EU referendum are you in or out

[PumaG]

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Now 2.37%. That’s a lot of people putting money on the outcome, in effect. The last few months it seemed to be tracking the mood of the referendum, so it’s positive for Remain that the pound is up, by about 5% from last week. The FTSE 100 is up too.

I'd be more interested in seeing who's shorting sterling

[phattslagg]

The worst bit? There was 1 white face in the original picture.

And they slapped the word LEAVE on top of it.

Cunts.

Do you have sources for this? Not inclined to doubt it, but I don't want to spread it further unless it's fact-checked.

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Nah, in general. Though "Britain's society is fucked", apart from being wildly inaccurate, couldn't be regarded as all that friendly either.

Same goes for calling people cunts.

Not that it will interest you and naturally opens me to yet more insult. But that phrase was put into my head, whilst working in Sydney in a largely multi-cultural environment. It wasn't what we might call a native Aussie who said it either, but he did have a thick Aussie accent and actually referred to himself as a "Wog".... "Sydney is fucked mate"

I see similarities with society's problems across all 3 English speaking societies raised in this and the Trump thread, but not anywhere on mainland Europe. And it has nothing to do with immigrants. Feral youth for example, you know, that old favourite of mine that brought more insult.

Heres a tip though. Don't visit Australia, you sensitive little soul.

You keep alluding your worldliness being the source of a more realistic view of the world versus my bubble but I've lived and worked across the UK, in the states and Oz too at various times and that hasn't brought me anywhere near the "uk is fucked mate"

I lived in Australia for 18 months and it is the probably the most racist country I've stayed in.

[PumaG]

Nah, in general. Though "Britain's society is fucked", apart from being wildly inaccurate, couldn't be regarded as all that friendly either.

Same goes for calling people cunts.

Not that it will interest you and naturally opens me to yet more insult. But that phrase was put into my head, whilst working in Sydney in a largely multi-cultural environment. It wasn't what we might call a native Aussie who said it either, but he did have a thick Aussie accent and actually referred to himself as a "Wog".... "Sydney is fucked mate"

I see similarities with society's problems across all 3 English speaking societies raised in this and the Trump thread, but not anywhere on mainland Europe. And it has nothing to do with immigrants. Feral youth for example, you know, that old favourite of mine that brought more insult.

Heres a tip though. Don't visit Australia, you sensitive little soul.

You keep alluding your worldliness being the source of a more realistic view of the world versus my bubble but I've lived and worked across the UK, in the states and Oz too at various times and that hasn't brought me anywhere near the "uk is fucked mate"

I lived in Australia for 18 months and it is the probably the most racist country I've stayed in.

and where does Britain fit in, 2nd 3rd?

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The worst bit? There was 1 white face in the original picture.

And they slapped the word LEAVE on top of it.

Cunts.

Do you have sources for this? Not inclined to doubt it, but I don't want to spread it further unless it's fact-checked.

The original image was sourced off of getty images

https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/ ... wsrc%5Etfw

EDIT: shitbags Breitbart used the same pic a while back

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/01 ... -minister/

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Nah, in general. Though "Britain's society is fucked", apart from being wildly inaccurate, couldn't be regarded as all that friendly either.

Same goes for calling people cunts.

Not that it will interest you and naturally opens me to yet more insult. But that phrase was put into my head, whilst working in Sydney in a largely multi-cultural environment. It wasn't what we might call a native Aussie who said it either, but he did have a thick Aussie accent and actually referred to himself as a "Wog".... "Sydney is fucked mate"

I see similarities with society's problems across all 3 English speaking societies raised in this and the Trump thread, but not anywhere on mainland Europe. And it has nothing to do with immigrants. Feral youth for example, you know, that old favourite of mine that brought more insult.

Heres a tip though. Don't visit Australia, you sensitive little soul.

You keep alluding your worldliness being the source of a more realistic view of the world versus my bubble but I've lived and worked across the UK, in the states and Oz too at various times and that hasn't brought me anywhere near the "uk is fucked mate"

I lived in Australia for 18 months and it is the probably the most racist country I've stayed in.

and where does Britain fit in, 2nd 3rd?

1st, this is likely my final choice. The US counts as more than one; Chicago, San Diego and Los Angeles are all very different.

[Barney]

This popped up on my FB feed today. Thought it was interesting, at least the video was.

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2016/06/16 ... um-debate/

[PumaG]

Nah, in general. Though "Britain's society is fucked", apart from being wildly inaccurate, couldn't be regarded as all that friendly either.

Same goes for calling people cunts.

Not that it will interest you and naturally opens me to yet more insult. But that phrase was put into my head, whilst working in Sydney in a largely multi-cultural environment. It wasn't what we might call a native Aussie who said it either, but he did have a thick Aussie accent and actually referred to himself as a "Wog".... "Sydney is fucked mate"

I see similarities with society's problems across all 3 English speaking societies raised in this and the Trump thread, but not anywhere on mainland Europe. And it has nothing to do with immigrants. Feral youth for example, you know, that old favourite of mine that brought more insult.

Heres a tip though. Don't visit Australia, you sensitive little soul.

You keep alluding your worldliness being the source of a more realistic view of the world versus my bubble but I've lived and worked across the UK, in the states and Oz too at various times and that hasn't brought me anywhere near the "uk is fucked mate"

I lived in Australia for 18 months and it is the probably the most racist country I've stayed in.

and where does Britain fit in, 2nd 3rd?

1st, this is likely my final choice. The US counts as more than one; Chicago, San Diego and Los Angeles are all very different.

in regards to racism,? you said Oz was 1st, where would you place Britain?

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Probably last or a tie with San Diego though it depends on where you are in the UK.

That said there seems to be an endemic racism in how service industries SoCal cities are run in large part by an underclass of immigrant mexican labour.

Fuck knows how that'll work out if a wall's built.

[Dio]

I've always thought Reginald D. Hunter got it right when he said we don't actually have racism here but we give it a good go. At least in part that probably reflects that overt racism is (normally) by people who don't actually matter very much and the institutionalized racism aspects here are relatively subtle.

[VNVObit]

This popped up on my FB feed today. Thought it was interesting, at least the video was.

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2016/06/16 ... um-debate/

Thought he was excellent speaker when i saw him earlier this year at a talk on EU referendum along with the Chair of Aliied Irish Banks GB and the Irish Ambassador at UCL's London campus. All pro remain presenting rational arguments

[F-ZeroOne]

I spend a week there and use my bike as often as possible, inc on the train.

Eh? I'm fairly certain rail operators would disallow that. And it's not like you can get very far, anyway. The carriages are quite short and you'd have to keep stopping to open the doors.

I dont quite fully understand, but yes carrying a bike on the train can be difficult (sshh) Virgin trains have been good.

You've missed the joke - "use my bike as often as possible, on the train". "And its not like you can get very far, anyway". Trust me, cycling down the carriages is usually against railway policy.

[Darkflame]

Fun though.
Especially when the train stops.

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I've always thought Reginald D. Hunter got it right when he said we don't actually have racism here but we give it a good go. At least in part that probably reflects that overt racism is (normally) by people who don't actually matter very much and the institutionalized racism aspects here are relatively subtle.

Yeah I'm kind of torn about that. Obvious racism is solveable over time, subtle and subliminal racism can have a huge effect on society over time and really hard to tackle.

The Guardian had a neat javascript apt a while back showing a profound effect minor preference in where you leave can have on bunching people of a similar race into groups over a long period of time.