09-07-2018, 10:49 PM
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Re: Boris Johnson resigns.
HiBefore we all get carried away
There are not, as yet, enough votes for a Tory Leadership Contest.
If there is to be one, they take months, time we do not have as the Brexit clock ticks down.
A General Election cannot just be called, it takes a House of Commons vote and that would mean the Tories voting to give Corbyn a chance of getting in.
Farage cannot influence the outcome of Brexit, he is not even an MP.
Meanwhile, the World looks on with disbelief at the mess our own Politicians have got us into and shakes it's head.
09-07-2018, 10:50 PM
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Re: Boris Johnson resigns.
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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There was no party concensus on a leave vote prior to the referendum. My big objection was that there was absolutely no plan for one of the outcomes. Cameron should be accountable for what's happened since. May should be praised for taking up the baton when he ran away.
All politicians, Cameron, May and even Compo, should be accountable for what has happened since.
The people voted to leave.
I assume, of course, that this is unimportant to you and you believe that we should have continued to have referenda indefinitely until you got your own way.
09-07-2018, 10:55 PM
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Re: Boris Johnson resigns.
Originally Posted by JBR
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There was no party concensus on Brexit at all. They all thought we'd be staying in the Empire.All politicians, Cameron, May and even Compo, should be accountable for what has happened since.
The people voted to leave.
I assume, of course, that this is unimportant to you and you believe that we should have continued to have referenda indefinitely until you got your own way.
The people voted for a santa list.
09-07-2018, 11:01 PM
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Re: Boris Johnson resigns.
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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On the contrary I don't think we should ever have had a referendum. The people voted for a santa list.
09-07-2018, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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And, of course, had the remainiacs won you would have been of a different opinion, wouldn't you?
10-07-2018, 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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Meanwhile, the World looks on with disbelief at the mess our own Politicians have got us into and shakes it's head.
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/radio/lo...k-politics.mp3
10-07-2018, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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On the contrary I don't think we should ever have had a referendum. The people voted for a santa list.
Such an important issue should need a threshold, say, 70% vote in favour to succeed. It would make both arguments far more likely to finely hone their case rather than the now obviously transparent lies that both sides promulgated
I give as an example the Australian constitution can only be changed in a referendum if it is approved by a majority of voters in a majority of states, and by a majority of voters across the nation. This is known as a double majority. This threshold means that only about eight attempts to change the constitution have succeeded out of over 40 referendums. BUT it shows that good arguments will succeed.
For something as important as this to just scrape though is asking for the division and bitterness you are experiencing no matter who won.
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