The Brexit Thread

[Gandalf]

Hahaha!

Good film and I liked the sequel too. Never read the books.

It is a great film and yes the sequel which could have been a disaster was magnificent.

What I found funny about it was the fact that an old friend of mine, a life long committed heroin user, and tattoo artist who knows more about British and specifically English history than anyone I know ( he reads obsessively on it) posted it.

Funny because I would be amazed if he was not pro Brexit but also because for a proper head Trainspotting is probably like Poodle rock for a death metal fan

I thought the sequel was quite touching in a dark way. I enjoyed it. To be fair, it is was a nicely done meme too. I think in all honesty Brexit is something we can all somewhat armchair expert guess about and some experts will say this and others that, but until they get on with it...... Well, I obviously do not wish the UK harm and no I am not profiting from Brexit. It is simply a principle thing with me whilst a lot of that meme info seemed to be about the material. Everyone has their own reasons I guess.

[Master]

Watching the Tories getting the bumbling buffoon Boris as their leader and our Prime minister is scary.

Boris is saying very little as he is an accident waiting to happen. He will screw up Brexit.

[Beanz]

Watching the Tories getting the bumbling buffoon Boris as their leader and our Prime minister is scary.

Boris is saying very little as he is an accident waiting to happen. He will screw up Brexit.

It is mental isn't it? Like some dystopian nightmare made real. A bloke famous for telling blatant lies, making up quotes, being a bit racist, and fucking up the one cabinet job he ever had is going to win because it the age of celebrity-phone-vote-your-favourite-PM culture

[Gandalf]

I am just asking a question here as I am just not clued up, but what has Boris done that is racist?

[El Kabong]

I am just asking a question here as I am just not clued up, but what has Boris done that is racist?

100% guarantee it's his "letterbox" comment!

[Beanz]

I am just asking a question here as I am just not clued up, but what has Boris done that is racist?

100% guarantee it's his "letterbox" comment!

"Picanninies with their watermelon smiles "...

“The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial powers, or their citizens, scrambled once again in her direction; on the understanding that this time they will not be asked to feel guilty.”

[Fenster]

I am just asking a question here as I am just not clued up, but what has Boris done that is racist?

100% guarantee it's his "letterbox" comment!

"Picanninies with their watermelon smiles "...

“The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial powers, or their citizens, scrambled once again in her direction; on the understanding that this time they will not be asked to feel guilty.”

What was the context?

[El Kabong]

I am just asking a question here as I am just not clued up, but what has Boris done that is racist?

100% guarantee it's his "letterbox" comment!

"Picanninies with their watermelon smiles "...

“The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial powers, or their citizens, scrambled once again in her direction; on the understanding that this time they will not be asked to feel guilty.”

Yyyyeah gonna say that first one is not the greatest.....



Now the second one....that I believe is up for interpretation. Inartfully phrased of course as Boris is wont to do...but under colonization (horrible as it was) there were SOME mutually beneficial things albeit those didn't outweigh the horrors of say King Leopold II's Belgian Congo...but due to colonization you got Gandhi, economies improved, spread of technologies to help with production and agriculture. Now with China and Russia colonizing Africa we'll see how that goes, I'm going to guess like most things those nations do it'll end poorly and i hate it for the people of that continent.




Africa is quite the quandary for me, what kind of Africa do Africans want to see? What kind of Africa does the world want to see? Do we want to see the future or do we want to see our past? Do we want to move forward or return to past greatness? Will there be more advanced cities or more rural areas and giant preserves of their amazing flora and fauna?


I think Boris is a bit of a bull in a china shop, he's seemingly a funnier British version of Joe Biden just constantly suffering from having his foot firmly placed in his mouth.