Litotes Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 You probably missed the fact that 17 million folk voted to leave the EU. They voted to leave the EU because they wanted us to leave the EU. So 36.55% of eligible voters impact on the other 63.45%... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Arctor Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 At least British trawler men, freed from EU fishing quotas, will now be able to fish to extinction and make themselves go bust in a few short years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) Yes, but he was naive in how he went about it - "Lets hold it when Glastonbury is on, when students are moving away from their digs where they registered to vote" Also, manifesto pledges are not legally binding - just ask Nick "I pledge" Clegg. You may have missed this too. Nick Clegg wasn't Prime Minister. But if he had been he may well have been in a position for his government to abolish tuition fees. Indeed I'm rather pleased that he wasn't. Having paid my own tuition fees I didn't really feel inclined to be taxed a bit more so I could pay the tuition fees of others as well. Edited June 25, 2016 by foxy lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroB Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Apparently there is a petition for a second referendum, ( unintended consequences of the first one [ over 1,600,000 have signed ]): https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215 16,000,000 to go then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elan Tedrona Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 The UK fishing industry will be delighted. Grimsby, Scunthopre and Hull might get a fleet again. Financial services less happy with quite a few jobs relocating onto the continent or Ireland. yeah and when they bone dry the fishing stocks and nearly kill it like last time, what are they going to do? ask for eu handout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthor Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) So 36.55% of eligible voters impact on the other 63.45%... Everyone with a right to vote could do just that. Some chose to leave, some chose to remain, some chose postal votes, some chose not to exercise their right to vote. The rules were even bent to allow more time for people to register. The people have spoken. It was close, 48% of voters didn't get the result they wanted. They have to respect that 52% did, just like the 52% have to respect that 48% didn't. It was a fair system with every vote counting, quite unlike in the last General Election. Edited June 25, 2016 by Lex Luthor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 My Nightmare on Downing Street is for the lying (he has admitted it), cheating (he has admitted it), philandering (he as admitted it) buffoon (personal opinion) called Boris Johnson to become Prime Minister. It is then that we might as well shut up shop and leave him and Mr Turmp to destroy western democracy and civilisation. it's not a given that he will succeed. i'm quite sure that his plan was to play a good but ultimately losing game so winning support from the eurosceptic wing of the party when mr cameron eventually retired. plan b, as we discussed earlier, in the off chance of us actually voting out may have been to rely on the eu panicing and offering a better deal to stay, switch sides on the second referendum and ride on the back of that victory to being pm sadly neither of these seem to be an option and given that his antics have infuriated half the party then it's no longer certain he will win. out of the "big names" then Theresa May seems to be the strongest contender, though some of the lesser known names stand a reasonable chance should the party want a real fresh start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 So 36.55% of eligible voters impact on the other 63.45%... If you can't be bothered to vote don't whine about the outcome is a fairly key part of democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthor Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 You may have missed this too. Nick Clegg wasn't Prime Minister. But if he had been he may well have been in a position for his government to abolish tuition fees. Indeed I'm rather pleased that he wasn't. Having paid my own tuition fees I didn't really feel inclined to be taxed a bit more so I could pay the tuition fees of others as well. You're paying for Scotland's aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 A general election with parties outlining their plans would be appropriate. no it wouldn't that would take months, given at least one, maybe two, parties will have to elect a new leader and also none of these parties will have anything like a manifesto prepared for this situation and so will need to prepare and cost them. also, they have absolutely no way of guaranteeing that whatever they do put forwards will be acceptable to the eu. during this time, confidence in both us and the eu will be ebbing away with all the problems that that entails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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