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Keep on having them until they get the outcome they desire? |
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Do a Trump on them I say and hit them tariff for tariff....they export more to the UK than we do to the EU. |
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They want a Ireland..Leave...No wait re-run...stay.....result. :) :03: PM May must hold firm on this one as they will ratchet it up. |
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^ yes, it is so easy. A referendum that was generously allowed to happen.. next please then be Scotland and Ireland, regarding their future relation to England. As you said the will of the people(s) shall always be asked for, and respected. Allowing this referendum but not another is perfectly democratic?
Next: Boaty McBoatface lol It seems a lot of people did not vote for or against brexit, they did not vote at all for whatever reason. A lot of people realised too late what they missed. Maybe there should be a certain number of percentage be necessary and requested to 'vote' as a real majority, for far reaching decisions like that. Another idea would be the changing will of the people over time, and be asked once more when they realise they have been betrayed by wrong numbers or propaganda.. or been hit by a bus. "Democracy was not served: Firstly, David Cameron used the promise of a referendum in order to pacify the eurosceptic section of his party and stop any more defections to UKIP before the General Election. This referendum was NOT about the best interests of the country, but about him gaining an advantage at the election. So that's abuse number 1. Secondly, the British public were not asked to make up their minds on the basis of sane, rational argument and a full presentation of the facts. Both the Remain side and the Leave side ran appalling campaigns, with George Osborne promising a ‘ punishment budget’ if we left and Johnson and Gove making ridiculous promises that amounted to outright lies. The level of our public discourse sank so low that Boris even compared the EU to Hitler. A hardworking and principled MP was murdered in the street. And as soon as the Leave result was announced, it became clear that nobody, least of all those who had campaigned so hard for it, had the faintest idea what to do next." And they do not have an idea now. |
Parliament (the democratically elected representatives of the people) are sovereign in/on this matter and will have the final say.
I don't see a problem in that. |
Some minds are changing.. A new constituency-by-constituency model by data scientists at Focaldata, which uses new YouGov polling, has found that 14 Welsh constituencies swung from Leave to Remain this year, putting Wales firmly in the pro-EU camp.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-brexit-remain It is not only a UK problem of course, lots of companies and industry do not know where to invest now, and where. Sure it will not be the UK, but it also is not necessarily the EU. Seems like a real win for all :yeah: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-a8433241.html :nope: |
There need to be rules. One cannot let the crod vote again and again untiul one has the vote one wants to see. You can repeat votings, yes. But such important stuff should not be repeated after just 18 months. Once in a generation or so is more to my idea.
We should not want to have "we cnaged our minds" and "we did not know what we did" and "last time we did niot care this time we do" be a valid arugment to just bypass the very idea of decision finding by majority vote. The voting process has spoken. Now let the result be felt. Alternative: have campaigning special interests groups taking over, declaring the meaning of votings as "pointless". Be careful what you wish for - and that aims at both pro and contra Brexit campaigners. Hm. I just have this image on my mind, a sprinter at the Olympic finals saying: "I got out of the block quite late, could be repeat the race, please?" |
Question is whether such far-reaching polls changing the constitution should be organised for obviously uninformed people. What about a referendum about the further existence of the Royals and the Kingdom, about the House of Lords, about defense spending or the death penalty? Or a referendum for higher loans? Populistic and short-sighted referendums will always pass.
If the same people decide in five years that it is all a mess, will you forbid them to vote and change things again? Who decides when to vote in a referendum uncoupled from regular elections, and when to vote again? China is gloating about brexit, Trump and all the MiniTrumps popping up in the 'EU', turning efforts, achievements and proven values into disarray. Then Romania, Hungary, Poland's PiS party abolishing democracy, Turkey. No own propaganda could have been better to justify their dictatorship, or Erdoghan's. A quarreling Europe (including the UK) and the current USA are their wet dream. |
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If the buggers don't come to their senses I'd be stopping their pay altogether until they returned to work. |
Always sad to hear of marriages falling apart. The couple have been married for 25 years and have four children.
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Not often the lying king speaks sense but I reckon he does here.
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Today's news has reinforced my belief voting is a wast of time.
I don't like Tony Blair but I do agree with him that Labour can not be saved while Jezzer is king. I also see that Norris women in the Tories calling for Boris to take over, you must be joking Boris is cleaver but his attention span is so small it would fit on a pin head. And finally the loony tree hugging smoke dope party known as the LibDems are still in the woods. I would not wast any time voting for these lot and any of the smaller party's. Unit I see a party fit to vote for but I got more chance spotting a flying pig. |
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