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1. kat (kat@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 08:17:28 EST kat
   Does anyone still think that #Brexit is going to be a good thing ?
   1. Michael (spridlewv@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 08:18:45 EST Michael

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      @kat I can’t imagine that it could be, but that’s from an American completely clueless of the ins and outs of it all.

   2. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 17:35:13 EST Bob Jonkman

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      There's absolutely nothing on the news in #Canada about #Brexit. I only know about it because I read the BBC news.
      1. kat (kat@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 18:42:53 EST kat

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         @bobjonkman http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4294708 ... with such gems as  "the fond hope..", " a shrunken ambition .."
         1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:02:09 EST Bob Jonkman

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            The CBC's "Politics, Analysis" category isn't exactly mainstream news reporting...
            1. kat (kat@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:05:00 EST kat

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               @bobjonkman I don't know! I just bumped into it by accident.
   3. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 18:56:24 EST mcscx

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      @kat I don't understand why opposition leader Corbyn didn't want to vote for quitting Brexit in parliament.
      1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:00:42 EST Bob Mottram

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         @mcscx @kat Labour voters are said to be split evenly between pro and anti Brexit, so Corbyn is just doing the thing likely to cause the least friction which is to go along with the referendum result.
      2. kat (kat@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:07:37 EST kat

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         @mcscx I think.. 1. Corybn is proBrexit, 2. Going against "The will of the people" (WTF that is) would be not politically expedient.
         1. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:14:41 EST mcscx

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            @kat IMHO the Brexit result was an accident. A that big change should require 2/3 majority. Just 52% of voters (not of people) is not enough
            1. kat (kat@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:23:24 EST kat

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               @mcscx You should have told Cameron, before had the idea. The roots go back at least to the Conservative party in the 1980's
   4. Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:25:04 EST Matthew Davidson

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      ATM I agree with #Varoufakis that although the #EU is fundamentally undemocratic it's strategically wiser to try to reform it from within. The terms of Maastricht and the Fiscal Compact are appalling, but as #Corbyn is toeing the neoliberal fully-costed-and-fiscally-responsible line, for the foreseeable future any #UK government will act as though they apply anyway.