Masterchef - The Professionals
Film, Media & TV1 min ago
Brexit
The people wanted it. Their elected representatives didn't. Isn't that the whole problem?
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by ludwig. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
There's only two choices, a hard Brexit or no Brexit, The conditions which will be placed on an extension will be unacceptable and 'no Brexit' would lead to civil unrest on a very large scale with may MPs losing their seats, so it will be a hard Brexit, which will be disruptive for a while, but Britain will come out of it better in the end.
> Whilst I respect the outcome of the referendum
What's to respect? It was poorly organised, lies all round, spending limits were breached, the use of Cambridge Analytica-style outside influences are still becoming apparent, the outcome was very tight and, especially given all of that, the result should only ever have been advisory.
So no, I don't respect the outcome. I will grudgingly put up with it, but not on any terms.
What's to respect? It was poorly organised, lies all round, spending limits were breached, the use of Cambridge Analytica-style outside influences are still becoming apparent, the outcome was very tight and, especially given all of that, the result should only ever have been advisory.
So no, I don't respect the outcome. I will grudgingly put up with it, but not on any terms.
The people wanted it. Their elected representatives didn't.
the people also wanted to elect those representatives. They could have voted Ukip to be certain of getting the Brexit they wanted, but they didn't. Ukip were partly defeated by the first-past-the-post system
http://
but the people voted for that too, also in a referendum.
The people really need to make up their minds and stop blaming the politicians they chose themselves.
the people also wanted to elect those representatives. They could have voted Ukip to be certain of getting the Brexit they wanted, but they didn't. Ukip were partly defeated by the first-past-the-post system
http://
but the people voted for that too, also in a referendum.
The people really need to make up their minds and stop blaming the politicians they chose themselves.
"They could have voted Ukip to be certain of getting the Brexit they wanted"
Everyone is fully aware that many voters opt for the candidate of a preferred party and dare not do otherwise in case it splits the vote and lets the "other lot" in. More fool them, but... It's unreasonable to expect a new party to win many seats because of that: unless trust in the existing system has been totally lost, and probably not even then.
Everyone is fully aware that many voters opt for the candidate of a preferred party and dare not do otherwise in case it splits the vote and lets the "other lot" in. More fool them, but... It's unreasonable to expect a new party to win many seats because of that: unless trust in the existing system has been totally lost, and probably not even then.
In every general election, if you counted the whole population who are eligible to vote, the winning party always has far less than 50% of the vote (probably around 30%). Using the argument that the remainers are always using, ie only a minority of the population voted to leave so its not valid then perhaps the same should apply to every general election.
“The point Gromit making is poor.”
Not just poor, but ridiculous.
“But not all ‘the people’ are leavers, just a third of them”
We won’t quibble over a few percentage points but actually around 37% of those who eligible to voted chose to leave. I expect the likes of Gulliver to agree with such inanities but perhaps, Gromit you could explain how you know the views of the 28% who didn’t vote. That might help the rest of us, who are not blessed with such blindingly obvious logic, to understand your point. (NJ does not hold his breath for a reply).
Anyway, water under the bridge and all that. MPs were elected on a pledge to remove the country from the EU, they passed a motion to invoke A50 and then enabled legislation to effect our withdrawal. There was always a strong likelihood that no acceptable deal would be forthcoming (a very strong chance, in fact) but now they say we cannot leave as the law provides. Talk of a “National crisis” and that “emergency legislative procedures always available at times or crisis” etc. In the words of the late Jim Callaghan (who didn’t actually say it as far as I can recall) “Crisis? What crisis?” The only crisis is that fabricated by MPs. They passed a law making it mandatory for us to leave the EU. They won’t allow us to leave via the only deal on offer (thank God) but they won’t allow us to leave without one either.
“There's no certainty of that. A rejected request for an extension still has the 29th as leaving date.”
Quite so, OG. But if an extension is declined there is only one alternative left, as Jim has explained. Since 80% of MPs would prefer we remained in the EU I can see that alternative being eagerly accepted because it’s all got a bit too tricky for the poor dears.
“According to one source, at the moment, more than half of Tory mp's are in favour of a hard Brexit.”
Unfortunately, danny, that only amounts to about 150 or so and that issue was put to bed on Wednesday evening.
“The people really need to make up their minds and stop blaming the politicians they chose themselves.
Please see above (for the 94th time).
Not just poor, but ridiculous.
“But not all ‘the people’ are leavers, just a third of them”
We won’t quibble over a few percentage points but actually around 37% of those who eligible to voted chose to leave. I expect the likes of Gulliver to agree with such inanities but perhaps, Gromit you could explain how you know the views of the 28% who didn’t vote. That might help the rest of us, who are not blessed with such blindingly obvious logic, to understand your point. (NJ does not hold his breath for a reply).
Anyway, water under the bridge and all that. MPs were elected on a pledge to remove the country from the EU, they passed a motion to invoke A50 and then enabled legislation to effect our withdrawal. There was always a strong likelihood that no acceptable deal would be forthcoming (a very strong chance, in fact) but now they say we cannot leave as the law provides. Talk of a “National crisis” and that “emergency legislative procedures always available at times or crisis” etc. In the words of the late Jim Callaghan (who didn’t actually say it as far as I can recall) “Crisis? What crisis?” The only crisis is that fabricated by MPs. They passed a law making it mandatory for us to leave the EU. They won’t allow us to leave via the only deal on offer (thank God) but they won’t allow us to leave without one either.
“There's no certainty of that. A rejected request for an extension still has the 29th as leaving date.”
Quite so, OG. But if an extension is declined there is only one alternative left, as Jim has explained. Since 80% of MPs would prefer we remained in the EU I can see that alternative being eagerly accepted because it’s all got a bit too tricky for the poor dears.
“According to one source, at the moment, more than half of Tory mp's are in favour of a hard Brexit.”
Unfortunately, danny, that only amounts to about 150 or so and that issue was put to bed on Wednesday evening.
“The people really need to make up their minds and stop blaming the politicians they chose themselves.
Please see above (for the 94th time).
The country is divided and fractious and divided over this issue, and therefore so are its representatives.
I think that is actually quite fitting and shows our politicians DO represent us. There is no consensus on how the UK should leave the EU: there never was and never will be. And while it is certainly the case that record numbers voted for leave, the remain vote was also huge.
However, if you held a vote tomorrow (well, ok Monday) asking MPs if they were in favour of upholding the referendum result there would be a huge vote in favour, however, and that is NOT meaningless.
We have a deal that was negotiated, for all its faults, led by a PM for all HER faults, but it's being stymied largely by a small group of MPs who have a cloud cuckoo-land idea of Brexit which they think they can force on the country by default. But their world is closing in.
I think that is actually quite fitting and shows our politicians DO represent us. There is no consensus on how the UK should leave the EU: there never was and never will be. And while it is certainly the case that record numbers voted for leave, the remain vote was also huge.
However, if you held a vote tomorrow (well, ok Monday) asking MPs if they were in favour of upholding the referendum result there would be a huge vote in favour, however, and that is NOT meaningless.
We have a deal that was negotiated, for all its faults, led by a PM for all HER faults, but it's being stymied largely by a small group of MPs who have a cloud cuckoo-land idea of Brexit which they think they can force on the country by default. But their world is closing in.
Latest Posts
Quizzes & Puzzles9 mins ago
Quizzes & Puzzles11 mins ago
ChatterBank14 mins ago
Crosswords52 mins ago
