O/T DDay for Brexit..well sort of...

[Timbertop]

You are right about London great_fire. It's a different world to most of the rest of the country and I'd imagine 95% of London's population are Remainers and that,unfortunately, is where the self-interested influence dictates. Sod the rest of us !

[animallittle3]

You are right about London great_fire. It's a different world to most of the rest of the country and I'd imagine 95% of London's population are Remainers and that,unfortunately, is where the self-interested influence dictates. Sod the rest of us !

28% of Londoners live in poverty , 7% above the national average .

[ragingpup]

You are right about London great_fire. It's a different world to most of the rest of the country and I'd imagine 95% of London's population are Remainers and that,unfortunately, is where the self-interested influence dictates. Sod the rest of us !

Sounds a bit distorted to my experience as a London exile. Most of us on normal wages are struggling to pay the mortgage. I think the biggest difference is that we already live in a multi cultural city and, warts and all, are quite happy with that on balance, so lack the Immigration focus that many have as a driver for the leave vote. But as far as financial security goes, I lack a long way behind most of my Rotherham family and friends, many of whom have paid off their houses now. I'm 52 and have another 23 years left on a London mortgage!

A different world indeed!

[Exiletyke]

Sounds a bit distorted to my experience as a London exile. Most of us on normal wages are struggling to pay the mortgage. I think the biggest difference is that we already live in a multi cultural city and, warts and all, are quite happy with that on balance, so lack the Immigration focus that many have as a driver for the leave vote. But as far as financial security goes, I lack a long way behind most of my Rotherham family and friends, many of whom have paid off their houses now. I'm 52 and have another 23 years left on a London mortgage!

A different world indeed!

"so lack the Immigration focus that many have as a driver for the leave vote."




Agree with your sentiments rp but you should not make such assumptions a la KA as you are not privvy to that information on reasons for voting one way or another

[ragingpup]

"so lack the Immigration focus that many have as a driver for the leave vote."




Agree with your sentiments rp but you should not make such assumptions a la KA as you are not privvy to that information on reasons for voting one way or another

I did make that point reservedly. But I can only go from my own experience of talking to normal working people down here in East London and many people I've spoken to in Rotherham over the last few years. Those conclusions may be wrong but it is based on quite a lot of talking with quite a lot of folk in the two towns recently.

[great_fire]

It was actually 60% Remain in London, amongst the chattering classes you are looking at 90% though, at least.

[animallittle3]

I see the talent in the Tory Party are positioning themselves to replace May should she bite the bullet anytime after Tuesday .

You've got to laugh of course at the likes of McVey of Universal Credit fame , Boris the buffoon thinks he's a sniff of course and let's not rule out Gove who manages to support a hard brexit and still supports the PM at the same time .

Old Linton will have to earn his corn turning these candidates in to an electable face should we go to a GE .

Only failing Grayling could add to the comedy but it's likely he wouldn't even know a leadership contest was taking place given his record on the train service thus far .

[great_fire]

It's never been a party political thing.

Enoch Powell and Tony Benn were on the same side in 1975.

And Thatcher was for staying in, for all of her anti-Europe reputation.

[BigLadonOS]

Has anyone on here thought about changing the way they voted now that we have had all this sh1t thrown at us are has it made you more pro the way you voted?

I'm more pro the way I voted - Out with a no deal now but originally out with some type of deal.

[animallittle3]

It's never been a party political thing.

Enoch Powell and Tony Benn were on the same side in 1975.

And Thatcher was for staying in, for all of her anti-Europe reputation.

Different times fire and the EU a totally different beast than today don't you think ?