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Theresa May’s Downing Street speech last night may have seemed baffling to those watching at home but there may be a clue as to its purpose in how the government social media machine has used the footage.Soon after she finished talking in Downing Street, the official UK government Facebook pay began paying to promote a clip of her speaking under the banner “Brexit: Let’s Get On With It”.The adverts, funded using public money, began running on Facebook last night and have already been seen at least two million times, according to the social network’s new advertising disclosure rules.These views do not necessarily mean than a Facebook user bothered to watch any of the video - but they do mean that they saw a video in their newsfeed of Theresa May talking alongside the quote “You want this stage of the Brexit process to be over and done with. I agree. I am on your side.”Although the sums involved are not enormous - up to £10,000 has been spent promoting the video since last night - it is another example of how Facebook ads are being used to put pressure on MPs to back Brexit by directly targeting MPs. One mysterious group campaigning for a hard Brexit, which has never revealed its financial backers, has spent almost half a million pounds on targeted Facebook ads since last October.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584For anyone interested x
Quote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 07:27:43 amhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584For anyone interested xFor anyone who doesn't want Theresa's deal or No Deal please sign x
Quote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 01:31:56 pmQuote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 07:27:43 amhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584For anyone interested xFor anyone who doesn't want Theresa's deal or No Deal please sign xb*llocks. Some people may want none of those 3 options.
TRBThat article is nonsense because it totally avoids the most important issue and the reason for it. The entire EU strategy has been based on the principle that, if we want a deal, it has to come with a guarantee that Ireland is not f**ked about. He blithely skirts around that. If it wasn't for Ireland, the entire situation would be different. So his conclusion that the EU is demo straying to other countries that it's not worth leaving is nonsense. He's drawing a general conclusion from a specific example. It reads like another "I'll decide what I believe first, then write an article to support that" piece.
The thing about revoking Article 50 - it is a really bad thing for the Govt to do without a GE or Ref2 to underpin it. But...given the stupidly dangerous game that May is playing, planning a vote on her deal 24 hours before the leave deadline, revocation really does now come into play.One thing is certain. Leaving with no deal would be the ultimate insult to the democratic process. There has never been anything remotely approaching a majority for No Deal in any poll. No one was supporting No Deal in the 2016 campaign [1] and the fact that a handful of the usual suspects have flipped and moved to supporting it now tells you all you need to know about their respect for democracy.So, if we're faced with crashing out with No Deal next Friday, a vote to revoke A50 might be the only option.[1] And before the usual suspects in here start bleating that everyone who voted Leave in 2016 wanted No Deal and knew what they were voting for, here's a challenge. Go back and find a clip of ANY prominent Brexiter advocating a No Deal Brexit in June 2016. For every one you find, I'll post 10 of others promoting various forms of deal.
976000+ signatures gathered to revoke A50 in just 16 hours. Click on it and watch the votes change - every 15 seconds another 400 or so go on - and (this is an edit) now over 980000 - 4000 since I posted the original60 people on the March to Leave have arrived at the Red Lion (- Farage of course)
Quote from: Boomstick on March 21, 2019, 10:49:32 amQuote from: Donnywolf on March 21, 2019, 10:30:02 am 696,204 signatures on the Petition now to Revoke Article 50Site keeps crashing as around 4000 people a minute are adding their names. It takes 100,000 signatures to "request" Parliament to consider whether to debate it - and will be largely useless if they dont find time to decide whether to daebate it and / or dont find the time to do soLet's see if it gets anywhere near 17.5 million. If course we all know it won't. Pointless exercise.The remainers with this petition remind me of Hitler sat in his bunker with the Red Army knocking at the door insisting he will still win the war!
Quote from: Donnywolf on March 21, 2019, 10:30:02 am 696,204 signatures on the Petition now to Revoke Article 50Site keeps crashing as around 4000 people a minute are adding their names. It takes 100,000 signatures to "request" Parliament to consider whether to debate it - and will be largely useless if they dont find time to decide whether to daebate it and / or dont find the time to do soLet's see if it gets anywhere near 17.5 million. If course we all know it won't. Pointless exercise.
696,204 signatures on the Petition now to Revoke Article 50Site keeps crashing as around 4000 people a minute are adding their names. It takes 100,000 signatures to "request" Parliament to consider whether to debate it - and will be largely useless if they dont find time to decide whether to daebate it and / or dont find the time to do so
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 01:57:28 pmThe thing about revoking Article 50 - it is a really bad thing for the Govt to do without a GE or Ref2 to underpin it. But...given the stupidly dangerous game that May is playing, planning a vote on her deal 24 hours before the leave deadline, revocation really does now come into play.One thing is certain. Leaving with no deal would be the ultimate insult to the democratic process. There has never been anything remotely approaching a majority for No Deal in any poll. No one was supporting No Deal in the 2016 campaign [1] and the fact that a handful of the usual suspects have flipped and moved to supporting it now tells you all you need to know about their respect for democracy.So, if we're faced with crashing out with No Deal next Friday, a vote to revoke A50 might be the only option.[1] And before the usual suspects in here start bleating that everyone who voted Leave in 2016 wanted No Deal and knew what they were voting for, here's a challenge. Go back and find a clip of ANY prominent Brexiter advocating a No Deal Brexit in June 2016. For every one you find, I'll post 10 of others promoting various forms of deal. It's a very fluid situation, it may well be that the longer it goes on, the more people will want a no deal
Quote from: Boomstick on March 21, 2019, 02:35:12 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 01:57:28 pmThe thing about revoking Article 50 - it is a really bad thing for the Govt to do without a GE or Ref2 to underpin it. But...given the stupidly dangerous game that May is playing, planning a vote on her deal 24 hours before the leave deadline, revocation really does now come into play.One thing is certain. Leaving with no deal would be the ultimate insult to the democratic process. There has never been anything remotely approaching a majority for No Deal in any poll. No one was supporting No Deal in the 2016 campaign [1] and the fact that a handful of the usual suspects have flipped and moved to supporting it now tells you all you need to know about their respect for democracy.So, if we're faced with crashing out with No Deal next Friday, a vote to revoke A50 might be the only option.[1] And before the usual suspects in here start bleating that everyone who voted Leave in 2016 wanted No Deal and knew what they were voting for, here's a challenge. Go back and find a clip of ANY prominent Brexiter advocating a No Deal Brexit in June 2016. For every one you find, I'll post 10 of others promoting various forms of deal. It's a very fluid situation, it may well be that the longer it goes on, the more people will want a no deal Great. Then put it to a referendum.
And I'll say again because it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Leaving with No Deal would be the biggest miscarriage of natural justice in our political history. Fortunately, it won't happen.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 03:18:59 pmAnd I'll say again because it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Leaving with No Deal would be the biggest miscarriage of natural justice in our political history. Fortunately, it won't happen.In your opinion. Fortunately most of Britain disagree with you.
Quote from: Axholme Lion on March 21, 2019, 03:25:43 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 03:18:59 pmAnd I'll say again because it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Leaving with No Deal would be the biggest miscarriage of natural justice in our political history. Fortunately, it won't happen.In your opinion. Fortunately most of Britain disagree with you. You've spoken to them? All of them?
Quote from: Axholme Lion on March 21, 2019, 03:25:43 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 03:18:59 pmAnd I'll say again because it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Leaving with No Deal would be the biggest miscarriage of natural justice in our political history. Fortunately, it won't happen.In your opinion. Fortunately most of Britain disagree with you.17.4million isn't even a third of the population?
Quote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 03:42:55 pmQuote from: Axholme Lion on March 21, 2019, 03:25:43 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 03:18:59 pmAnd I'll say again because it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Leaving with No Deal would be the biggest miscarriage of natural justice in our political history. Fortunately, it won't happen.In your opinion. Fortunately most of Britain disagree with you.17.4million isn't even a third of the population?And 17.4 million don't want no deal. They voted leave, not no deal.
Quote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 03:44:12 pmQuote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 03:42:55 pmQuote from: Axholme Lion on March 21, 2019, 03:25:43 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 03:18:59 pmAnd I'll say again because it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Leaving with No Deal would be the biggest miscarriage of natural justice in our political history. Fortunately, it won't happen.In your opinion. Fortunately most of Britain disagree with you.17.4million isn't even a third of the population?And 17.4 million don't want no deal. They voted leave, not no deal.Therefore parliament should support TM's deal, problem solved.
Quote from: Axholme Lion on March 21, 2019, 03:49:34 pmQuote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 03:44:12 pmQuote from: DonnyOsmond on March 21, 2019, 03:42:55 pmQuote from: Axholme Lion on March 21, 2019, 03:25:43 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2019, 03:18:59 pmAnd I'll say again because it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Leaving with No Deal would be the biggest miscarriage of natural justice in our political history. Fortunately, it won't happen.In your opinion. Fortunately most of Britain disagree with you.17.4million isn't even a third of the population?And 17.4 million don't want no deal. They voted leave, not no deal.Therefore parliament should support TM's deal, problem solved. Why? They didn't vote for TM's deal.