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  • in reply to: General Discussion #220893
    trekbuster
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    And I imagine ANTIFA support Remain so….

    go on, show us a photo from the Remain march with an “Antifa” flag

    As for post #3063

    give it up St. john, the £350m is a busted flush, an outright fallacy and you know it deep down

    in reply to: General Discussion #221100
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    That’s semantics though. The gross figure is still £350m, the rebate is taken out of that. But even the rebate plus public sector receipts still amounts to less than what France receives in public sector receipts alone. So I still don’t see that it’s misleading as a gross figure I’m afraid.

    The debate your making here is along the lines of someone saying they get paid £40k per year because their annual salary is £40,000, but in reality income tax and NI is taken out of that before they ever receive it, so is it a lie to say they get paid £40k per year? I don’t think most people would see that as a lie, since tax and NI is a given, as is the rebate and public sector receipts. And bear in mind that that £350m figure doesn’t include remittances, overseas child benefit payments, subsidisation of students at UK universities, EU prisoners in UK jails and others costs like burdening of infrastructure and cost of regulations to business.

    No, sorry but you are muddle headed over this, as are most anti-EU people over this figure which has been entirely discredited. The real problem is the word SEND that you used and was on the side of the bus.
    Your £40k salary analogy is ar@se about T@t. A much better analogy is the one in the lnk set out above, if you had read it you might have understood.
    the cost to the UK and the rebate is actually more closely analogous to going into a car dealer and buying a car in a showroom. The list price is £35000, but you negotiate a £9000 discount. You then owe £26000 and pay it. You don’t send them £35000 and they then give you back the £9000.You never contracted to send the car company £35000 so at no point have you actually owed £35000, nor could you say by NOT buying the car that you have SAVED £35000 or have taken back control of your £35000.
    nobody assumes a cars list price is the price actually paid do they?

    in reply to: General Discussion #221103
    trekbuster
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    I am afraid St.John it is not a fact we SEND 350m GROSS. This is a contradiction in terms. We have never sent that much because the rebate was taken off so NET the UK’s contribution was closer to £240 million. So for Boris or anyone to say that we would take back control of £350m , or make £350m saving is just simply untrue.
    https://fullfact.org/europe/350-mill…hority-misuse/
    the head of the UK statistics authority sent Boris a letter to that effect
    https://www.statisticsauthority.gov….-Secretary.pdf

    in reply to: General Discussion #221272
    trekbuster
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    Unfortunately for you and the Torybrexitgraph he didn’t actually say those words….
    https://fullfact.org/europe/mark-carney-brexit-golden-age/
    the main thust of the speech was suggesting global growth is faltering
    https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/speech/2019/the-global-outlook-speech-by-mark-carney.pdf?la=en&hash=6725EA590D46F11FBFDFF4744E4E90158D4BCECE#page=19

    in reply to: General Discussion #221329
    trekbuster
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    From your own favorite tabloid yesterday John,

    Since when did Brexiteers become such a bunch of pearl-clutching snowflakes? Has it really come to this that the lion-hearted warriors for Britain’s independence have been reduced to a gaggle of maiden aunts with the vapours?

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics…ng-snowflakes/
    Makes a change for them, but as is often the case, the majority pro brexshyte press deliberately misrepresented what was said. It was aimed at pro brexshyte polititians prior to the vote, not those who voted for leaving the eu
    another perspective to provide some much needed balance
    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-tusk-brexit-comments-brexiteers-theresa-may-rees-mogg-boris-johnson-a8767906.html

    in reply to: General Discussion #221465
    trekbuster
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    An interesting speech delivered at UCL, taking all sides to task, but some prominent brexshyters get a special mention

    http://www.6dock.com/2019/01/22/mps-…r-ivan-rogers/

    It would also appear that many no deal pro brexit commentators don’t do their research properly
    https://inews.co.uk/news/james-delin…-brexit-video/

    if you want to see the full crash and burn….
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTlv8NLrfU

    in reply to: General Discussion #221512
    trekbuster
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    Since your source is the the daily Torybrexitgraph John, perhaps you can understand why it should perhaps be taken with a large pinch of salt, especially as it has had to admit on page 2 today to telling large porkies about other matters. How can it be trusted?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47013324

    in reply to: General Discussion #221522
    trekbuster
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    Oh Dear, it seems the Daily Fail’s website has been rumbled https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46976834 Can’t see them wriggling out of it tbh

    in reply to: General Discussion #221572
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    Whilst they say no Uk Jobs to be lost, it does mean that yet more of the manufacturing is likely to be overseas. 6%of turnover reinvested in the UK. Not exactly generous of the guy who has accepted many millons of EU money.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46962093

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eu-farming-subsidies-billionaires-high-uk-rich-list-recipients-brexit-james-dyson-earl-rosebery-cap-a7815871.html

    in reply to: General Discussion #221750
    trekbuster
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    Re. #2816
    the source is not exactly reliable, and yo only have to read the comments below it to realise who his fan base are.
    as Wiki says about Felix Lace and the BPS :
    “which is one among countless examples that show you don’t need to be educated, honest, or careful about the sources that back up your claims to be profitable when you say things people like to hear”
    “It turns out that much of the work Lace does is actually just reading the words of other people in a flashy animation. YouTuber Kraut and Tea exposed Black Pigeon Speaks as a plagiarist. Lace composed his script by cutting and pasting the words of other people together in a single script, and then read those words verbatim.”

    in other words gullable people view his stuff and he gets paid

    in reply to: General Discussion #221751
    trekbuster
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    NO I WON’T

    since shouting seems to be in season
    and you should read the response on the website

    in reply to: General Discussion #221801
    trekbuster
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    Two Alternative petitions to consider, for balance. Just shows that in all probability there is not a majority on any position, either in parliament nor, I suspect, the country any more
    the second is currently live

    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/223729
    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232984

    in reply to: General Discussion #222823
    trekbuster
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    He was laughed at by the whole assembly, fantastic.
    he has subsequently tried to say they were laughing with him…..
    no, they were laughing at him

    in reply to: General Discussion #222973
    trekbuster
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    Again you are deliberately missing the point, or perhaps it went over your head.
    Singling out selective information in the way that your chosen video presenters have with the deliberate intention of using criminality by a selective (and tiny) proportion of a group and then leading to insinuation that all members of that group are therefore undesirable is poor logic even when such behaviour is proven and reprehensible.
    Presenting ‘facts’ in such a way that indicates your dislike of a religion and are intended to encourage others to the same viewpoint is still islamaphobic, or anti-semitic, or anti-christian etc. etc.
    If such as selective perspective spotlight was shone on any individual or small groups of any population following the same false logic it could be argued that any group is undesirable.
    For example, cyclists. If you read the comments after the numerous articles on cyclists in the Daily Heil as an example, (although the same can be found in the Express, Sun, local newspapers etc. Etc) you could be lead to the conclusion that all cyclists are wicked and that the vast majority of the population believe that they should be allowed to drive them off the road. Yet this is patently false on both counts. There are some idiot cyclists, but not every cyclist is an idiot and not everyone believes they should be taken off the roads.
    So, in conclusion I don’t need to debunk them as it is not simply the material but the presentation and emphasis that is offensive.
    As far as the suggestion that christian scandals are more likely to be brought to the fore than other religions this is simly a blinkered veiwpoint. Scandals from 40 plus years ago are only just being brought to light because of the coverups from the establishment within churches and outside them. If you want to believe that narrative, you will find evidence to support it . It is called confirmation bias.

    in reply to: General Discussion #223060
    trekbuster
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    I was being generous to you, trying to understand how you could not see he was suggesting the anti-muslim rhetoric by “Sargon”was reminiscent of the EDL, which even Yaxley-Lennon had the good sense to leave.
    Islamophobia as a term includes ‘dislike of Muslims’ If you are suggesting that the above video does not demonstrate this…..
    As for the ‘facts’ and ‘disproving’ them, that is actually a seperate issue. Conspiracy theorists such as D’Souza and Benjamin are very selective in their presentation, and it doesn’t take much effort to find how innacurate (by ommision often) and often desperate their attempts to join their dots are.
    systematic abuse of children and vulnerable adolescents is not exlusive to any religion, and should be rightly condemned wherever it is found. Perhaps you could find a video on the latest scandal to hit the catholic church in Pennslvania, or Australia, or Canada or Ireland. Or by Evangelicals in the US, or Anglicans in the UK.
    Do,you think this is something that should be happening in 2018 Western countries?

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