[Politics] Brexit

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Congratulations to the people who got what they preferred. I enjoyed a great deal (although not all) of the correspondence. It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds. Onwards and upwards . . . .

 

[Steve.S]

This may be so but he didn't critisise or extinguish the claim during the campaign. He quietly ran with it and left the lie to be told as the truth. Regardless of who made the claim though, it was very deceptive on such a strong point and we don't know how many millions of votes were won over on that false info.

Remind everyone of the Tories pledge to get immigration down at the last election, a pledge that was never achievable.

 

[Ernest]

The fact that 63%, i.e. the vast majority, of the electorate didn’t vote for Brexit, yet it’s going to happen anyway, just shows how stupid Dodgy Dave was in the first place to offer a referendum on the issue.

He should’ve had the balls to stick with his conviction. Now he has quite likely allowed the country to be royally screwed over, on the basis of what a minority (of which the vast majority of the countries racists belong to) of people want.

Not happy.

The vast majority didn't vote Tory at the last election but they still won

 

[symyjym]

Remind everyone of the Tories pledge to get immigration down at the last election, a pledge that was never achievable.

I'm not a fan of the tories or any other party for that matter.

 

[Ernest]

Anyone know what time the budget that Osborne said he would do on the Friday if it was a leave vote is ?

 

[drew]

At the last election, 63% of the population didn't vote Tory, but that didn't stop them taking power.

Don't think that is actually correct. Wasn't it 63% of those that voted didn't vote for the Tories and it was 76% of those that were eligible to vote that didn't chose them (that includes those that didn't vote at all) and finally it was about 17% of the entire population (including those that can't vote) that elected the Tories!!!! Democracy in action!!!!

 

[ManOfSussex]

Isn't the law in Australia that you have to vote at elections? I can understand the idea of that.

 

[Steve.S]

I'm not a fan of the tories or any other party for that matter.

Maybe not, the point is both sides in elections make promises or assertions that are not true or deliverable. You can't re run elections/votes because of that. The referendum was poorly run by remain, they tried to scare people into voting to remain. They did not concentrate on the positives of being in the EU or fully explain the process of exiting and how difficult it would be and go through how future trade deals would be set up. The Tories are in power they could have said for example. They would automatically go the Same way as Norway and that would still mean freedom of movement for those in the EU, that would have put the immigration issue to bed. They had the power to turn round to the British public here's your vote and this is what will happen if you vote exit.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Good to see the Remainers taking back control.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I'm inquisitive in wondering how at 7.56 am this very morning, you can ascertain what the hell will happen to your pension pot!
My financial advisor has just got off the phone to me saying everything's up in the air for a while. Which pizzes me off as only last week he was assuring me that leaving would be okay. Anyway lucky you

I have a sipp and bought a nice piece of farmland a while ago which is rented out. Now we can properly farm without being made to import, good land will only go up, which it has nicely anyway.

 

[melias shoes]

Or they hold outdated prejudices and ill informed views.

No you're wrong. How many of these young voters actually bothered to vote. You see you can guarantee us older voters no how important our vote Is and will come out to vote. Can you honestly say that of the young voters?

 

[cirC]

HOW TO START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK

1. Open a new file in your computer.

2. Name it "David Cameron"

3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.

4. Empty the Recycle Bin.

5. Your PC will ask you: Do you really want to get rid of “David Cameron”?

6. Firmly Click "Yes"

7. Feel better?

GOOD - Tomorrow we'll do George Osborne.

 

[Seagull58]

PS, I also have some 12 years til I retire and, thanks to the " All in this Together " austerity of the last 6 years my wages have been cut right back and now my pension pot has just sunk in the Stock Exchange... I really hope that somehow we can become a global superpower, achieve 3-4% annual growth, ramp up the funding for the NHS ( as I'm getting a bit old and things are going to start to wear out soon, but , hey I have always been employed and paid my taxes so it's my turn.) and import as much cheap New Zealand Lamb as we can ( sorry Welsh Farmers !)and hope that I don't get laid off or my hours/earnings cut ( as obviously there is no union representation and soon to be no Working Right's Directives... hell I'm not afraid though... Boris has promised me The Promised Land.

The FTSE 100 has fallen to the level it was at LAST WEEK! I'm sure your pension pot has not been drastically hit.

 

[El Presidente]

But we pay our MPs to make our big decisions for us, not gamble their own political careers by passing these decisions to a public that doesn't really have the facts to hand.

What next? A referendum on taking the country to war in Iraq? A referendum on being a republic maybe? What about on whether we want the BoE to increase interest rates?

Whilst I think the decision made was a dumb one economically, the government campaigned at the last election on a manifesto stating it would have a referendum, and the electorate voted them in.

The voting yesterday was made on a migration and disenchantment with the 'establishment' basis, not an economic one. It's the equivalent of going to the doctor for a check up, being told to cut down on the fags and booze, and then lighting up and getting shitfaced as you leave the surgery. You know it's not in your best interests, but still do it anyway.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

There is a petition that has been launched for the government to debate a 2nd referendum. I shall sign it as I believe the decision taken either way should have contained a stipulation that it needed a 60% overall vote to change it was aso mentioned on the radio the vast number of votes to leave came from the older voters who wont be affected and that the age to vote on this issue alone should have been lowered to 16 as it will affect them in later life.

Oh dear

 

[portslade seagull]

http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/24/parli...u-referendum-as-100000-back-petition-5964769/

We are out accept it

 

[BensGrandad]

What would have been the peoples reaction if either had won by 1 vote? It makes sense for there to be a minimum stipulated majority to ensure fairness.

 

[Soulman]

Well the NSC polls just proved that the majotity in the Brighton area wanted to Remain......the bulk of the South Coast voted leave.

 

[Steve.S]

What would have been the peoples reaction if either had won by 1 vote? It makes sense for there to be a minimum stipulated majority to ensure fairness.

It wasn't one vote though, it was over a million

 

[portslade seagull]

The fact that 63%, i.e. the vast majority, of the electorate didn’t vote for Brexit, yet it’s going to happen anyway, just shows how stupid Dodgy Dave was in the first place to offer a referendum on the issue.

He should’ve had the balls to stick with his conviction. Now he has quite likely allowed the country to be royally screwed over, on the basis of what a minority (of which the vast majority of the countries racists belong to) of people want.

Not happy.

Still at it then anybody who doesn't agree with your views is a racist. Well that's 17.5M people then I'm sure they maybe a small percentage