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Relentlessly pummelling us with arroga-bantz until we are all as one in his vortex and for one, brief, singularity we believe his looks are indeed ‘chocolate box’…only for him to reg, trainwreck and for us all to realise, like Sebastian Fontaine, he’s pissed himself again.

Smallsy is the muppetmaster….. and we are his muppets

Si, the big daft, bounding terrier of bants, desperate to please, hoping to be loved, yet excitable and quick to turn when he feels his affectionate, homely bants are being spurned.

  • -si- replied to this.

    Have set up a bants Miro board for my tutees.

    The first thing they see are two Autobots laughing with the caption ‘Bantsformers.’

    They know right then that they are in seriously good hands.

    • -si- replied to this.

      Horriffing
      noun

      1. The relentless back and forth of decades old ‘bants’ based on an imaginary concept shared between two parties. Seldom amusing to non-participants and frequently read in the voice of ‘Comic Book Guy’ from the Simpsons.

      What OLB would be like negotiating bants with MC, his biggest detractor

      Smallman1 Have set up a bants Miro board for my tutees.

      Sounds like paradise, ed. Definitely the one i’d run to.

      Does anybody know any proper Brexiters? If so, what is their take on it so far?

        Amps Does anybody know any proper Brexiters? If so, what is their take on it so far?

        I know quite a few, I’d say about 25% of people I ever discuss politics with.

        To me, the economic arguments are fairly conclusively in Remain’s favour.

        Almost all the Brexiters I know (who are probably generally more educated than the average Brexiter) came down in favour of Leave on the basis of sovereignty/accountability/'how do we remove these bastards when they don’t act in our interests?(at least you can remove a Westminster government)', which to me is quite a reasonable argument. They stand by that, mostly, while accepting the economic effects were worse than they’d hoped they would be. I think they did in most cases, genuinely believe that the EU would have to bend over backwards to accommodate us, though, (one person I know said “the economy will be fine, when it comes down to it the German car-makers will make sure there’s a good deal”, parroting a line of many deluded leavers) and have had a rude awakening in this regard.

          bosstrabs while accepting the economic effects were worse than they’d hoped they would be

          This I think is where I think my head falls off… the lack of insight or cynicism towards what would happen. Do they all still believe it was done for sovereignty and the like?

            Along_the_Wire Sorry, on this I meant that it might be about immigration for the average thicket in the street, but I think it was about money for the politicians and their mates etc.

            • LT42 replied to this.

              Amps Well, for some, they did vote that way based on the sovereignty position.

              I also know someone who somewhat secretly confided to me “End of the day, I am a bit of a racist and I don’t want any more of the fuckers here, I don’t care if they come from Poland or Pakistan and I don’t care if it fucks the economy for a while”, and I would respect Leavers more if more of them just said this 😆

              Amps The offshore tax havens have been protected and regulators in Brussels can’t get their hands on them. Job done.

                LT42 The offshore tax havens have been protected and regulators in Brussels can’t get their hands on them. Job done.

                You and I know that this was the major driver.

                Nevertheless, it doesn’t totally invalidate the sovereignty/accountability position some Brexiters hold. If you rephrase it as “I believe government should be devolved down to the lowest possible level, and the nation-state is closer to people than the EU” I can understand their position. I would still vote Remain tomorrow, but it’s an understandable position

                • LT42 replied to this.

                  bosstrabs “I believe government should be devolved down to the lowest possible level, and the nation-state is closer to people than the EU"

                  You’re right but at the end of the day that standpoint is/was just a fanciful notion when it’s clear the Govt could not give 2 fucks about people, anyone thinking they do is far removed from reality.

                  Special interests have and always will take precedent over the general population and I just can’t get my head around relatively intelligent people thinking otherwise.