Brexiteers in meltdown after crowds wave EU flag at Last Night of the Proms
Brexiteers in meltdown after crowds wave EU flag at Last Night of the Proms
'Our flags represent hope'
Are you watching Farage!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but that flag really hurts me
Politicians can stop complaining, they're the one that gave the
idiotsmasses the choice to f**k the country up.I thought Brexit was beyond stupid, but is getting back into the EU really going to work out that well now? I’m sure Britain could get back in if it really wanted, but not with the favorable terms it had before. Which if that wasn’t good enough before, people are going to be even saltier about the concessions they’d have to make this time around. While this is funny, I’m not sure what the point is now.
A good chunk of the Brexit votes were protest votes. A lot more were misled, and didn't do proper fact checking. Finally, a lot of people wanted a different (often impossible, or mutually incompatible) version of Brexit.
Unfortunately, once the vote was done, it was used as an excuse by the extra rich. It let them dodge EU tax rules.
At this point, one of the best things that can happen would be to go back to the EU, hat in hand. A lot of people now realise what Europe was actually doing, Vs the lies they were told. A nice big dose of humble pie, and a more reasonable deal, will help sort a lot of issues.
Is it really such a big deal to expect nothing more than an equal footing?
It shouldn't be, but as soon as Britain went back in, the same people who hyped up Brexit will be going, "They got us over a barrel now, see, they even took our God-ordained currency away!" Granted, they'd complain about anything, but to the masses who weren't paying attention, it would appear as though they had a point. "We were in the EU before and we kept our same money, why do we have to change now?" Maybe I'm just cynical about the average person's intelligence, but I think going back in, even on equal footing with every other member state, it'll be seen as the EU "punishing" Britain, there will be resentment from the get-go.
As someone who remembers the effect of crashing out of European fiscal union (I was just start university), the prospect of not having fiscal independence worries me. We tried before and it didn't work. It's the one aspect of the EU I am against (of any substance). The situation we had before was a good one IMHO, but I doubt we can get that back now.
If we can build some bridges, get back the joint ventures and co-operations, then maybe we can get 80-90% of the damage of Brexit mitigated. I'm so angry that we left, but if the road back in means fiscal union then I'm not sure it's worth it.
Good, fuck 'em.
I had to double check if it was a NewsThump article.
You couldn't make this shit up.
Didn't the Brexit Brigade do the exact same thing with the Union Jack?
~PS and none of that 'It's not called the Union Jack guff.~
The Union Flag has historically always been present and waved during the proms. It's part of the pomp and circumstance of it all. To be fair so has the EU flag and many others but primarily the Union Flag because the concert is held in London, totally weird right? This was even before Brexit became a news headline.
Like so many things these days the Proms now has to be politicised. An organised group of pro EU attendees are upset that the Union Flag is being waved and an unorganised group of pro Brexitiers are just upset in general. It's laughably pathetic. Just enjoy the fucking music.
Snowflakes.
Not sure what's sadder, idiots clinging to any flag is fucking stupid.
Edit, actually it's sad cunts on UK politics, plus ca change