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Originally posted by the silurian
there you go again!! Cant help yourself can you? Not my fault if my posts are misread and then misrepresented. Do you seriously expect me just to ignore that?
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
The result of the flawed referendum has no bearing on whether the system worked correctly. It would still have failed if it had been 52-48 the other way, although I suspect all of you would also then be pushing for change and asking for PR. Ring out those bells.
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Originally posted by the silurian
there you go again!! Cant help yourself can you? I doubt any of us will ever understand how he keeps going on and on about the referendum and its result.
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Originally posted by susmik
I doubt any of us will ever understand how he keeps going on and on about the referendum and its result. Oh I know I have been proved wrong on many things. I didn't, for instance think that, as a country, we we would collectively vote for Brexit, although with hindsight I can see why. I didn't think the Tory party would choose Johnson as it's leader. I thought they would see through him but again I can now see why it happened. What I can see makes me feel concerned about our democracy but I won't bother you with why. Whilst I can be wrong I can also be right! I wonder though if you could possibly ever accept that?
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I knew my last post would amuse and elicit the kind of response I got! Got that right too! Pity you cannot see the tongue in my cheek but never mind. WOW! Just...wow.... I.... wow.....
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Oh I know I have been proved wrong on many things. I didn't, for instance think that, as a country, we we would collectively vote for Brexit, although with hindsight I can see why. I didn't think the Tory party would choose Johnson as it's leader. I thought they would see through him but again I can now see why it happened. What I can see makes me feel concerned about our democracy but I won't bother you with why. Whilst I can be wrong I can also be right! I wonder though if you could possibly ever accept that? So why do you reckon this has happened?
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Originally posted by cpfc_chap
So why do you reckon this has happened? Oh gawd! Are you ready?
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This is fantastic and the Dutch woman sums up the EU for me. [Tweet Link]
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
This is fantastic and the Dutch woman sums up the EU for me. [Tweet Link]Good old Ann, we can land a man on the moon, but sadly not on Annie.
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
This is fantastic and the Dutch woman sums up the EU for me. [Tweet Link]I wonder if the Dutch lady has a relative in Cornwall. Go on Ann stick it to em.
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Originally posted by cpfc_chap
So why do you reckon this has happened? I don't think you would be either interested or agree with me but pm me if you really want to know. I have posted on this before too.
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Originally posted by chris123
Good old Ann, we can land a man on the moon, but sadly not on Annie. She is such a sad lady, stuck in her time warp, that I somehow doubt whether she has yet realised that Britain no longer has an Empire and rules the world. I remember her being destroyed by Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens on the "Intelligence Squared" debate entitled "Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world". I almost felt sorry for her then but it was nevertheless very revealing in how it exposed her thinking which was so out of touch with reality that it was embarrassing. She didn't get it then and time doesn't seem to have benefitted her does it?
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
She is such a sad lady, stuck in her time warp, that I somehow doubt whether she has yet realised that Britain no longer has an Empire and rules the world. I remember her being destroyed by Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens on the "Intelligence Squared" debate entitled "Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world". I almost felt sorry for her then but it was nevertheless very revealing in how it exposed her thinking which was so out of touch with reality that it was embarrassing. She didn't get it then and time doesn't seem to have benefitted her does it? Back to the subject in hand she was right and the Dutch lady showed why we are leaving. She didn't like our electoral system well that is a matter for this country and until Brexit the EU never seemed to have a problem with it before. Ann's main point was about freedom of movement that's not why I voted to leave but I suspect it was for many. I am convinced that if the EU had given Cameron some wriggle room your side would have won. As I said the other day once freedom of movement to the UK ends where will the low skill people go and if it is in large numbers will those countries be as welcoming as us? I don't know but my suspicion is that what is seen as a British obsession may soon become an EU one.
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Originally posted by Badger11
Back to the subject in hand she was right and the Dutch lady showed why we are leaving. She didn't like our electoral system well that is a matter for this country and until Brexit the EU never seemed to have a problem with it before. Always makes me smile when the usual suspects kick up a stink about PR being somehow a much fairer system whilst struggling to accept that 52 beats 48 as a percentage every time. But I guess the result on June 23rd 2016 was somehow 'different'. Almost, and perhaps I am being a tad harsh here, as though they only agree with whatever electoral system delivers the result they most desire.
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Originally posted by Badger11
Back to the subject in hand she was right and the Dutch lady showed why we are leaving. She didn't like our electoral system well that is a matter for this country and until Brexit the EU never seemed to have a problem with it before. Ann's main point was about freedom of movement that's not why I voted to leave but I suspect it was for many. I am convinced that if the EU had given Cameron some wriggle room your side would have won. As I said the other day once freedom of movement to the UK ends where will the low skill people go and if it is in large numbers will those countries be as welcoming as us? I don't know but my suspicion is that what is seen as a British obsession may soon become an EU one. They were both right. Freedom of movement was the idea motivating many people, although I am not so sure everyone understood it and somehow thought that we would see reduced immigration as a consequence. The main point being made by the "Dutch Lady" was not that at all. I don't think anyone argues that freedom of movement was a major factor in the Brexit vote. Her point was that under our fptp system the Tories only got a minority of the votes at the recent election, but a huge majority in Parliament. For sure that's our business but she has every right to point it out as it happens to be true and the truth never hurt anyone. So long as Ann Widdecombe, or anyone else, go on in their time warp failing to recognise the truth of that, the longer it will be before we can get our system the reforms it so clearly needs. Attitudes like that are a drag anchor on the UK and it's ability to take it's place in the modern world.
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Originally posted by Matov
Always makes me smile when the usual suspects kick up a stink about PR being somehow a much fairer system whilst struggling to accept that 52 beats 48 as a percentage every time. But I guess the result on June 23rd 2016 was somehow 'different'. Almost, and perhaps I am being a tad harsh here, as though they only agree with whatever electoral system delivers the result they most desire. You know very well that I don't believe in referendums. Period. However, in a binary vote PR is not relevant. You cannot transfer a yes to a no. If three options were on offer then it would be suitable. When voting for a balanced Parliament which ensures that all strands of opinion are fairly represented it is the only system capable of doing so.
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