JohnnyoftheWell: Brexit Memes Only

JohnnyoftheWell 05.24.19	flames away
Deathconscious 05.24.19	Im american, how the fuck am i supposed to know what brextit is.
artiswar 05.24.19	I think he means brisket. I don't know any good brisket memes.
JohnnyoftheWell 05.24.19	oh yes please, chomp
Trebor. 05.24.19	My only hope is that all this bullshit leads to a united Ireland and a free Scotland
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	As a Scottish resident, the notion of a free Scotland in the 21st century is a myth. It's either the current set-up, or a long walk off a short pier with a nationalist party with a terrible record on domestic government
Departures 05.25.19	Brexit is just a distraction from the real problems which are creating more affordable housing and reducing the overall cost of living. Ironically they probably would be easier to fix than it has been to try and steer an exit from the EU. Anti-immigration and anti-globalization sentiments make people unbelievably crazy though.
anarchistfish 05.25.19	corbyn or gtfo
anarchistfish 05.25.19	"My only hope is that all this bullshit leads to a united Ireland and a free Scotland" oh god no we need them to keep the tories out lol fucking fptp this fucking country and it's nonsensical constitution
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	Scotland is only going to get bluer though :[ "Brexit is just a distraction from the real problems which are creating more affordable housing and reducing the overall cost of living" Don't disagree with this, but I'd also like to keep our EU subsidies in the right place
anarchistfish 05.25.19	why do you say that? they mostly vote SNP if not Labour no?
Sinternet 05.25.19	scottish labour are shite anyway, they need a complete revival. if the snp can keep them out then we need to keep them close to us as possible
BAT 05.25.19	my blind ass read this as breast memes only
anarchistfish 05.25.19	cos ur a bat?
anarchistfish 05.25.19	remember when we had a referendum on FPTP and we kept it ugh
anarchistfish 05.25.19	Conservatism in this country is too strong. In general I am pessimistic
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	Scottish Labour hasn't been in the best place for around five years, while Ruth Davidson has largely detoxified the tory reputation for a lot of scots (and while I wouldn't vote blue, she has been exactly what the party as a whole needed) - tories currently the second biggest party in Holyrood with a solid lead on Lab. SNP is still the most popular party in Scotland, but their record in government has been patchy at best, Scottish remainers are sick of Sturgeon appropriating the anti-Brexit agenda as a proxy to independence, and since the SNP no longer have a majority in Holyrood, they are less able to promote independence in terms of actual policy, which to me is a sign that their support is only going to slip further unless circumstances change
GhandhiLion 05.25.19	I chose not to vote in the recent MEP election. I use to be somewhat pro brexit, now I'm apathetic. The supporters of Brexit had varying visions, many of which I find to be the wrong reasons for leaving (anti immigration, anti globalism/globalisation etc etc)
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	"remember when we had a referendum on FPTP and we kept it" Don't even start on that.
anarchistfish 05.25.19	bojo is 1/1 to be next pm? we are truly fucked
GhandhiLion 05.25.19	Milkshakes also Lord Buckethead
anarchistfish 05.25.19	tories going fuck it and voting in a hard brexit egoist honestly seems the most likely outcome how are you anyway? you still in bristol?
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	"bojo is 1/1 to be next pm? we are truly fucked" Boris for pm = tory membership dish out the champagne while parliament deadlock intensifies, followed by one of two things: 1 - gvmt filibusters parliament until the current brexit deadline and we get the default no-deal 2 - general election, Tories pander to the Brexit Party to avoid losing their core vote, at which point a handful of incumbent MPs quit, no party comes out with a majority, no sustainable coalitions, national unity government formed and thanks to Corbyn's stance we likely end up on no-deal anyway
Departures 05.25.19	You guys are close to electing Boris the former mayor on London so the rest of the world is literally that election away from never being interested in the UK ever again. His benign haircut lives within the annals of history alongside Trump's and Stephen Harper for Canada.
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	Just be thankful Jacob Rees-Mogg isn't standing. "how are you anyway? you still in bristol?" Not too bad lol, haven't been to Bristol in years though :O you good?
anarchistfish 05.25.19	wrong johnny lol?
anarchistfish 05.25.19	this guy trips me out https://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/JohnnyOnTheSpot
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	Haha maybe, although my ex for a while back lives there, so I used to spend a lot of time there hmm JotS is the dude, but idk if he's UK?
anarchistfish 05.25.19	you didn't go to uni there? then it's the other guy i met lol
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	Ah no, was never at uni there - feel like a lot of connections just got tangled up haha
anarchistfish 05.25.19	yh fun shit
anarchistfish 05.25.19	ppl were still saying 3 years ago i was mad for wanting to move to france
anarchistfish 05.25.19	what's your opinion on the other candidates? honestly i've tried to block out domestic and yank news since like 2017
Sinternet 05.25.19	im betting boris won't be pm. he doesn't want to deal with brexit hands-on because it's too hard and instead wants to take it on after where he won't have that looming to tarnish his legacy with the public. the three frontrunners i see are leadsom, gove and raab.
Relinquished 05.25.19	https://i.imgur.com/8fnRp3q.gifv
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	Hmm Leadsom and Raab definitely. Leadsom probs best placed to May's centre-right loyalists on board, although Raab probably has the better record from brexiteers' perspective. I can see Hunt pulling as much support as Gove tbh. I remember a month or so reading an article in which Justine Greening said she'd run and my only thought was "aww bless." Here's hoping :/
Trebor. 05.25.19	I'm trying my best as an American to follow this thread but man is it hard
anarchistfish 05.25.19	I'd never even heard of Raab before today
Trebor. 05.25.19	He was on jackass and viva la bam
BAT 05.25.19	raabs himselfs podcast is actually some solid dirt
zakalwe 05.25.19	Boris to be stabbed in the back, Gove to lead which will be the death of the tories. Next election will herald a new era of politics and a new governing party.
kalkwiese 05.25.19	artis' list is gone nooooooooo
budgie 05.25.19	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO "He was on jackass and viva la bam" haha
TheNotrap 05.25.19	I never thought the British gave such a sad spectacle ... it’s what happens when we have children without the least notion of state and responsibility governing, as was the case with Cameron, the main responsible for all this
kalkwiese 05.25.19	Yea, fuck James Cameron
TheNotrap 05.25.19	lol
budgie 05.25.19	i was so looking forward to hawks reading that thread. upset of the century
zakalwe 05.25.19	If anybody is responsible it’s Blair. Labour sold out the country, involved us in a nefarious war, increased the population by a few million and threw money down the drain.
DoofDoof 05.25.19	If Gove gets in we are literally being led by a bloke who looks exactly like Mr Bean What a tosser
budgie 05.25.19	he doesn't look anything like rowan atkinson youre crazy
DoofDoof 05.25.19	Name a nerdier looking UK politician Makes John Major look like an adonis
zakalwe 05.25.19	He is one slimy fucker.
budgie 05.25.19	i mean he definitely looks like a dork lol
TheNotrap 05.25.19	Europe and the world at large is being run by a horde of incompetent politicians
zakalwe 05.25.19	We live in the best most populous times but the lack of purpose and disenfranchisement is fucking frightening. That’s globalism for ya.
Meridiu5 05.25.19	3 is the best https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-08-02_19-41-15.jpg
TheNotrap 05.25.19	We have to reset the system (especially the economy) and find a common vision and goal that all nations can share
zakalwe 05.25.19	It’ll never happen because we are all different, we all think differently. It’s what makes us human. They’ll lie, manipulate and attempt to socially engineer us but it will constantly fail. Thank fuck.
TheNotrap 05.25.19	We are all different, but we have more things that unite us than separate us, we all live under the same sun and we all have to protect our planet, here is a common vision that we should all share
TheNotrap 05.25.19	And we all think Dark Side of the Moon is the greatest thing ever
Egarran 05.25.19	Top, top entertainment. Also thanks for boosting support for the EU all over Europe. I saw a surprising number of articles about how it's so sad for May and it was an impossible job and what could she do and her successor will be worse - and it feels like slaps in the face from a drunk and senile pub guest. She was TERRIBLE.
Egarran 05.25.19	Also "If anybody is responsible it’s B̶l̶a̶i̶r̶." The English people. There was a constant English anti-EU wanking going on for decades before this. But the new polls don't even show that much of a swing. Brits are still ready to shoot themselves in the foot.
zakalwe 05.25.19	Economically yes. But fuck it.
DoofDoof 05.25.19	‘The English people’ Only 30% or so voted for Brexit? Blame the EU for not pushing remain stronger tbh, that’s still a load of votes available to have won it
Egarran 05.25.19	Indeed, the Brexit show blazes on because no exiter wants to admit confusion or failure. It's a proud bunch, looking back to when England owned the world and won WW2.
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	"She was TERRIBLE." She was stubborn despite not having a strong backing and didn't compromise when she needed to, but the petulance on the right of her party was unworkable despite the fact that she pandered to them more than any other faction. Two sides of terrible coin "If anybody is responsible it’s B̶l̶a̶i̶r̶." If anyone's responsible, it's Cameron's dismantling of the welfare state followed by Farage's weaponisation of public dissent, followed by Corbyn's useless remain campaign that left an impression of the EU as something associated with Cameron's government. https://voxeu.org/article/austerity-caused-brexit
zakalwe 05.25.19	It was typical bubble mentality. ‘They’re too comfortable with their cake, they want to remain’ Absolutely fucking clueless in reality. Just rehouse the immigrants into the remain voting constituencies, offload the independent businesses in them areas to other countries while lowering wages and let the people have no say in the matter whatsoever and when an opportunity arises shut them down by calling them racist, thick and lied to.
zakalwe 05.25.19	The welfare state is essential but unfortunately cunts take the piss and as a result changes were made. It had to be done, there’s no simple answers and one solution causes another problem.
Egarran 05.25.19	What about the thick, racist people who were lied to? We don't seem them speaking up, and they have entire newspapers written for them.
zakalwe 05.25.19	Sorry mate. I think you’ve missed the entire point there.
Egarran 05.25.19	no u It reminds me of talking to Americans. YoU dOn'T kNoW WhaT iT's LIiikkeke. Yeah, being on the outside sure harms the ability to see what's going on.
anarchistfish 05.25.19	@zak I don't accept this framing of the economic situation "The Department for Work and Pensions estimates that £1.2bn was lost to benefits fraud in 2013/14, or 0.7 per cent of total benefits spending. ... By contrast, HMRC’s most recent estimate of the annual “tax gap” – the money lost to the state through people not paying as much as they should – was £34bn." https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-benefits-fraud-tax-evasion
zakalwe 05.25.19	0.7% of total benefits spending? Fuck me just how much is being spent?
Sinternet 05.25.19	the real question there should be "fuck me, why is there so much increasing poverty in our country now"
zakalwe 05.25.19	Hows the 50inch LCD tele sin mate?
anarchistfish 05.25.19	don't go too hard in on zak he apparently never steps outside norwich so can't see all the homeless people that have proliferated all over uk cities since 2010
Sinternet 05.25.19	hilarious. some of my childhood friends are homeless, for 3 years when i was going through school my dad couldn't get a job, and a friend of mine killed herself because the DWP cut her disability benefits meaning she had nothing to live on when she couldn't physically leave the house. but yeah man, that £250 a month of universal credit means we all go out and but 50 inch tvs. how sheltered and privileged are you?
anarchistfish 05.25.19	"0.7% of total benefits spending? Fuck me just how much is being spent?" the blinkers are well and truly on
anarchistfish 05.25.19	half of benefits are pensions you know? all tax evasion would pretty much cover all pensions. and that doesn't even touch the general topic of capital accumulation and tax adjustments, it's only the illegal shit
zakalwe 05.25.19	I could tell you about me but it’d be boring but I will say lol Norwich where did you get that from??? I was born on Canvey Island, have lived in Southend, Grays, Romford and Basildon and have family in Dagenham. Yes the homelessness has increased but they are still there with their fags and mobile phones, it’s the shelters that have shut down so because it’s now visible people start piping up about it.
anarchistfish 05.25.19	u r such a prat
anarchistfish 05.25.19	sorry, that was rude. sorry
zakalwe 05.25.19	No need to apologise.
Egarran 05.25.19	Ahh zak, you're just one argument away from becoming a progressive.
budgie 05.25.19	after reading and analyzing zak's recent political comments i've concluded that he's a closet-marxist-leninist
zakalwe 05.25.19	Me in a nutshell
JohnnyoftheWell 05.25.19	I went to Canvey Island once on the most overcast day of the year with the worst hangover I can remember :[
anarchistfish 05.25.19	i am so sick of the south east honestly
zakalwe 05.25.19	The erosion of community is what really irks. There goes the police station, there goes the pub, there goes the recreation ground ooh but lovely a 6th Turkish Barbers has sprung up.
Egarran 05.26.19	Damn the EU for making that possible.
zakalwe 05.26.19	Machinations of globalist order.
Egarran 05.26.19	If only the alpha English people weren't betrayed by the rest of beta Earth.
zakalwe 05.26.19	Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state
Egarran 05.26.19	Is that Orwell? Oh it's that Italian dude.
anarchistfish 05.26.19	commercial enterprises don't really count as community to me in general
anarchistfish 05.26.19	"that Italian dude"
Trifolium 05.26.19	''Oooh, there goes the neigborhood!!!'' https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c4e10e7e-fde5-4692-9cfd-73c309768cff
DoofDoof 05.26.19	'commercial enterprises don't really count as community to me in general' so every pub, cafe, bar, restaurant, club, venue, etc has nothing to do with community? and you are into music? ok.....
GhandhiLion 05.26.19	Closeted Marxist Leninist yes.
Egarran 05.26.19	So who would you all prefer as MP? BoJo would clearly be the entertaining choice, and that's always a guaranteed win in USA.
zakalwe 05.26.19	Leadsom
zakalwe 05.26.19	Failing that I’d like somebody who has absolutely no economic, social, ergonomic, domestic, or leadership nous whatsoever but who has at least questioned their sexuality once and smokes the odd joint because they’d represent everything good.
Egarran 05.26.19	Damn straight, she has said many wise things. "It's situations like this that remind you why this country is such a miserable place so much of the time.”
Egarran 01.31.20	whistles innocently
JohnnyoftheWell 01.31.20	stares at the wallpaper wishing to be joined in economic and political union with egarran and also others Booked my flight to Japan today as a distraction from this
Egarran 01.31.20	If someone asks you to join their temple you accept that shit on the spot
GhandhiLion 01.31.20	How does that work? Is it just like how it works in avatar the last airbender?
GhandhiLion 01.31.20	https://youtu.be/akbzRuZmqVM
Egarran 01.31.20	Aww they're so happy in the comments. I only saw one EU pedo elite in the first ten.
GhandhiLion 01.31.20	lol
Egarran 01.31.20	>Britain Leaves the EU shackles in an hour and 10 minutes! Oh dear, nobody tell him about the transition
GhandhiLion 01.31.20	"Came here after seeing the exit poll. God save the Queen!!"
Meridiu5 02.01.20	All kinds of winning, folks.
GhostB1rd 02.01.20	If a weeb visits Japan once, does he ever really leave?
JohnnyoftheWell 02.01.20	To be confirmed. Potentially not :O
GhostB1rd 02.01.20	RIP
JohnnyoftheWell 02.01.20	I will be reborn as a cute anime girl with the EU flag design for hair and will haunt you eternally from then on :]
GhostB1rd 02.01.20	I'll tell Boris to deport you.
zakalwe 02.01.20	Has it happened? Has it actually happened!!!!!! Has it fuck.
DoofDoof 02.01.20	My dad has been told by the spanish government they’re going to tax the fuck out of his rental income from the holiday home in Lanzarote so yeah it’s happened :D
Dimorphic 02.01.20	You rich bastard. Bet you voted Leave!
zakalwe 02.01.20	That’ll be the Spanish for ya. Can’t organise a piss up in a brewery.
anat 02.01.20	San Miguel and Estrella are better than Carling tho
zakalwe 02.01.20	True.
DoofDoof 02.01.20	‘Bet you voted leave’ That holiday home is a constant source of affordable holidays and a possible inheritance - like fuck I voted Brexit. Neither did my parents - if they sell the place then Brexit will prob end up responsible for 50% of the decision. I’ve always holidayed in Europe so why make it more expensive? I live in London, immigration barely registers as an issue in the great melting pot. As the election showed it was in no way a ‘rich person’ thing exclusively, the working class north voted for Brexit too, bit of desired protectionism up there. Estrella the best lager right now agreed Still waiting to see the first positives from Brexit...might be waiting a while? How soft was the deal I sort of lost the will to live with reading about the actual mechanics
Dimorphic 02.01.20	Yh I was just taking the piss anyway, my family own 6 houses so it's all good.
zakalwe 02.01.20	lol
Egarran 02.01.20	Doof seems just smart enough to be a remainer
zakalwe 02.01.20	That’s right. All us ‘brexiteers’ are thick as pig shit.
widowslaugh123 02.01.20	Fuckin limey bitches
zakalwe 02.01.20	Indeed
DoofDoof 02.01.20	As Brexit progressed I got more intrigued as to whether there could actually be positives from it - to the point I was quite torn on the thing But at the time of the first vote I definitely wanted to remain Problem I think is people quite like voting for change just out of boredom - doesn’t really matter what the change is lol
zakalwe 02.01.20	1. The secession of power to a Unitary government flouted within federalism. 2. The mass immigration of the past 20yrs. 3. The bubble dwelling elites and Londonites who haven’t got the first fucking clue about the working class. 4. The erosion of national identity being subsumed by a single all encompassing super state. 5. Fish. It all contributed
widowslaugh123 02.01.20	Lol
Dimorphic 02.01.20	Let's not pretend the key contributing factor wasn't the campaign of lies from Farage/Johnson and co.
anat 02.01.20	And Brexit wasn't London v all
JohnnyoftheWell 02.01.20	Farage stirred up dissent over zak's points 2, 3 and 5 and pandered to strawmen 1 and 4 Johnson wanted to be prime minster since forever and caught whiff of Farage's popularity as an easy ride with the most backwards wing of his party End of story
Egarran 02.01.20	Ahh, the sadistic glee of brexiters is fascinating to see. It's like a guy flipping you off while falling off a cliff. It's a curious winner's mentality.
GhostB1rd 02.01.20	You gotta love the fact that you guys mocked us for Trump and then elected Trump-lite.
Sinternet 02.01.20	i have a feeling that us who mocked you for trump aren't exactly fans of boris either
Sinternet 02.01.20	i love how people are still trying to divide brexit among class lines though when the overwhelming division is that of age perhaps trying to dodge the reality that in 10-15 years there will be such a massive mandate for re-entry into the EU
GhostB1rd 02.02.20	That's assuming people aged 30 right now who voted remain don't change their views when they are 40-45. Bold assumption.
DoofDoof 02.02.20	It also assumes that we will be worse off under Brexit - you never know, if people have even the slightest feeling they’re better off in five years than today then it’ll be ‘Europe, who they? Nah thanks’
DoofDoof 02.02.20	Also as Ghost says - people’s views change. Often you see people change mentality after paying taxes for 15-20 years, that’s when you see whether people put their money where their mouth started off
zakalwe 02.02.20	We definitely won’t be better off economically and the cost of product will raise but we knew that. Get ready for absolutely everything shit being blamed on Brexit.
anat 02.02.20	God forbid the Tories taking responsibility for anything
Dimorphic 02.02.20	We basically just told told all our established trading partners to go fuck themselves. Theresa May walking around trying to get trade deals with Nigeria, since we no longer have agreements with France, Germany etc... Have left our position at basically the top of the EU pyramid where we literally just followed the only rules we wanted to in the first place and still had ridiculous amount of power. Since the vote, we have already lost more money than we paid to the EU in our 47 year membership. ... bUt weRe taKinG bAk k0ntrOL.!!
zakalwe 02.02.20	Disassembling the globalists 🇬🇧
Egarran 02.02.20	> All us ‘brexiteers’ are thick as pig shit. I'm sorry zak, it's the easy answer. There are definitely some very smart 'brexiteers' out there. And the remainer opposition, well, in hindsight they look thick as pig shit as well.
anat 02.02.20	Being thick as pigshit is our one common denominator as Brits Two World Wars, One World Cup, One Referendudum
zakalwe 02.02.20	Hopefully Italy comes out next
Egarran 02.02.20	Don't even know the thickness of pig shit but I assume very.
GhandhiLion 02.02.20	Hell yeah, Italian fascists are my favourite.
GhandhiLion 02.02.20	https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/artistic-provocation-of-italian-far-right-politician-salvini Italian politics is so silly. hah
Dimorphic 02.02.20	Watch Serie A and you'll get loads of exposure to them.
zakalwe 02.02.20	Lot of Germans in Italy. A lot of Germans.
Egarran 02.02.20	Italy + England=Yikes They like their strong, aggressive men. Not sure where in recorded history they have seen this as a successful strategy, but hey some day it's gotta work.
GhostB1rd 02.02.20	Yeah, England didn't used to have an empire that covered like 25% of the world or anything. You are so dumb. You are really, really dumb.
sixdegrees 02.02.20	https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/766246213079498752?lang=en
JohnnyoftheWell 02.02.20	The face of the British empire was Queen Victoria, kiddo Not that it didn't have its share of strong, aggressive men doing atrocious things in places they shouldn't have been
GhostB1rd 02.02.20	People often overlook that literally every nation, tribe, etc. did the same exact shit to others, it's just that certain groups were superior at it. England being a prime example of the most successful.
Skoj 02.02.20	"Since the vote, we have already lost more money than we paid to the EU in our 47 year membership." 123
Egarran 02.02.20	>You are so dumb. You are really, really dumb. Haha, I can see the angry tears from here. Hey btw you never answered if you are a Trump supporter.
GhostB1rd 02.02.20	I already said I did not vote for him in 2016 but I will vote for him this year.
Egarran 02.02.20	Thank you. That is very smart of you. Especially now, where he's being acquitted. I guess Colonial England proves that he can be a success.
widowslaugh123 02.02.20	Straight up Germany would have wrecked England in both great wars if it was one on one.
GhostB1rd 02.02.20	@ Egarran - Cry about it.
GhostB1rd 02.02.20	And yes, Germany was the second most powerful nation at the time, after the U.S.
Egarran 02.02.20	Why would i cry? Over us dems being morons as well as repubs? Nah, I'm enjoying my popcorn over here in The Shire. But if you are desperate for a bitter fight, ok errr, BERNIE IS GOING TO FIX EVERYTHING YOU GUYS RUINED
Dimorphic 02.03.20	If you vote for Trump in 2020 you don't get the right to call anyone dumb. You actually have to be fucking joking.
zakalwe 02.03.20	Has he been that shit?