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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 30 Sep 19 7.43am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

Better, or worse, will always be a matter of opinion.

Finding a compromise which suits no-one 100% but most could live with is what is needed.

Which is what Parliament needs to do, and is trying to do.

Too many seem to think that a 52%:48% referendum result means that the view of the 48% can just be disregarded. That's as irresponsible as suggesting that the 52% ought to be disregarded or that all the 52% voted as they did for the same reasons and wanted the same kind of Brexit as Farage now wants.

To try and reconcile the various positions is Parliament's job and they have decided that the government's approach is not in our best interests. As they have the final word the government ought to abide by their decisions but are trying to find ways to avoid them.

This ought to be unacceptable to EVERYONE, whatever their personal opinion might be about Brexit.

Ordinarily I would agree with you I prefer consensus politics to Yah boo politics. In this case though I don't see how there can be an consensus, you can't be a little bit pregnant.

We either stay in the EU or we leave with or without a deal. As this was voted for by a majority you have to go with their wishes. Anything else is not democratic.

The democratic solution is once we leave for those who wish to Remain they should campaign to re-join.

This is one of those times when you can't fudge it, May tried that and failed miserably as nobody liked her deal.

 


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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 30 Sep 19 8.20am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

The democratic solution is once we leave for those who wish to Remain they should campaign to re-join.

Or go and live in Bulgaria

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 30 Sep 19 8.45am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Or go and live in Bulgaria

Or take out citizenship of another EU country and then expect to be treated differently.

 


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View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 30 Sep 19 9.20am Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Hammond is right to question the political connections of some of the hedge funds with a financial interest in no deal. They are shorting the £ and the country, with the British people the main loser.

He ought to know he was a tory chancellor long enough.

 

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View Wisbech Eagle's Profile Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 30 Sep 19 9.20am Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

Ordinarily I would agree with you I prefer consensus politics to Yah boo politics. In this case though I don't see how there can be an consensus, you can't be a little bit pregnant.

We either stay in the EU or we leave with or without a deal. As this was voted for by a majority you have to go with their wishes. Anything else is not democratic.

The democratic solution is once we leave for those who wish to Remain they should campaign to re-join.

This is one of those times when you can't fudge it, May tried that and failed miserably as nobody liked her deal.

The compromise must surely be leaving with a deal that means that the expectations that caused most of the leavers to vote as they did are satisfied to some degree, whilst some of the reasons that the remainers voted as they did are retained.

This is what Parliament, as a whole, are trying to achieve. I completely understand the frustration over how long it's taking and why yet another delay makes people upset, especially when you believe, as so many do here, that just coming out on WTO terms will be fine anyway. However Parliament, and many others, disagree and think that we need to continue to strive to make sure we don't do ourselves avoidable harm. Just giving up ought not be an option just because you are fed up with trying. Losers do that.

What the current, minority, government is now doing isn't too different to what Cameron did in 2016. He was looking over his shoulders in fear at what Farage might do to the Tory party and so is Johnson. Our country's future is too important to be buried under internal Tory party politics.

Those that wish to reverse the decision entirely do so only on the basis that they will have established a clear mandate that the people as a whole have changed their minds in the intervening period. As you argue much the same thing with your suggestion that we could apply to rejoin if that is the will of the people I cannot really see why you would object to that. I think it is extremely unlikely to happen and is, in practice, a negotiating position.

Therefore we all need to support Parliament and encourage them to find a deal we can all live with. Who knows? Johnson might yet be able to find a form of words that enables the backstop to be dressed in new clothes that satisfy both sides and Parliament can vote through. However, Labour politics might well then get in the way and would have to wait until a GE dumps them out of the picture.

 


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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 30 Sep 19 9.24am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

Hammond is right to question the political connections of some of the hedge funds with a financial interest in no deal. They are shorting the £ and the country, with the British people the main loser.

He ought to know he was a tory chancellor long enough.

It's what hedge funds do. Ask George Soros he bounced us out of the ERM. If they see an opportunity to make a quick buck they will go for it. I have no sympathy for Hedge fund managers they are gamblers and if they guess wrong well tough.

 


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View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 30 Sep 19 9.32am Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Brexit is vehicle to power for Johnson Cummins and his sordid bunch of non-elected goons, and a get rich quick scheme for Lord Snooty and his pals.

Send a van round to the rear of 10 Downing St., load them up and ship them out, never to be seen again.

Democracy DDR style......

At least women will be safer.

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 30 Sep 19 9.39am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

At least women will be safer.

Why don't you grow up

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 30 Sep 19 9.42am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

I wonder if Newcastle United players will be receiving death threats after Steve Bruce said last night that they "surrendered" as according to some (mainly Labour) MPs that evil word is a precursor to violence

 

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View chris123's Profile chris123 Flag hove actually 30 Sep 19 9.46am Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

Hammond is right to question the political connections of some of the hedge funds with a financial interest in no deal. They are shorting the £ and the country, with the British people the main loser.

He ought to know he was a tory chancellor long enough.

He was quoting Rachel Johnson, hedge fund are regulated and if they want to speculate on currency, stocks, commodities, pork bellies or orange juice, so what?

 

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View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 30 Sep 19 9.47am Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Why don't you grow up

pot kettle


 

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 30 Sep 19 10.11am Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by chris123

He was quoting Rachel Johnson, hedge fund are regulated and if they want to speculate on currency, stocks, commodities, pork bellies or orange juice, so what?

Steely's just here for the troll.

 


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