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Flooding as in 'blocking the roads outside of the Houses of Parliament', not every major street in London. I don't think the Leave one was any bigger than the recent People's Vote one. I got the impression the People's Vote one was bigger, actually, something like 300k people.
 
It looked pretty contained around Parliament; but I didn't really follow footage of it very closely. The People's Vote (or whatever it was the other week) was enormous looking from aerial footage. I'm sure it wasn't the 1 million claimed, but it was pretty massive.
 
I had a friend who attended the People's Vote one and he said it was huge, took him something like 4 hours to do it. He was telling me something else about it this morning, but I didn't pay attention
 
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Brigantium said:
Flooding as in 'blocking the roads outside of the Houses of Parliament', not every major street in London. I don't think the Leave one was any bigger than the recent People's Vote one. I got the impression the People's Vote one was bigger, actually, something like 300k people.
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The People's Vote one was ca. 1 million, way, way bigger than the Leave supporters that blocked a couple of roads outside the Houses of Parliament.
 
What are your hopes for today's brick shed votes?

  • Customs union
  • Common Market 2.0
  • Confirmatory public vote
  • Parliamentary supremacy

Ayes or noes?
 
Fuck sake. Foro comes in while I'm writing a post with some of the exact same content. I'm not sure if they'll agree on anything and I also have to idea what the "Parliamentary supremacy" proposal is.


While we're waiting on results, I would like to refer to a speech made by Alice Weidel in the German Parliament (Bundestag) last week. She is the co-leader of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the main opposition party in Germany and a far-right party who I think have some unpleasant views on Islam and Nazism. I do not wish to endorse AfD or their values, but I agree with much of what Weidel says with regards to making the EU a leaner organization which facilitates the single market. She is also very critical of the role of France in the EU who I think are often keen on federalizing the continent into the United States of Europe and making national parliaments less powerful - something I am strongly opposed to.


Prominent anti-EU Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg (JRM) tweeted the video and was criticized in parliament for it, but pointed out that tweeting the speech doesn't amount to endorsement.

Any thoughts on this?
 
I am reluctant to watch that vid. Can't help thinking that the UK has no fuck to say anymore about how the EU should work, (un)fortunately.
 
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Forostar said:
I am reluctant to watch that vid
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Do it, Foro.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft said:
Wiz is obviously a Mogg follower... :innocent:
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I am not. The man is very entertaining on panel shows and the like, but I disagree with much of his politics. He's not the worst of the anti-EU Conservative MPs though. He's very intelligent and well-mannered and puts a lot of thought into what he says (at least what I've realized). The worst is Mark Francois who is like a bull in a china shop. How that man is allowed to be an MP is beyond me.
 
One of them only lost by three votes. MPs abstaining from voting doesn't help. Theresa instructed the cabinet not to participate at all.

@Forostar did you watch the video?
 
CriedWhenBrucieLeft said:
Yeh, like the SNP, who didn't vote on the customs union motion. I'm not clear why; they voted for all the other motions. Any idea why?
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I tend not to pay much attention to what the SNP say. I wonder if it's something to do with customs union not permitting freedom of movement?

SNP are complaining that Labour didn't whip for the SNP option. Swings and roundabouts.
 
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