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Most of the variable combinations - other than Not + Not + Not - leave me feeling vaguely depressed. And a little worried. But as someone once said, we are ruled by those that we deserve.
Frank F | 10.06.16 - 7:33 a.m. | #
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That someone was wrong, we are merely ruled by those with the money and the connections to get there.
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Let's hope this isn't the darkest timeline...
MarcB | 10.06.16 - 8:29 a.m. | #
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I really hope for #1, at least politics etc would be interesting again, rather than the smug patronising establishment crowd we have at the moment, and I include Obama, all mouth, no action.
Very old guy not much longer to go | 10.06.16 - 9:13 a.m. | #
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I wasn't sure before but I'm tempted by 5 because it has the nicest colours
RogerW | 10.06.16 - 9:29 a.m. | #
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7 or 8 for me.
John | 10.06.16 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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Anybody believing Boris or Trump are apocalyptic anti-Christs have no idea about how much more harmful Chinese "Communists" can bring to the world.
Of course, that one factor doesn't seem as avertable as either Boris, Trump or Madam Clinton.
Patrickov | 10.06.16 - 9:44 a.m. | #
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By the way, Boris Johnson looks pretty much like one of those "all mouth no action guys" to me, and I believe Trump is going to be one if he wins the election.
Patrickov | 10.06.16 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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4, please.
David | 10.06.16 - 9:54 a.m. | #
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I’ll take #8, but fear that #4 is looking likely at this point, with #2 also distinctly possible.
If we get #1, stop the world, I want to get off.
Simon W | 10.06.16 - 10:02 a.m. | #
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For the person fearful about Chinese global influence, bear in mind that there are now more Christians than communists in China. Or perhaps, with atheism and selfish materialism on the rise in the UK, it is the god squad that you fear most. If so, then Trump and Boris are your men. As someone said, we get who we deserve.
Jonathan | 10.06.16 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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#4 for me as well
Ray | 10.06.16 - 12:03 p.m. | #
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only 1 from those 8 avoids a deep cold shudder and overwhelming nausea
how far through what terrifying looking glass have we fallen for a short and medium term future governed by despicable self-serving invertebrates like Cameron and Osborne is far from being the worst imaginable?
Cheer up all it will soon be Christmas
And be sure to vote Remain
Sciurus Carolinensis Nemesis | 10.06.16 - 12:52 p.m. | #
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that one is 8 btw
brexit surely accelerates boris's rise
reason enough if more reason were needed to avoid brexit
sadly we have to just sit and wait for the outcome of the us election
can we place any hope in the republican party's recent inability to get their candidate to the white house when they had an even faintly plausible candidate
in any other western democracy the republicans' opponents could put a chimp in a hat up against trump and shoo him swiftly into the oval office - the us populus can't vote in trump an they?
Sciurus Carolinensis Nemesis | 10.06.16 - 1:00 p.m. | #
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Well, "Brexit or not" is quite evenly balanced at the moment. Ditto "Trump or not" (heaven forbid).
But it seems to me that "Boris or not" is strongly correlated with the answer to "Brexit or not". Who do the "number 4" people think will be PM after Cameron, after Brexit, if not Boris? Gove? Grayling? Corbyn? Farage?
But if not Boris, who will replace Dave when he fulfils his promise to stand down before the next General Election? Gideon?
Andrew | 10.06.16 - 1:00 p.m. | #
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I think people are worrying too much over a potential Trump presidency, as the way I see it he has been thoroughly vetted, as one can see from watching the Republican debates. He's assured us that his hands aren't small, and neither is his penis, and that he's prepared to use nukes to keep America safe. He's also prepared to make good "deals" to Make America Great Again. What more could you want?
Phoenix | 10.06.16 - 1:17 p.m. | #
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"in any other western democracy the republicans' opponents could put a chimp in a hat up against trump and shoo him swiftly into the oval office - the us populus can't vote in trump an they?"
You'd think so but, hey, don't forget the logic-defying repeat popularity of Berlusconi !!!
RogerW | 10.06.16 - 1:57 p.m. | #
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"Very old guy not much longer to go" supports Brexit/Boris/Trump, leaving those of us who do have a few decades left in (touch wood) to live with the dire consequences.
Anthony | 10.06.16 - 3:13 p.m. | #
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2 or 4 will suit me, with 7 being the worst.
Gerry | 10.06.16 - 3:47 p.m. | #
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8 please
Madison | 10.06.16 - 4:04 p.m. | #
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Looks like the future is bad any way anyway. Still...as the song/saying goes "always look on the bright side of life". Or remind oneself that none of this will matter 100 years or so from now. So I suggest you shut-down the computer and do something worthwhile...and fret not about such silly things as 'brexit', boris, trump or their alternatives.
Grumpy Anon | 10.06.16 - 4:33 p.m. | #
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Very clever chart DG. It's simplicity disguises so many possible outcomes. I started as 8 and have since come to realise that it probably doesn't matter as, with other factors, the outcomes will still be similar. I could be a fatalist! What will be will be!
Dave | 10.06.16 - 6:29 p.m. | #
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@ Andrew 1300 - if Cameron is forced out / decides to go then the viciousness of the Tory MPs will be unleashed. There are zero guarantees that Boris would make it to be leader / PM. I suspect Teresa May or, heaven forfend, Gove would be the front runners. Gideon has burnt his bridges within the party due to botched budgets and support for Remain. MPs of all parties are febrile, grasping for power individuals and an immense ability to hold grudges for eons.
I find DG's chart of options profoundly depressing and I am utterly dreading the 24 June - if I haven't decided to blow my brains out by then. The so called "referendum debate" is beyond parody and well beyond my ability to cope with it. It's turning this country into a horrible nasty selfish place. How did we ever get into this horrendous mess?
PC | 10.06.16 - 10:39 p.m. | #
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One word @ PC - Tabloids! :(
Cornish Cockney | 11.06.16 - 10:33 a.m. | #
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@ PC
Cameron offered the EU referendum because he found it politically expedient to do so at the time. He wouldn't have done so if he thought Brexit would cause the sky to fall in and the world to end.
Now he's resorting to Project Fear, showing either that he was a liar then or he's a liar now.
Gerry | 11.06.16 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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@ Gerry - I do know it was a move to mollify his own party and to somehow neuter UKIP in the run up to the election. I don't think he is / was lying to the same extent as others I could name. I think he was merely being "politically expedient". Whether we like it or not that has always been part of politics. It's also part of management in many businesses where things are being done or prepared for but the workforce can't be told at a particular point of time. I dislike all of it but I recognise why it happens.
In the wider context of the Referendum then no one knows what will happen in the future. They can only throw "hunches" out into the wind and hope people believe them. Of course admitting you "don't know" is not exactly standard behaviour for politicians.
PC | 11.06.16 - 4:50 p.m. | #
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I think it might be 4. I'm not sure Dave or Boris can negotiate our exit. Theresa May has been very quiet and canny. A female PM and a female president fewer than 100 years after women got the vote.
Ttintinhaddock | 11.06.16 - 10:51 p.m. | #
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On the 'Murrican side of the pond I wholeheartedly choose 8. I could tolerate 6, 4, and 2..so you see what I'm really afraid of.
Colesville Garth | 12.06.16 - 3:29 a.m. | #
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It's an 8 from me too. I saw the best piece of commentary on the referendum today: that if there had been a referendum about holding this referendum, most people wouldn't have wanted it in the first place.
NickW | 12.06.16 - 12:18 p.m. | #
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#4 most appealing to me, I think.
followed by #2 as 2nd preference.
Dominic H | 13.06.16 - 7:22 p.m. | #
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It's going to be Brexit, and hence probably Boris as well. Why? Because the Sun has now endorsed it.
I'm no fan of Murdoch. He has few principles, but one of them is that he doesn't back losers. He watches and waits and then shamelessly joins the winning side. On 24 June it'll be a case of 'IT'S THE SUN WOT WON IT'.
Thankfully the Sun can't do the same for Trump. Oh wait, For Fox Sake...
Gerry | 14.06.16 - 11:19 a.m. | #
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Well, we know it's 3 or 4 now, so should be several happy commenters...
Edith | 02.07.16 - 9:46 a.m. | #
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Oh, and now spotted DG is bolding to keep us updated!
Edith | 02.07.16 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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Nobody saw 3 coming back in June, eh?
I wonder what odds you'd have got on 3.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 09.11.16 - 11:05 a.m. | #
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When I saw Brexit happen, I knew Trump was a shoe-in. The joy of being a Cassandra...
| 09.11.16 - 11:32 a.m. | #
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...and three years later, we finally get 1.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 24.07.19 - 7:59 a.m. | #
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Well hey, we may have ended up with number 1 but at least "politics etc [is] interesting again" (see the comment left by 'Very old guy not much longer to go'). Quite how "interesting" it all is I guess depends on your political outlook.
Matt | 12.07.20 - 4:42 p.m. | #
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