Comments by "Iazzaboyce" (@Iazzaboyce) on "Bloomberg Television" channel.

  1.  @quantumcomputation4963  How would you prevent MPs from campaigning? You wouldn't entirely - as each MP would have stated their position, this would be known and there would be limitations to campaigning. However, it is a fact that a majority of MPs are pro-EU activists and this exerts undue influence. Each side would have an official campaign and an equal number of MPs could be chosen by each side. All other MPs would be prevented from official campaign activities, such as TV debates, collective gatherings for publicity etc.. The reason for losing MPs standing own is their 'vision' for the country will have been rejected by the electorate and there has to be a process which allows the country to move forward.
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  2.  @quantumcomputation4963  The UK has 66 million people and is the 5th largest economy in the world. Switzerland and Norway have 14 million people between them. The idea Leave voters wanted the same relationship as those countries have with EU is simply not realistic.
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  3.  @quantumcomputation4963  This is the point! A general election will not work on the matter of Brexit, as people vote for the main parties that ignore the people's attitude towards sovereignty (which is the reason we are in this mess).
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  4.  @quantumcomputation4963  Wanting the UK to be in the EU and not wanting the UK to be in the EU are two incompatible ideologies. The idea of holding a referendum, is to decide which ideology will prevail. Forcing the defeated ideologues to stand down from parliament would demonstrate to the electorate that, their political vision for the country's future is not in accordance with the future democratically determined by the electorate. The country will have made a decision and can move forward.
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  5.  @quantumcomputation4963  If the EU thinks this deal is the best they can get it will instruct the quislings to vote it through and that will be the end of the Tory Party. If the Tory Party changes leader and moves toward no-deal and there's an emergency Brexit general election - then there will be Tory deselections, Labour would offer new referendum, the Labour Leave and UKIP (50% Tory/50% Lab in 2017) vote will go Tory and Tory Remain vote will not go Corbyn, Lib Dems will split the anti-Brexit vote and the EU will not get what it wants.
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  6. She smiles and mocks Reform on account of what she calls "Britain's first past the post pisstem [sic]" But in reality, unlike 'PR' when three parties are sharing a third of the vote, 'fptp' can give one party all the power with 30% of the national vote.
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  7.  @brandonphilander661  It goes like this: A Brexiteer takes control of the Tory Party and goes to the country with a Brexit acceptable to Leave voters. No other Brexit party will stand against. Labour and Lib Dems will go 'popular' second referendum. Tory Remain MPs will be deselected (Grieve already). The UKIP vote will this time all go Tory. The Tory Leave vote will go Tory. Much of the Labour Leave vote will go Tory. The Tory Remain vote will all (Corbyn factor) go Tory. Lib Dems and TIGs SNP will split Remain vote. = a Brexit majority in the Commons.
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  8. It did, because people like me wanted it.
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  9.  @eesger  The UK should not be interfering in Ukraine - all this 'help' has made everything worse. The people in the disputed regions voted to be with Russia.
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  10.  @samhartford8677  The have been votes (1994) organised by the people in the disputed regions. Who has the say on what rights Russia or the people of the disputed regions have?
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  11.  @louis-philippearnhem6959  Not really. The UK government allowed a referendum to take place in Scotland (2014) and has agreed a referendum should decide the future of Northern Ireland.
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  12.  @IrishLadASMR  You're thinking about the Good Friday Agreement that was in 1998 - there was a referendum on reunification in 1973.
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  13.  @samhartford8677  The principle is that, people should decide by democracy, because it is not possible to govern by democracy when the people vote against and to avoid the inevitable alternative which is violence.
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  14.  @nigelsynnott7344  Obs!
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  15.  @nigelsynnott7344  That's easy - we are now a free independent country - which was the point of voting Leave.
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  16.  @nigelsynnott7344  OK - we are no longer expected to vote for MEPs and can do something beneficial instead.
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  17.  @eesger  The principle with Northern Ireland and these disputed regions is the same - 'that the people should decide on sovereignty.' Things are very different though, the UK government has not banned the Irish language in Northern Ireland schools, has not banned the Irish language on TV and radio, has not banned the traditional religion of the community seeking independence. Also the UK government has agreed to (and held) an independence referendum.
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  18. What about 'who gives a S#!T about this EU propaganda'? It's like a dumped bunny-boiler dissing her ex and his new life.. None of my business - but why does't the EU just 'get a life'?
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  19. Jo Swinson's party opposed Brexit in the 2017 general election (12 months after EU referendum) her party got 7.4% of the national vote which was 0.5% down on its 2015 performance. Other parties with manifestos supporting a hard Brexit gained 85% of the national vote.
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  20. During the Scottish independence referendum the SNP made strong complaints claiming the BBC and other MSM news organisations held political bias and were producing political propaganda. The SNP has made no such complaint about the Brexit news coverage. Does this mean the SNP now believes the BBC and other MSM news organisations are politically impartial in their news output? Or does this prove the BBC and other MSM news organisations are indeed producers of political propaganda?
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  21.  @diarmuidkelleher5319  This is true and no one is pretending there is not a difference of opinion; this is the reason we had a referendum.
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  22.  @BOZ_11  This is what Brexit is all about - global Britain.
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  23. Of course the Southern Irish love the EU because it takes money from the British and hands it to them. Southern Ireland has had £50 billion more than they have put in and the Brits have had hundreds of billions less than they have put in. They still have a dependency complex from the days when they were part of the British Empire..
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  24.  @ULYSSES-31  My English ancestors were struggling to feed their own families - sorry.
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  25.  @MrThirstyshark  That must be why the political establishment that is desperate to stay in the EU has refused to have a second referendum.
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  26. Why not?
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  27. You're conflating trade with terrorism - they're two different things and the conflict is not as it was in the 1970s (when both Northern and Southern Ireland were members of the EEC).
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  28. The IRA gave up years ago
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  29. I think you're the one that has no idea - just look at your original comment... Completely inaccurate.
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  30. +BDaMonkey Are you saying the IRA are going to start bombing the public to protest import tariffs or export tariffs?
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  31. 'Honestly' is this supposed to mean you're right? Why don't you just explain why you think Southern Ireland can't function like every other EU country with external borders? And then tell us what the GFA has to do with imports and exports between the EEA and a non EEA country.
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  32. The 'border controls' as pertaining to the GFA has nothing to do with trade, but with people (potentially up to no good). There is already an agreement that Southern Irish can enter the UK and this will not change.
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  33. There's no problem, as trade can continue as per any external EEA border and people need not be challenged at border points. Southern Irish are allowed to live work in UK and this will not change. If non Irish choose cross into Northern Ireland they can be prevented from working/staying in Northern Ireland and prevented from using public transport to mainland UK. It's a small price to pay for huge Brexit benefits and it will be a massive indictment on EU, if migrants are trudging through EU 27 to seek refuge in Brexit UK.
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  34. I said 'trade' can be the same as with UK and EEA countries, but if necessary people could be allowed to travel to and fro without checkpoints. This takes into account the GFA and the relationship between Southern Ireland and the UK. The UK and Southern Ireland were members of the EEC/EU for 25 years before the GFA. The checkpoints in those times were operated by British Armed Forces and were for security purposes only.
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  35. There's no reason why the UK should not operate a hard border for trade and a soft border for personnel. If Southern Ireland citizens are allowed into the UK, then a post Brexit UK need not be overly concerned about non Southern Irish crossing, as they will not be able to travel from Northern Ireland to rest of UK and will not be able to work/claim benefits in Northern Ireland... It's not a game-stopper - just remoaners clutching at exaggerated straws.
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  36. This is just about having to show passports which is not a big issue. There's no border controls between England, Wales and Scotland, but a UK citizen has to provide a passport to fly between those countries. Why should it be different to fly/ferry to and fro UK and Northern Ireland?
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  37.  @nigelsynnott7344  This is it - voters have a choice between the main parties that have dominated UK politic for decades. These parties have been infiltrated and overrun by pro-EU activists - most voters don't see it...
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  38. +K Me As Harold Wilson once said: "A week is a long time in politics".
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  39. If the people in the UK are so 'stupid' how is it that the UK has five universities in the world's top twenty five and the EU 27 has zero universities in the world's top twenty five? It's not a matter of being more 'powerful' it's a matter of not wanting to give foreigners our money and not having foreigners tell us what we can do.
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  40. What's the point of learning another language when everywhere you go people speak English? I was in Manila in September and all the street signs are in English and most people speak English. Over the last hundred years a thousand languages have become extinct - young people now talk to their friends in English and to their parents in their native vernacular.
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  41. "It's been estimated that in the not-too-distant past, the number of languages spoken at one time peaked at 10,000+. So, at least 4000+ languages have gone extinct recently (a few hundred years)." (Marc Ettlinger, PhD, Linguistics, UC Berkeley.)
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  42. Yes, all Scots are British and they just voted to stay British.
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  43. I've been to Scotland a few times and their language is almost extinct - you just hear it occasionally in the Outer Hebrides like Stornoway. Besides, where do you get off telling people to learn a second language - are you the 'international communication police' or something?
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  44. +Duncan Colvin This is you telling 17.5 million people that they're 'stupid' 'idiots' in a thus-far unedited comment: "Yeah your (That should be 'you're'.) "not the 5th but 6th largest economy, 3rd in the continent."(UK and France economies are similar in size.) "And that will crumble as soon as the financial services sector gets handcuffed." (That's just speculative nonsense.) "@lazzaboyce what are you smoking? 62million vs 550million, 1 country vs. 27." (It's not a war and check your figures, as that 550 million includes UK population.) "I am in awe as to how you idiots think that you are more powerful." (Brexit has nothing to do with being more powerful than other countries, it is all about sovereignty) "WTO would be the same deal as Brazil gets."(Brazil is one of the world's fastest growing economies.) "Goddamn you people are stupid." (Really? I think you just proved that you're the 'stupid' 'idiot'!) ;o)
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  45. +Jose Tavares The point is it's the UK that has the buying power and is the main customer here. The UK has its own ports and can import from anywhere in the world. There's zero advantage in EU27 countries making it difficult for their businesses to sell into the UK market. The UK can buy goods from other countries and can produce more of the things it needs internally. It is not essential to disrupt the traffic of trade on the basis the associated paperwork has changed, as of course, this can all be sorted 'on the hoof'. If the EU wants to hold up their exports going to the UK to make a point, then they might end up having to search for new customers who are more happy to be kept waiting.
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  46. +Mark Wilson Ireland is not an issue (just more project fear). All trade carries paperwork and goods can be random checked against paperwork at any point in transit. People also have paperwork (passports/visas) and can cross unhindered and be regulated. People visiting Ireland for recreation can have automatic limited visitor visa to cross border. There's not many people in Ireland so it's hardly a smuggler's paradise; there really is no problem.
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  47. Who knew Aunt Sally and Worzel had a daughter?
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  48. If in 2016 staying in the EU was seen to be the 'safer' choice and voting for Brexit was the risk option. Then of the people that were in 'two-minds' up until actually placing their cross on the ballot paper, a much higher proportion would have voted Remain. This must mean that more 2016 Remain voters would now change their vote than visa versa.
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  49.  @NotShowingOff  The big panic is coming from those wanting to stop Brexit. You would think they would welcome a 'car crash' Brexit - because they could say 'we were right all along' and the mood would shift to Remain. Perhaps, they really know the UK will prosper in Brexit and their plan for the UK to be part of a united states of Europe will be kaput.
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  50. I don't think so - there's a lot of propaganda to this effect. 'Brexit' is used a buzz word in connection with every negative story. However, the reality is pro-EU politicians see a join referendum as being an impossible hurdle.
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