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Old 03-05-2019, 16:49   #1954
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
Nor is Sajid Javid, the home secretary.
The thing about the EU elections is that the country will not suffer if we elected a Cat Lovers' Party because MEPs don't have much sway over legislation anyway. This is actually a brilliant opportunity to get the message across to both the government and the EU without economic consequences for us.

A Brexit Party win will be a huge shock, despite the fact that everyone bar the MPs in parliament can see this coming a mile off. Do they really have to see it before they believe it? Seems so..

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
They punished them for entertaining a bad-deal Brexit and acknowledge that remaining is better than a bad deal whatever their politics.
Not so. If the Brexit Party had stood in these elections, they would have made a huge impression.

Whereas the Remainers had specific anti-Brexit parties to vote for, Brexiteers had none.
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