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Mind you when I was over there with palace pre season..jesus its was expensive...16.50 pounds for a maccy d,s
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Originally posted by elgrande
all this fuss about Ulster and the eu,Switzerland isn't in the customs with the eu.....never been a problem there considering they have 4 eu countries bordering them. The Swiss don't have a history of their inhabitants trying to murder each other though which is the big difference
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
The Swiss don't have a history of their inhabitants trying to murder each other though which is the big difference I get that,but why would it lead to that if Ulster had our withdrawal plan.
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
Wow. You and your family must be an absolute bundle of laughs and I'm sure that your neighbours make sure that you are top of their list for invites to their New Years Eve parties A wake up call for all those who thought their families were weird.
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
This is a sound principle. There needs to be a statutory age over which voting rights are discontinued. No one over 70 can vote as they don’t have the same investment in the future. No vote = no opinion. What’s next? Anyone reaching 70 should be turned into Soylent Green to preserve the planets resources and have their assets seized by the state for the greater good. After, of course, being whipped through the streets for being so unspeakably selfish as not to have died the day they stopped working. You aren't of course being serious. Age brings experience and wisdom, or at least it should. All I have argued for is to use that in the interests of those who will be affected most by any changes/
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I think that what Wissy is trying to say is that once you get to 70 your faculties have diminished considerably so you probably don't have the mental faculties to understand the issues so it would be a kindness to the rest of the nation if one was barred from voting once you reach that age I had a German friend a long time ago who argued that democracy was too precious to be left to the people. He seriously argued that there ought to be thresholds other than just a minimum age which you needed to pass before you were allowed a vote. His primary one was an intelligence test of some kind, although how he thought that would be administered was never made clear. Of course I didn't agree but I bet his views have hardened after the Brexit fiasco. By the way, that's not what I am saying, as you very well know! All I saying is that everyone needs to think of the impact on future generations and not just their own. If you do, then fine.
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
So your saying somone with life experience who may have voted in the 1970's referendum and has a wider view of life is less likely to vote correctly in the UK'S interest than teens? I am not arguing in any way about voting ages. I am only suggesting that every voter needs to consider the interests of the future generations, in exactly the same way we need to on environmental issues.
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Originally posted by Badger11
I was never adamant about a no deal I just don't like this deal which is May's with a Boris twist. I wish that were true, but it just isn't. The changes made are subtle but significant and could easily result in the whole thing being Shanghaied at the end of next year. The MPs have spotted it and they won't let it get through, I am sure of that. My preference was always for a simple free trade deal and maybe in the future we will end up there but as of today I don't know what the outcome will be. Nothing with a Brexit after 40 years could be simple. Remainers have fought a very effective insurgency whilst the government has lurched from one crisis to the next. That's true. They have woken up and got organised. Just as Leave had the whip hand in 2016 Remain does now because the "grass is greener" argument has switched sides. Parliament has wasted 3 years rejecting ever possible outcome and the so called Government of National Unity led by Corbyn has quietly disappeared because the opposition whilst opposing Brexit are just as divided about the solution. Ensuring we don't do anything stupid is hardly a waste of 3 years. And whilst the Remainers have been very effective it is still possible that they will over play their hand and we end up with a no deal Brexit. Of course, but really unlikely. We might still get this deal, after a GE, and then a no deal a year later, but not yet. Still all to play for That's true. The contest is looking as though it will be fought with facts this time though, simply because there are more available.
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Originally posted by robdave2k
Don’t worry I believe you. You can just see it with them wearing EU paper hats from eu crackers laughing about the working class and all the stupid people who voted to leave! Poor children shouldn't be put through things like this. Brainwash them young.... Here's one of his Christmas photos from last year with one of his clan!!
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I had a German friend a long time ago who argued that democracy was too precious to be left to the people. He seriously argued that there ought to be thresholds other than just a minimum age which you needed to pass before you were allowed a vote. His primary one was an intelligence test of some kind, although how he thought that would be administered was never made clear. I understand the point that he was trying to make. When the BBC are discussing Brexit or indeed any other serious matter they take to the streets for a bit of vox pop and seem to deliberately pick out the most stupid people that they can find who can barely string a couple of sentences together yet have the same voting rights as the brain of britain
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Originally posted by cpfc_chap
You can just see it with them wearing EU paper hats from eu crackers laughing about the working class and all the stupid people who voted to leave! Poor children shouldn't be put through things like this. Brainwash them young.... Here's one of his Christmas photos from last year with one of his clan!! In fairness, 'brainwashing', or simply passing on your own ideology and opinions on the world to your children, dogmatically or otherwise is pretty commonplace. See religion. See anyone with kids. Works both ways.
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I had a German friend a long time ago who argued that democracy was too precious to be left to the people. He seriously argued that there ought to be thresholds other than just a minimum age which you needed to pass before you were allowed a vote. His primary one was an intelligence test of some kind, although how he thought that would be administered was never made clear. Of course I didn't agree but I bet his views have hardened after the Brexit fiasco. By the way, that's not what I am saying, as you very well know! All I saying is that everyone needs to think of the impact on future generations and not just their own. If you do, then fine.
And why I become so enraged about people wishing to dismiss the results of June 23rd. I appreciate I am a broken record on it but the facts speak for themselves. A huge turnout, each vote equally weighted, a simple question and a definite result. 52 beats 48 every time. Why on earth would anybody want to f*** with that? To undermine the validity of what happened on that day? You don't like the result, that I get, tell us that it was advisory only and that Parliament has within its power to ignore it completely, again a valid point. But to want us to effectively re-run it the losing option given a second chance? Utterly undermining the most core principles of the democratic process. Effectively telling 17.4 million voters that your votes were not deemed sufficient despite all the promises and pledges beforehand. Desire Parliament to revoke A50, that I get. I might vehemently disagree but it is within the boundaries of how democracy works in the UK. But another referendum when the first has not been acted upon? Beyond ludicrous. Myopic stupidity to the 'nth degree. People do not have to justify why they vote the way they do. If they tossed a coin, that is perfectly acceptable. Your German friend needs to take a long hard look in the mirror and reflect back on his nation's history.
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I had a German friend a long time ago who argued that democracy was too precious to be left to the people. He seriously argued that there ought to be thresholds other than just a minimum age which you needed to pass before you were allowed a vote. His primary one was an intelligence test of some kind, although how he thought that would be administered was never made clear. Of course I didn't agree but I bet his views have hardened after the Brexit fiasco. By the way, that's not what I am saying, as you very well know! All I saying is that everyone needs to think of the impact on future generations and not just their own. If you do, then fine. All well and good, but that is the price of a democratic system. It's also the reason why there is a parliament. The negatives of this are obvious, but it's the least worst system. Can you imagine every piece of legislation being decided by a public vote?
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
You aren't of course being serious. Age brings experience and wisdom, or at least it should. All I have argued for is to use that in the interests of those who will be affected most by any changes/ That’s all very well but who decides what those interests are? And just out of interest, how do they know?
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"I had a German friend a long time ago who argued that democracy was too precious to be left to the people" Without a hint of irony
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Originally posted by Badger11
Boris now going for a back me or sack me strategy. I think this is the right move. If MPs don't like the deal fair enough then vote for a GE. If they won't back the deal or an GE the public will make their own mind up. Corbyn will look pretty foolish saying this government is incompetent whilst in effective he is propping it up. By the way I think I know why WE isn't on here during the afternoon. He's John Bercow aren't you WE? C'mon it's obvious that's why we've never seen a picture of Bercow and WE together. Typical as soon as I post this he pops up. Oh well just my attempt at a little humour.
Even though I admire the way Bercow has handled all of this I wouldn't want to be him. I am quite happy being me! The question now is whether the MPs will vote to approve the timetable and then try to talk it out beyond the deadline, or even if they are able to do that. If they aren't then I think it will be killed tonight and a GE called before the end of this week. I just cannot see this Parliament voting through this deal as it stands. There is no doubt that locally people are gearing up for a GE when the very question of any kind of Brexit is back on the table. Only today I received two pieces of electioneering literature to exactly that effect. One from the LibDems, who are by far the most active so far, and one from "cornwallforeurope" who are a new organisation to me. The LibDem one was predictable but well done but the other did not support anyone. It was 100% "stop Brexit", was very professionally done and contained some new and powerful arguments. This is all 10 x better than the "remain" campaign was in 2016 and will make a big difference. Are others getting these kind of things yet or is this unique to around here?
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Originally posted by W12
"I had a German friend a long time ago who argued that democracy was too precious to be left to the people" Without a hint of irony The irony was there, but maybe you missed it!
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
That’s all very well but who decides what those interests are? And just out of interest, how do they know? Everyone has to decide that for themselves.
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
The irony was there, but maybe you missed it! Just for you:
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