and foot-shooting - virtually no-one who crosses the floor survives the following GE.

 

Sir Winston Churchill of £5 note fame didn’t do too badly.

And? Maybe he has decided that the future of the country is more important than his career.

 

Funny how it's much easier for comfortably-off people to take a 'moral' stance... :rolleyes:

 

On a side note -IMO if we remain in the EU, there won't be a country left to be proud of, just one tiny part of an US of Europe.

Boris is really quite unprepared. That half-hearted self-interruption to acknowledge Lee's crossing, it felt so bad. I really expected him to be better. He'll be nothing on a general election trail.

Funny how it's much easier for comfortably-off people to take a 'moral' stance... :rolleyes:

 

On a side note -IMO if we remain in the EU, there won't be a country left to be proud of, just one tiny part of an US of Europe.

 

Completely WROOOONG!!!!

 

Sounds like you're throwing your toys out of the pram? :rofl:

 

If we get forced ot of the beautiful EU, we will be a vassal state to the ACTUAL United States of Trumplandia!

Amazing, c'mon the Left lockdown *.*

Oh today is going to be spicy.

 

I've all but given up hope of avoiding no deal Brexit but at least we can enjoy the political theatre on the way there! Phillip Lee crossing the floor in the middle of Boris' speech is just hilarious.

Funny how it's much easier for comfortably-off people to take a 'moral' stance... :rolleyes:

 

On a side note -IMO if we remain in the EU, there won't be a country left to be proud of, just one tiny part of an US of Europe.

 

As opposed to what? Becoming a nation that looks inward, wallows in pointless nostalgia, turns its back on everybody and becomes Trumps bitch?

 

I know which one I would rather.

 

 

Funny how it's much easier for comfortably-off people to take a 'moral' stance... :rolleyes:

 

On a side note -IMO if we remain in the EU, there won't be a country left to be proud of, just one tiny part of an US of Europe.

You mean the people wealthy enough to know they won't be affected very much if the economy goes to pot after leaving without a deal?

Completely WROOOONG!!!!

 

Sounds like you're throwing your toys out of the pram? :rofl:

 

If we get forced ot of the beautiful EU, we will be a vassal state to the ACTUAL United States of Trumplandia!

 

Given the choice, I'd prefer being part of the USA than the EU.

Given the choice, I'd prefer being part of the USA than the EU.

 

Given the choice I’d like to be a millionaire rather than making other people rich who I work for.

Given the choice, I'd prefer being part of the USA than the EU.

 

Well then let's put it to the vote! Btw, we are FAAAR FAAAR closer to Europe geographically, militarily and are historically and economically INTERTWINED with Europe. Sorry. You are after pink unicorns :(

Given the choice, I'd prefer being part of the USA than the EU.

 

Oh yes, privatized health care, eye watering student debt, rife nationalism(of the worse kind), draconian gun laws and the freedom to live work and travel in 27...oh wait scratch that last one. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Sounds swell.

 

I work with a number of Americans who have emigrated here(to Iceland) through marriage, specialist skills or whatever means they can. One of them is a girl who had a particularly nasty look term sickness. After initial treatment she was told it "probably" wouldn't come back but she should probably undergo after care and further treatment just to be sure.....she couldn't afford the treatment so she took her chances and just is hoping she'll be fine. Lovely Stuff :unsure:

 

None of them have ANY intention of going back.

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Funny how it's much easier for comfortably-off people to take a 'moral' stance... :rolleyes:

 

On a side note -IMO if we remain in the EU, there won't be a country left to be proud of, just one tiny part of an US of Europe.

I'm assuming you'll be proud of us being America's bitch

I am thoroughly entertained

Oh yes, privatized health care, eye watering student debt, rife nationalism(of the worse kind), draconian gun laws and the freedom to live work and travel in 27...oh wait scratch that last one. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Sounds swell.

 

I work with a number of Americans who have emigrated here(to Iceland) through marriage, specialist skills or whatever means they can. One of them is a girl who had a particularly nasty look term sickness. After initial treatment she was told it "probably" wouldn't come back but she should probably undergo after care and further treatment just to be sure.....she couldn't afford the treatment so she took her chances and just is hoping she'll be fine. Lovely Stuff :unsure:

 

None of them have ANY intention of going back.

 

Mald you make me incredibly envious! Any chance that Iceland would take in a woman (just turned sixty but still incredibly attractive - and with my own finances!)

 

Looking at things from a very different angle on the Philip Lee defection, I think that one possible beneficiary of his leaving the Tories to join the Lib Dems is the Brexit Party. Let's not forget when Farage was in charge of Ukip, their 2015 party mantra was that the three major parties were all the same. Now that we have a situation where a previously loyal Conservative can cross the floor and join the Liberal Democrats, members of whom only a few months ago would have denounced him as "Tory scum" (if they were being polite), you better believe that he's going to use that to his advantage. I would not be surprised if he made the video of Lee crossing the floor a major centrepiece of BP's next Party Election Broadcast.

Mald you make me incredibly envious! Any chance that Iceland would take in a woman (just turned sixty but still incredibly attractive - and with my own finances!)

 

 

If you're from outside the EEA then you need a specialist skill. From inside then you simply need a European passport. So basically your options if you're British are try and get a company to hire you or come before October 31st :( :(

 

Your only other option is marriage. I can't help you with that as I am neither Iceland nor that way inclined! :lol:

 

 

That's just the reality I'm afraid. It's really quite difficult from outside of Europe. Though there are a few people who live here from various parts of the world so they must manage it somehow.

Your only other option is marriage. I can't help you with that as I am neither Iceland nor that way inclined! :lol:

 

Just my bloody luck!

 

As a small sort of consolation - is there anyone else here apart from myself who hopes that that Jack Russell puppy that Bojo the Clown has cynically adopted - shits in every one of his slippers and shoes! I know its petty - but the vision is just too wonderful!

Oh today is going to be spicy.

 

I've all but given up hope of avoiding no deal Brexit but at least we can enjoy the political theatre on the way there! Phillip Lee crossing the floor in the middle of Boris' speech is just hilarious.

 

 

It's disgraceful. He should have more respect for the PM who is speaking.