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Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 23 Oct 19 9.49pm | |
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Originally posted by Maine Eagle
Every single person backing a second referendum has said the results will be respected BECAUSE THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTABLE, unlike the previous referendum. The whole point of a second referendum is to not ask "how long is a piece of string" but ask questions which actually have definitive outcomes. "Leaving the EU" is not a definitive outcome, it is an umbrella concept with a million different variations. ......Erm all except Jo Swinson & most of the Lib Dems
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Badger11 Beckenham 23 Oct 19 9.59pm | |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
How about another alternative? We remain in Europe but we take back full control of our borders and our courts and don’t give the European Union £350m a week. Sounds fair to me, I’d vote for that. After all, what do we really get out of our membership other than a relatively straightforward passage through passport control when we go on holiday. What are we actually paying for and how does it benefit us and why do we contribute such an enormous amount compared to other countries? This is obviously said tongue in cheek however I’ve never grasped how a country such as ours which no longer produces that many goods for export and is a massive net importer benefits from paying a huge membership fee that effectively offers little more than free trade with people who want to sell us loads of stuff. Now if we were still the bastion of the car industry and looking to offload our cars across Europe I could understand it. But we are not. A simplistic viewpoint I’ll grant you, but in the absence of a full economic explanation it works for me! A valid point at any time the EU could have offered improved terms for staying in and I am sure Parliament would have bit their hands off. However they have decided they don't want to do that which kinda kills the Remainer argument that if we stayed in we could influence the EU. Still all to play for.
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 23 Oct 19 10.14pm | |
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Originally posted by the silurian
yeah ok whatever! Should have gone to SpecSavers!! I just feel that if an MP is elected as a conservative/labour/liberal and the defect to another party, there should be an immediate by election...after all their constituents didnt vote in a tory, only to be represented by a liberal did they, even if it is the same person...I hope all the defectors lose their jobs at the GE. Ok you want another referendum, but what will change, the MPs will STILL IGNORE the result unless its the result they want..ie REMAIN.....and my opinion, as valid as yours, is that they are lazy self serving lying b******s! That will not change so I will never vote again! Edited by the silurian (23 Oct 2019 6.00pm) But you don't vote in a Tory, Labour or Liberal do you? You vote in a person to represent you, not a voting machine centrally operated from party headquarters. Who would you say was the greatest Parliamentarian? I would suggest that Winston Churchill would top many lists. Churchill changed party not just once, but twice because of his principles. Would you have wanted him to have to stand down? I don't want another referendum at all. I don't want any more referendums ever again. I want Parliament to decide. If this one can't then we ask a new one to try. Why don't you stand and then see if you can do any better?
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 23 Oct 19 10.15pm | |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
Bit racist isn't it? Yes it is. I apologise.
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Eaglecoops CR3 23 Oct 19 10.23pm | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
But you don't vote in a Tory, Labour or Liberal do you? You vote in a person to represent you, not a voting machine centrally operated from party headquarters. Who would you say was the greatest Parliamentarian? I would suggest that Winston Churchill would top many lists. Churchill changed party not just once, but twice because of his principles. Would you have wanted him to have to stand down? I don't want another referendum at all. I don't want any more referendums ever again. I want Parliament to decide. If this one can't then we ask a new one to try. Why don't you stand and then see if you can do any better? Wisbech, surely this is completely wrong. If you are politically persuaded to the conservatives you don’t vote labour because you think the individual in your constituency is a better politician? You vote to influence the national not the local agenda.
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 23 Oct 19 10.30pm | |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Yes wissy. Why on earth do you think they are born liars? They are people, some good, some bad. The man that hit me might be a good guy, I don't know him at all. All I know is that he cannot drive very well and has a foul temper.
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cryrst The garden of England 23 Oct 19 10.45pm | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Why on earth do you think they are born liars? They are people, some good, some bad. The man that hit me might be a good guy, I don't know him at all. All I know is that he cannot drive very well and has a foul temper.
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 23 Oct 19 10.49pm | |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
Wisbech, surely this is completely wrong. If you are politically persuaded to the conservatives you don’t vote labour because you think the individual in your constituency is a better politician? You vote to influence the national not the local agenda. Unfortunately many people do just that and vote solely for the party they support and not the candidate. It's unfortunate because the reality is that MP's serve as individuals. They are also party members (mostly) and group together to form a government, or opposition, but their primary responsibility is to represent ALL of the people in their constituency and not just the party members, or those who voted for them, but everyone, including those too young to vote. MPs can leave parties, but parties can also leave MPs. If a party adopts policies so out of line with the beliefs and values it used to hold and what attracted someone to stand on their platform then they have really left the MP and not the other way around. Edited by Wisbech Eagle (23 Oct 2019 10.50pm)
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EverybodyDannsNow SE19 23 Oct 19 10.50pm | |
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Originally posted by susmik
Fair play, I’ve never seen someone more committed to a s*** joke - geezer must’ve referred to taking medication at least 20 times by now. It’s like in school when you discover ‘your mum’ - rinse and repeat.
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Maine Eagle USA 23 Oct 19 11.51pm | |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Fine so a deal or no deal referendum then? Sounds fun. Remaining can't be an option though because we have done that one already and by your logic, it is not a definitive outcome either. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (23 Oct 2019 8.02pm) LMAO. Thought you were all about the "will of the people" Hrolf? Apparently only if their will matches yours. Give the people a say, based on now actually knowing what Brexit looks like. How is remaining in the EU not implementable, sunshine, its the f&cking status quo so its already implemented!!! Hahah.
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.TUX. 24 Oct 19 12.04am | |
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Originally posted by Maine Eagle
LMAO. Thought you were all about the "will of the people" Hrolf? Apparently only if their will matches yours. Give the people a say, based on now actually knowing what Brexit looks like. How is remaining in the EU not implementable, sunshine, its the f&cking status quo so its already implemented!!! Hahah. 1. I'm pretty certain that had the original result gone against his personal choice then he'd have happily accepted it. 3yrs wasted on top of the 10yrs of deliberately enforced austerity.
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Teddy Eagle 24 Oct 19 12.37am | |
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Originally posted by Maine Eagle
No, no, no, and no some more. The first referendum cannot be implemented, because the country was split basically 50/50 and "leave the EU" is a very broad concept with many, many different ways of being achieved. Country split down the middle = parliament split down the middle. 3 years later and here we are, what a surprise. The point of a 2nd vote, is to not ask a binary, childlike simplistic, undeliverable, massively broad, umbrella, 10000 ft view question, it is to ask for specific responses to specific ways of leaving the EU. For example with the latest deal, or with no deal. Now that the details of the latest deal are known.....Now that the details of what "no deal" really means are known........Now that 350 million pound buses are known to be false....Now that lies by the remain campaign are known to be false.......Now is a good time to ask more specific questions which lead to deliverable outcomes. If you respected the will of the people in 2016, how about seeing if the will of the people has changed, based on new information/debunking of a litany of mistruths (on both sides). The will of the people counts in 2019 just like it did in 2016. 50/50? Really? Let’s suppose Trump lost the next election by 1 vote - you’d be dancing in the street. Shame for you it’s not going to happen.
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