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Well it's obvious that cracks had been appearing before Brexit and is the real answer to those, more of the same? If the EU has actually committed to changing course on anything much could someone let us know because I can't see much evidence of it which begs the question 'how big do the cracks have to become before they do?'

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I don’t think Catalonia has much to do with the EU. This division has been there for longer than the EU has been in existence.

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The Catalonia problem certainly has been around much longer but everything that happens within the EU has something to do with it and the way in which they handle it and any repercussions, as with Brexit, will say a lot about them. Good or bad only time will tell.

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I'm not sure that the existing EU member states would allow Catalonia to join as it could encourage break-away regions in other countries.

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You make a good point Andrew.

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Catalonians are pulling down EU flags, who says they want to part of those corrupt imbeciles ?

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https://twitter.com/YesBrexit/status/924558911423893505

"So, now it's official. Stupid people voted for #Brexit. Well, so says Labour MP @BarrySheerman. Pathetic."

Remoaning Labour MP must be a buddy of Mr K and Andrew...etc

I wonder which 'stupid' people voted this numpty to be an MP. :rolleyes:

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Did we really think these people had gone away, changed their views, accepted the process and done away with the nastiness, condescension and name calling? It's the same with migration control being conflated with racism. We're told we can have an adult debate about it but when we try to the same old accusations start flying around from the likes of Lewis and Abbott. Some things never change and the contempt some of these people hold large sections of the public in is one such. They'll say anything when it suits them for some reason but their true feelings and agenda never change.

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He didn't say that according to your clip He said better educated. The two are different things. YouGov conducted a year-long analysis on this matter and their report backs up what he says.

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No it doesn't and no they aren't two different things at all.

Like another MP replied to him in the clip, The 'Better Educated' voted for remain, is a connotation for those who voted leave are thick.

Anyway, I like the following reply to him...

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The full article is worth a read. Ipsos Mori is the UK's second largest market research company.
https://www.ft.com/content/61c12868-...8-73d59db9e399

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There's plenty of less well-educated people I know who are cleverer than those who have gone to university. The two are entirely different things and people shouldn't take offence when none is intended. That's political correctness gone mad!

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Replying to @BarrySheerman @BBCLookNorth

I'm a Brexiteer with [only] two Oxford doctorates!!!!

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I'm sure that person would point out that a 4000-strong cohort is far more statistically significant than a cohort of one.

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I see this thread has degenerated again. Look, it's fact, level of education correlated well with voting remain. Obviously not everyone who voted leave was thick, I'd like to think I'm not, but thick people were more likely to vote leave. This has been the unanimous conclusion of every survey, poll, etc.

This has been shown time and time again.

Remain voters I thought were the out of touch metropolitan elite. This would go along with education level.

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Wanting the EU to implode in chaos is insanity. Far better for the UK and the world that it fixes its many problems. Wanting it to implode is a view held by those thankfully on the fringes of political discourse. It would cause utter chaos and economic and social harm to millions.

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Same reason they were cool on Scotland inheriting UK membership.

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In terms of the EU, I think fringes is putting it mildly, it's a bit more than that.

But once upon a time, I was with you in terms of opinion, up to a certain point. I wanted the EU to reform, fix themselves as you put it and they had a chance to prove themselves, prior to June 23rd 2016 and they point blank refused, so now, yes, I no longer care about the EU and what leaving it will entail.

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The last thing I want is the EU to implode which is precisely why I've been consistent in wanting them to compromise on their vision of the future. I still do because it could still be a great thing.