Jonathan Pie Brexit

[sodthisforfun]

Saw this today and it immediately made me think of the attacks from Ellal, JohnD etc over brexit.

Takes a comedian to say it better than most Hope don't mind the colourful language!

 

[Bodd]

Very funny

 

[Notch7]

A very rare breed, undoubtedly on the 'close to extinction' list...........a non smug remainer

 

[EFLImpudence]

I don't think he's right about Boris.

Do you remember he wrote two speeches; one for, as he always believed, and one against?

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

Simple response: the Remainers are better and more highly educated. kinda destroys the initial observation of the comedian.

Britain would have likely voted to remain in the European Union were its population educated to a slightly higher level, a new study has found.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...leave-eu-remain-voters-educated-a7881441.html
There are many such studies which all arrive at the same conclusion.

 

[SirGalahad]

I don't think he's right about Boris.

Do you remember he wrote two speeches; one for, as he always believed, and one against?

Yep. Bojo an opportunist.

 

[sodthisforfun]

I don't think he's right about Boris.

Do you remember he wrote two speeches; one for, as he always believed, and one against?

Well, Boris isn't the best example of a good politician in any scenario!

 

[Ihavenojob]

good politician

Oxymoron.

 

[sodthisforfun]

Oxymoron.

Fair point!

 

[gasbanni]

Reese mogg .....an honest politician .......

 

[Notch7]

There are many such studies which all arrive at the same conclusion

But you voted remain: disproves above statement.

 

[Notch7]

kinda destroys the initial observation of the comedian.

Actually, if you look at this with a bit more intelligence than a smug remainer, it kinda destroys the argument.

But these figures fail to account for the all-important fact that Leavers are, on average, much older than Remainers. According to YouGov, 75% of 18 to 24 year-olds voted to remain in the European Union, while 64% of over-65s voted to Leave. The elderly (and, indeed, the middle-aged) were young at a time when a far lower percentage of people attended university.

For decades, the proportion of university graduates as a percentage of the population has been rising – with the biggest escalation happening during the New Labour years. Today, 16 years after Tony Blair first set out Labour’s goal for half of all school leavers to reach university, this aim is within a whisker of becoming reality.

So, yes, the young are more likely to hold educational qualifications than the old, but taking these figures at face value – or using them as a marker of intelligence – is a flawed approach, which fails to control for rates of university attendance and the impact of grade inflation on educational outcomes.

https://iea.org.uk/are-brexit-voters-really-less-intelligent-than-remainers/

So results skewed by undergrad snowflakes, not made brighter by their Mum and Dad funded gap year and BSc in golf course management ......tell em to go and get a real job like a heating and plumbing engineer

 

[Ihavenojob]

I have 2 kids in the 18_24 age group,one at uni,one with her own business. One voted in,the other out,any guesses to which way they voted?

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

Aah, the IEA:
Far right, far left, or centrist? Take a guess.

it is more vital than ever that we promote the intellectual case for a free economy, low taxes, freedom in education, health and welfare and lower levels of regulation.

https://iea.org.uk/about-us
Run by:
Lord (Ralph) Harris "He was the high priest of the libertarian right, whose creed included full-blooded monetarism, the unleashing of market forces, sharp tax cuts, unrestricted Sunday trading, the castration of trade unions and the abolition of minimum wages" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/oct/20/guardianobituaries.obituaries
And Arthur Seldon "A neoliberal free marketeer, he influenced the policies of Margaret Thatcher." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seldon
And of course Sir Antony Fisher, another devout libertarian.

Of course they will be ardent Brexiteers.

 

[SirGalahad]