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Yeah, and look out for the earthquakes, plagues, famine and pestilence if the floods don't do the trick!

Discussing these things over drinks is my idea of a terrible night out, but I do accept that, Like I, You have an opinion you are entitled to. I also accept you can do whatever you like with that opinion. Even if I disagree. We are all here to live our lives the way we please. Thank you for not only listening to my opinion, but also letting me know yours.

Cars are submerged and some polling stations are closing as flooding affects London and the South East., I can hear them shouting already for an extension to the poll for those who were flooded, Depending on the result of course

Oh to be back in a pub on a Friday (or any night really), having a couple of pints, with Bedlington friends, and being able to see the faces and expressions of the people you are discussing current events with. For me you can learn more about a person in an evening over a pint than you can attempting to interpret the true meaning of that persons written words on social media sites. Putting to right, depending on how many pints one has consumed, the country; the world, and even more importantly explaining how, if you were manager, you would guide NUFC to success - one day Malcolm, it will happen. One might even be tempted to partake in some unhealthy food that leaves you, and your clothes, smelling of that aroma, blended majestically with the beer so that when you arrive home your partner finds you irresistible and you are forced to make passionate love for hours then drift off into a sound and rewarding sleep knowing that in one evening you have accomplished more than the government have managed in their term of office and when you awake in the morning the one thing you are certain of - next Friday you will do the same again! I will try and explain, without the aid of alcohol, what I mean :- I vote in General Elections, local government elections and referendums. Do I fully understand what the party mandate I am voting for, or the consequences of my vote will have? Simple answer = No but I am entitled to vote and, like (in my opinion) the majority of the electorate (in my opinion) I understand basic economics but do not have any in depth knowledge that would enable me to categorically say a policy is right or wrong, I will use that vote. Am I totally blind to what the hell is going on? No Is every, or even any, speech you here by a politician, or Mayor or local government officer etc. etc. the truth or is it a prepared speech to say the right things? Would we prefer it if every time a speech was made it was 'Doom & Gloom' or do we prefer them to be positive? Do we have to listen to them? When a party political broadcast comes on after the evening news do we have to listen to them? The list could go on, and on and on. If only I had done a Foxy and stayed out of it. I am now imagining the taste of that pint of Sharps Doom Bar as I pause to refresh the pallet - even typing the words makes me thirsty. I Remain, even though I don't full understand, yours sincerely Eggy ps. and I won't Submit Reply and then go back and check and edit. But happy to be put right if we ever meet over a pint.

Chilcot is due out 6th July, that will be a good day for them to sneak out a few embarrassing EU snippets while we are all preoccupied with the whitewash

I believe in Australia, where you are obliged to vote, there is an option to abstain.

What? Is this seriously your opinion? You really think you should vote blindly, without understanding any facts, lead on by fiction and propaganda, for something you understand nothing about, rather than accepting you don't understand what the hell is going on and staying out of the whole thing? This kind of thinking is what scares me most about the whole deal... Having the choice of a beheading or a mutilation, dressed up in fictitious facts and unfounded claims all there to trick you into a false sense of security, believing you know what you are actually voting for... ..when either choice is still a messed up version of a reality that only serves to feed the rich and those in the know, and leave us normal people with a raw deal and made to be thankful for it. Tell me this: If I was to turn around to you now and say "Right. Now. From my house, I now own everything, and you need to pay me 20% of anything you grow, trade or earn." Would you let me do that? Strange... its what we do Every. Damn. Day. And we're happy about it. We don't have the information to understand what goes on in this country. They make sure we don't have it, and when we ask for it they confuse us with false facts and lies to cover what they are doing. And why shouldn't they? everyone in business does what they do to get the most out of their time. That's business. And this whole mess is just one big business. Every member of parliament goes into the job saying they will change things, and most never do. Because they see it can't be done. They stagnate trying to get through the red tape each member before them has put in place to make in impossible to change the true cause of the problem. Then, after all is said and done, they want us to vote remain (or those looking into their own future do) so when they retire, they can follow the footsteps of Blair the rest of the previous prime ministers, and get a job in the EU paying much more than they got in office. Every piece of information we receive from anyone of standing is their opinion on how they can make the most money from the result. And frankly, anyone who thinks differently, in my eyes, is being blinded by their wool, and falling directly into their trap. Vote remain? great. this group of people get richer. Vote leave? Awesome, the other group get richer. For us in the working class and below, it won't make a blind bit of difference what we choose. Hell, we don't even understand the choice we've been asked to make. It's as simple as that, or as complex as you want to make it.

And now the end is nigh...................... has old blue eyes threegee convinced you? Take a pinch of Gove man Wrap it up in Osborne Add a touch of Johnson And a little bitty bit of blue Cameron boy Curly Corben kinkies Mixed with liberal orange policies If you lump it all together Well, you got a recipe for a get along scene Oh, Oh what a beautiful dream If it could only come true, you know, you know What we need is a great big melting pot Big enough to take the EU and all it's got And keep it stirring for threegee years or more And turn out confused coloured people by the score I Remain yours, truly Eggy

Thank you all for the kind wishes, I almost missed this thread as I'm trying to avoid social media and television until Saturday, Its worse than a nagging wife listening to Ca-moron, Boris, Osborne and Gove......oooops forgot to mention 3G