, you won't. You won't get a say, your voice will get ignored just like it has been ignored the last 100 years.
I'm Eurosceptic as hell, but please don't think that leaving the EU will suddenly turn your country into a functioning democracy.

[Kronik85]

As much as I loathe Farage attacks on politicians is NOT the way to handle things...

It's an astute move by protesters to be using milkshakes in this fashion. The last person who egged a politician was charged with assault by beating, it's going to be a hell of a lot harder for the judge to make a pithy sentencing this time round unless assault by shaking is on the books.

[zealo]

As much as I loathe Farage attacks on politicians is NOT the way to handle things...

Considering what Brexit is about to do to the lives of quite a lot of people, be glad he just threw milkshakes and not bricks.

[Zelk]

As much as I loathe Farage attacks on politicians is NOT the way to handle things...

It was a milkshake

[LeGin Tufnel]

It was a milkshake

I know, but what would we be saying if it had been vice versa e.g., a right winger doing it to a prominent Remainer? E.g., some skinhead to Caroline Lucas?

This is a slippery slope.

[sircaw]

I know, but what would we be saying if it had been vice versa e.g., a right winger doing it to a prominent Remainer? E.g., some skinhead to Caroline Lucas?

This is a slippery slope.

Anna Soubry being called a nazi and traitor kicked up a real stink, imagine what a milkshake would do, 24 hours a day none stop coverage on sky and the bbc.

Either way it has to stop.

[Slant]

I bet if someone chucked a milkshake on you on your way to work you would not be saying that.

If I was the centre of attention, a millionaire with more millions to come while I am buttfucking the country and having the biggest laugh of my life, yeah, I would be saying exactly that. In fact, I'd stand up and tell them to chuck some more, because with the money I make from ruining the country, I can buy a new suit for every day for the rest of my life. And then I'd laugh in their faces some more.

And that's what he's doing. And you're defending that dickhead? You're a more patient man than I am, I respect that.

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I know, but what would we be saying if it had been vice versa e.g., a right winger doing it to a prominent Remainer? E.g., some skinhead to Caroline Lucas?

This is a slippery slope.

I don't know, right wingers tend to shoot politicians instead of throwing milkshakes. I prefer the milkshakes...

[Pann]

Heseltine says he will vote Lib Dem and loses the Tory whip.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48344485

[Zelk]

I know, but what would we be saying if it had been vice versa e.g., a right winger doing it to a prominent Remainer? E.g., some skinhead to Caroline Lucas?

This is a slippery slope.

This is a false equivalence. Farage spews violent rhetoric all over the country, he deserves a few milkshakes being thrown on him.

[LeGin Tufnel]

I don't know, right wingers tend to shoot politicians instead of throwing milkshakes. I prefer the milkshakes...

I'm not sure, I'm genuinely not sure.

I do not think that Remain should be eager to give away the moral high ground.

Morality is what separates us from the likes of Mair.

In short: I don't think this will be anything other than a galvanising force for those on the hard right to think of / do much worse.

What's more powerful and relevant? A Led By Donkeys billboard or throwing a milkshake?

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This is a false equivalence. Farage spews violent rhetoric all over the country, he deserves a few milkshakes being thrown on him.

Yes, I know. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve it?

Edit... yes, you're right. I see what you mean. It is false equivalence.

Look - I don't give a fuck. Milkshake away. It's just, from my pov, I'm not yet ready to go down that path. Yet.

[Noradin]

While I think that he deserves it, it is still unacceptable.