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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by sbhn on Thursday May 16, 2019 @04:39AM (#19927200)
That sounds like england with brexit. Cake and eat it to
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by vinay427 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @04:52AM (#19927255)
It sounds like what many in the UK thought they could get with Brexit, and not the reality of Brexit.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by arethuza on Thursday May 16, 2019 @04:55AM (#19927267)
One of the main leaders of the Leave campaign and someone who highly likely to be the next Prime Minister of the UK literally said:

"My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it."

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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by vinay427 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:17AM (#19927652)
Exactly. I actually can't tell if you're trying to raise a point of disagreement?
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by arethuza on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:36AM (#19928877)
Apologies, I was trying to emphasise that the "cake" theme was something that literally did feature in Brexit discussions.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by kingkawn on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:11AM (#19927350)
Who has cake and doesn’t eat it?
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