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TehBamski@lemmy.world to Gifs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

How Brexit started

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How Brexit started

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TehBamski@lemmy.world to Gifs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • porkchop
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    For the non-Brits, who is this guy?

    • fubarx@lemmy.ml
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      Jacob Rees-Mogg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg

      Incidentally, the hedge fund he co-founded just announced it was shutting down: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67648262

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        Is there actual reason to think this guy had something like a short position on the British economy before contributing to Brexit or is it just a meme

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          There’s the small matter of his Dad, a former editor of The Times, having written a book about how to profit from disaster capitalism.

          • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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            The apple didn’t fall from the tree

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              This is what people not from the UK (and a fair few who are) always fail to recognise: the Upper Class are engaged in economic war against everyone else, their goal is to maintain a local hegemony and they have been doing this continuously since at least the 11th Century.

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                A revolution would be glorious.

          • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            That’s something, I guess. Maybe we wouldn’t know specifically how he took advantage of it because the trades aren’t public record.

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          There’s every reason to get believe the worst about this guy, he’s so evil he would be out of place as a comic book villain. Well, maybe unless it was one of those edgy political comics.

          That said the cash is just a side effect and the actual reason he put this together, as i understand it, is to get revenge for Britain banning fox hunting.

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        Jacobry Smog

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        He’s the worst.

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      The worst kind of conservative, notorious for things like sleeping in parliament, and being vocally and actively anti-choice while profiteering from the sale of abortion pills, but gets away with much much worse.
      Smarmy cunt.

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      Walter the softy.

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      Nigel

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