Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-02 Thread John Young
European Union of historically genocidal countries as a high-faluting conglomerate is no better than United States genocidal slaugthter-natives, civil-war enforced agglomeration, nor Great Britain's "greatness" of civil-and-interethnic war genociding various populations into domesticated

Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-02 Thread David Garcia
Yes correct.. exhibit 1. as evidence is that many in the current cabinet serving under Johnson contributed to a dubious anthology of post Thatcherite drivel the title “Britania Unchained” tells you all you need to know about post imperial arrogance a nd delusion.

Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-02 Thread Morlock Elloi
An interesting proposition: it's about terminal illusions of grandeur. Abstract below, full text at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10./1467-923X.12739?af=R Since 2016, the UK government has outlined plans for ‘Global Britain’ as a framework for post‐Brexit foreign policy. Some

Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-02 Thread Morlock Elloi
Brexit soap is an ideal confluence of irrelevance and fascination, a perfect pseudo-intellectual chatter storm. Likely nothing will happen post-brexit, which would be the proof that the whole EU thing became a hollow void ... probably the principal cause for the hysteria. Won't be able to

Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-02 Thread Harv Stanic Staalman
Hi all, James, Dave and my apologies if I have insulted anyone, by being rude in asking "Why should I care?" 'bout Brexit. It was not my intention. I am aware it is a serious issue, but I am bit over-saturated with it as it just overwhelms everything else and goes on like never-ending badly

Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-01 Thread bronac ferran
Hi James sounds good to me. Hi David Reading this phrase: North Ireland given to the Republic of Ireland The word 'given' sounds a tad colonial unfortunately. Northern Ireland is a place in its own right and is already part of Ireland. Those living there may well also, if invited, exercise

Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-01 Thread James Wallbank
Hi David, Hi Harv, Hi All, The question "Why should we care?" is pertinent if you live in a democracy and care to show solidarity with other citizens of democracies. I am a European Citizen, and I am facing the prospect of having my rights and freedoms curtailed, my freedom of movement

Re: don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-01 Thread David Garcia
Hi, just a quick question: Why should we care about Brexit and England at all? It just takes so much energy and resources out of all of the rest. ‎I think we have much more important issues in EU. Who cares about arrogant, failed and backward country that gets the backlash it deserves? Scots

don't be afraid of 'project fear'

2019-09-01 Thread David Garcia
Dear Nettimers Next week the British parliament will try to introduce legislation to make a crash out no-deal Brexit impossible. Given the limited time available, since Johnson and co will soon shut down Parliament for a month, the rebels must complete this legislative proces in one week. A