The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by stcredzero on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:29PM (#11971730)

I am amazed at the low level of discussion in the UK even by their representatives.

Here in the US, I find myself wishing political discourse would rise to the level of the UK.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by dang on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:16PM (#11972110)

Watching the BBC last night was like drinking better beer. I couldn't believe how much better it was, not just the broadcasters but nearly all the guests. The only bum note was the poor fellow who had to do a vaudeville act with hand-waving and silly magic graphs, and that was the one obviously CNN-derived bit.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by DanBC on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:36PM (#11972276)

We've had silly magic graphs for years!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/swingometer/

Here's a clip from 1979 http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/swingometer/11202.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8646445...

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by dang on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:32PM (#11972739)

Oh dear, I'm sorry for misimputing your magic graphs. I did feel sorry for Jeremy; he looked like a giant stooping over the blue and yellow gardens of the little people. The rest of the broadcast struck me as brilliant relative to what we have to endure over here.

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