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[Politics] Brexit

If there was a second Brexit referendum how would you vote?


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melias shoes

Well-known member
Oct 14, 2010
4,830
Do you not think that maybe that is a slight exaggeration? Who is to say the pillocks in charge in this country won't drive the country into the ground? Then who is there to help? Nobody.

What? So that's yor reason for staying in. You really think they would look after us.:rolleyes:
 


heathgate

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Apr 13, 2015
3,860
I shall be voting in. None of the out arguments have convinced me to do otherwise.
Is Merkel letting you have a vote on Britain's membership then?.. How does that work then... you live permanently in the Fatherland.... how can you be registered office vote?

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Hamilton

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 7, 2003
12,953
Brighton
It's exactly the same issue. More spin.

No it is not. The EU is not about a shared currency. If you think that then you have not grasped the issue properly. We are talking about an economy that is in all our interests.
 




Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
62,697
The Fatherland
None of the remain arguments make much sense either though!

To the contrary, [MENTION=25549]5ways[/MENTION] and [MENTION=225]Hamilton[/MENTION] have presented some very good arguments.
 


The Rivet

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2011
4,592
No it is not. The EU is not about a shared currency. If you think that then you have not grasped the issue properly. We are talking about an economy that is in all our interests.

That's a weak point and the argument is about far more than the bloody economy. Your inference that those that want self determination for their country constitute people who are 'unable to grasp the issue' sums you up I feel.
 


jgmcdee

New member
Mar 25, 2012
931
At least we can vote our own pillocks out.... you cannot vote out the unelected EU commission. .....

If by "you" you mean the electorate of the EU then you choose each country's government and they choose the commissioners. If you don't like the way that your country chooses your commissioner feel free to agitate to change it, because it's purely up to your country's government as to how they select their member.

Separately, the MEPs that you voted for can remove the entire commission if they so desire.
 






Herr Tubthumper

Well-known member
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Jul 11, 2003
62,697
The Fatherland
Is Merkel letting you have a vote on Britain's membership then?.. How does that work then... you live permanently in the Fatherland.... how can you be registered office vote?

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It works exactly the same as it did when I lived in the UK albeit I post my ballot paper instead of turn up at Hove Town Hall. I can also vote in local elections here.
 


Hamilton

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Jul 7, 2003
12,953
Brighton
None of the remain arguments make much sense either though!

I think that's part of the issue for the whole debate. It's not simplistic. I think it's good for politics if it makes us think really deeply about the issues and argue them through.
 




The Rivet

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2011
4,592
If by "you" you mean the electorate of the EU then you choose each country's government and they choose the commissioners. If you don't like the way that your country chooses your commissioner feel free to agitate to change it, because it's purely up to your country's government as to how they select their member.

Separately, the MEPs that you voted for can remove the entire commission if they so desire.

Not a good system though is it? None of us can vote on the other members MEP's can we? So we have a tiny voice in a stitched up club. Wonderful.
 


Hamilton

Well-known member
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Jul 7, 2003
12,953
Brighton
That's a weak point and the argument is about far more than the bloody economy. Your inference that those that want self determination for their country constitute people who are 'unable to grasp the issue' sums you up I feel.


That is a rather ridiculous assumption. I was suggesting that an individual poster had not grasped the issue and you have twisted it to suggest that I am saying a whole group of people have not grasped the issue. Plain wrong. It's that sort of twisted logic that doesn't help the argument.
 






jgmcdee

New member
Mar 25, 2012
931
I think that's part of the issue for the whole debate. It's not simplistic. I think it's good for politics if it makes us think really deeply about the issues and argue them through.

If there were an obvious way to go then we wouldn't have all this debate and a referendum. And although people keep asking for clear and objective facts on both sides the reality is that there are very few of them due to the complexity of the situation.
 


The Rivet

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2011
4,592
That is a rather ridiculous assumption. I was suggesting that an individual poster had not grasped the issue and you have twisted it to suggest that I am saying a whole group of people have not grasped the issue. Plain wrong. It's that sort of twisted logic that doesn't help the argument.

Twisted it? Really?
 


Hamilton

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 7, 2003
12,953
Brighton
Twisted it? Really?

Yes. You have suggested that I have said all of the leave camp have failed to grasp the issue when my response was aimed at one poster for one view that he/she expressed. You've therefore misrepresented my post. I assume you can admit that?
 






brightn'ove

cringe
Apr 12, 2011
9,169
London
If there were an obvious way to go then we wouldn't have all this debate and a referendum. And although people keep asking for clear and objective facts on both sides the reality is that there are very few of them due to the complexity of the situation.

It is for this reason there shouldn't even be a referendum on this, idiots like us are not qualified to make such a ridiculously complex decision.
 


jgmcdee

New member
Mar 25, 2012
931
Not a good system though is it? None of us can vote on the other members MEP's can we? So we have a tiny voice in a stitched up club. Wonderful.

And how much of a vote do you have on the other MPs outside of your own constituency?

So much of the "EU is undemocratic" spiel comes down to exactly what you wrote above: you only have as much say as any other EU citizen, and you don't like it.
 


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