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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:30 PM Sep 2019

Sir Paul McCartney: Brexit vote probably a mistake

... He had not voted in the referendum, he said, as he "didn't see anybody saying anything sensible enough ...

Reflecting on the 2016 Brexit vote, Sir Paul said the arguments made during the campaign had been "all crazy promises" ...

"And they were going, 'All right Paul - it's going to be like it was in the old days, we're going to go back.' And it was like, 'Yeah? Oh, I'm not sure about that.' And that attitude was very prevalent.

"I vote for someone I believe in and so often there's nobody I believe in. I have to get a bit inspired. At the moment I'm not really inspired" ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49756190

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Sir Paul McCartney: Brexit vote probably a mistake (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2019 OP
"I have to get a bit inspired"? To vote? maxsolomon Sep 2019 #1
+ struggle4progress Sep 2019 #5
The Susan Sarandon mindset. We know where that leads. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #6
The voice of privilege. johnp3907 Sep 2019 #2
Yes, that's it. When one doesn't have to worry about the consequences of the vote. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #4
His late wife seems to have been the one with morals and compassion in that marriage. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #8
He's a real BHDem53 Sep 2019 #3
no, you don't need to be inspired to fucking vote. JI7 Sep 2019 #7
He has the Susan Sarandon disease. Blue_true Sep 2019 #9

hlthe2b

(102,262 posts)
4. Yes, that's it. When one doesn't have to worry about the consequences of the vote.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:47 PM
Sep 2019

He once knew better, I'd bet.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. He has the Susan Sarandon disease.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 08:37 PM
Sep 2019

Evil can be staring them in their faces, breathing it's stinking breath all over them, and they still will rigidly focus on the most insignificant imperfection that they think they see in the good and decent candidate.

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