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Sadiq Khan Leads The Anti-Democracy March.
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Judging by the looks of them, I wish they would leave the UK and go and live in the EU, if they like it so much.
Judging by the looks of them, I wish they would leave the UK and go and live in the EU, if they like it so much.
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22:16 Sat 20th Oct 2018
there were purportedly half a million souls on the march, don;t know how true that is, but according to the news there certainly were more than a few thousand. And i wish some other city, place would take the brunt of these demo's because we seem to have them almost every week, and as they go through the centre of town are killing off trade, tourism and the like. I know it's democracy in action, but for heaven sake go to Brum or Liverpool for a change.
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/// Proof again that you have no idea what racism actually is,
AOG. ///
Yes I do it's a term often used by some on here if certain races are insulted.
Seems that 'semi-educated little Englanders' are not included in that protection.
Let's try 'semi-educated little Pakistanis' for example and see how far that goes, shall we?
/// Proof again that you have no idea what racism actually is,
AOG. ///
Yes I do it's a term often used by some on here if certain races are insulted.
Seems that 'semi-educated little Englanders' are not included in that protection.
Let's try 'semi-educated little Pakistanis' for example and see how far that goes, shall we?
I wonder if this EU supporter realised all the things printed on his flag, are all the things that can't be got from the EU?
Except of course fish & chips but even those are Fish & French Fries.
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Except of course fish & chips but even those are Fish & French Fries.
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“Actually, no it's not, and indeed one of the cornerstones of any democracy is that the government of today cannot be bound by the government of yesterday.”
Absolutely agree, jim. In normal circumstances. But these are not normal circumstances (indeed it is not normal for the UK to hold referendums). This current Parliament was elected in June 2017. Less than three months earlier the UK invoked Article 50 under an Act of Parliament that was supported in the Commons by a majority of five to one. Neither of the two major parties stood in the June election on a manifesto that included withdrawing Article 50. Between them they polled 82% of the votes and gained 89% of the seats. Of course any Parliament has the right to abandon the policies of its predecessor but they should not do so when that policy was begun so recently with such a huge Commons majority and when nine out of ten MPs were elected on manifestos that included it. If ever there was a case for a Parliament to continue with a policy begun by its predecessor – especially one which takes a number of years to implement - this is it.
All of the difficulties that are being encountered by the present administration are not surprising and should have been foreseen both by the electorate when they voted in the referendum and by government. It was obvious from day one that the EU would not entertain sensible arrangements to accommodate Brexit. That is their privilege but it can hardly be sold as a surprise. As I said earlier, you don’t decline to do something just because it is proving a bit tricky.
Absolutely agree, jim. In normal circumstances. But these are not normal circumstances (indeed it is not normal for the UK to hold referendums). This current Parliament was elected in June 2017. Less than three months earlier the UK invoked Article 50 under an Act of Parliament that was supported in the Commons by a majority of five to one. Neither of the two major parties stood in the June election on a manifesto that included withdrawing Article 50. Between them they polled 82% of the votes and gained 89% of the seats. Of course any Parliament has the right to abandon the policies of its predecessor but they should not do so when that policy was begun so recently with such a huge Commons majority and when nine out of ten MPs were elected on manifestos that included it. If ever there was a case for a Parliament to continue with a policy begun by its predecessor – especially one which takes a number of years to implement - this is it.
All of the difficulties that are being encountered by the present administration are not surprising and should have been foreseen both by the electorate when they voted in the referendum and by government. It was obvious from day one that the EU would not entertain sensible arrangements to accommodate Brexit. That is their privilege but it can hardly be sold as a surprise. As I said earlier, you don’t decline to do something just because it is proving a bit tricky.
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