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Easy, throw the SNP under the bus. Nicola Sturgeon has already suggested they'd veto the Brexit, a few words behind closed doors and more powers/money for Scotland. Problem solved and we have ourselves a patsy.
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Out means out, the result should be honoured
And we live with consequences good or bad
If you don't have consequences married against actions you may as well give up
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Short of a military coup, or a backroom political deal on a scale that would have to carry with it a serious risk of the country decending into full-scale civil war, it's hard to imagine how it could be avoided that the Out decision is carried through. Let's not kid ourselves, we all know the real reason Warren went off in a huff (or pretended to). It was cover for him to retreat into his bunker and start building up a nice stockpile of tinned food and ammo, in anticipation of just the kind of manoeuvre we're discussing here
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Short of a military coup, or a backroom political deal on a scale that would have to carry with it a serious risk of the country decending into full-scale civil war, it's hard to imagine how it could be avoided that the Out decision is carried through. Let's not kid ourselves, we all know the real reason Warren went off in a huff (or pretended to). It was cover for him to retreat into his bunker and start building up a nice stockpile of tinned food and ammo, in anticipation of just the kind of manoeuvre we're discussing here
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Except some professor of politics or whoever he was at one of the Scottish universities has already come out and said Holyrood cannot stop this as Westmister has the ultimate say despite what Holyrood says (written in the rules somewhere). So it would seem Nicola Sturgeon doesn't even know the rules if she seriously thinks she can stop the UK leaving the EU. More a case of her blowing her own trumpet trying to look good as usual.
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I was watching her on the telly a few days ago.I had this vision of her standing there stamping her feet saying,I'm going to block the brexit,the vote didn't go the way I wanted it to...😭
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She's representing the people that voted for her, what do you expect her to do?
It's attitudes like yours that place the future of the union in grave danger
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Well this is a bad time for me to respond as I've just watched England lose to Iceland and I've decided that drinking away my sorrows was the best solution, but here goes, I apologise in advance for the rambling nature of my response...
As I understand it the Norway model is off the table. I'm sure the EU would be happy with it, but the UK cannot go there, as this would fail many of the promises made during the campaign (most importantly freedom of movement).
The final settlement with the EU is obviously unclear at the moment, I'm guessing that we'll ultimately go for some sort of payment for access deal. Even this is going to take some selling as it's likely to be expensive and cut deep into the '£350M' a week (cough) we're supposed to be saving.
I do think that it's time to stop going on about second referendums though. It's over. As a democrat I'd go as far as to say that, if by some incredible set of circumstances we did vote again, I'd be compelled to vote for Leave, as anything else would make a mockery of the process we've just been through.
We face genuine short to mid-term economic challenges now and we need to be careful that we don't talk ourselves into a recession. There is a danger of schadenfreude overwhelming this debate.
Don't get me wrong though, I believe we have made a terrible mistake, and that we've damaged our country in ways that could disadvantage our country for decades to come. We should hold those that campaigned for us to leave to account for what they said, and judge them against events, I will be relentless on that.
I'm proud to of been on the same side of this argument with you JT, DL, BMW and all the others who've articulated the arguments far better than I have. You are good people with good motives.
I'm cross that the Union Flag is being waved in victory, that's my flag, I'm only British, I'm not English, Scottish or Welsh, Northern Irish, I'm BRITISH - the irony is that those waving it in any other context would be waving the a different flag and they have placed the union this flag represents in peril.
Also, let's all unite to face down the nasty nationalism that's rearing it's ugly head, politician talk about it, but it's only the people that can really challenge it.
I've heard too many hollow claims about about 'taking back control' during this debate, people telling me how important democracy is. Well let's do it then, let's take back control. Let's have democracy. Let's make everyone in this country's vote count equally. Let's get rid of the unfair and anti-democratic system the ensures that the minority can govern over the majority. When this happens then I'll really start to believe those who claimed to be on the side of the people.
Finally, when did being liberal become something to be derided? I'll take being liberal over being illiberal any day. From my experience liberals tend to have good instincts and decent values.
Finally finally, how **** were England tonight?
Last edited by Martin2005; 28 June 2016 at 02:24 AM.
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Since this vote,all the remain have been doing is crying and arguing,it's not fair,we want another referendum,throwing your toys out pram,Grow up and toughen.you didn't get the result you wanted,take it on the chin and get onboard.
Martin this country has been through much more dangerous things than a referendum.
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Well this is a bad time for me to respond as I've just watched England lose to Iceland and I've decided that drinking away my sorrows was the best solution, but here goes, I apologise in advance for the rambling nature of my response...
As I understand it the Norway model is off the table. I'm sure the EU would be happy with it, but the UK cannot go there, as this would fail many of the promises made during the campaign (most importantly freedom of movement).
The final settlement with the EU is obviously unclear at the moment, I'm guessing that we'll ultimately go for some sort of payment for access deal. Even this is going to take some selling as it's likely to be expensive and cut deep into the '£350M' a week (cough) we're supposed to be saving.
I do think that it's time to stop going on about second referendums though. It's over. As a democrat I'd go as far as to say that, if by some incredible set of circumstances we did vote again, I'd be compelled to vote for Leave, as anything else would make a mockery of the process we've just been through.
We face genuine short to mid-term economic challenges now and we need to be careful that we don't talk ourselves into a recession. There is a danger of schadenfreude overwhelming this debate.
Don't get me wrong though, I believe we have made a terrible mistake, and that we've damaged our country in ways that could disadvantage our country for decades to come. We should hold those that campaigned for us to leave to account for what they said, and judge them against events, I will be relentless on that.
I'm proud to of been on the same side of this argument with you JT, DL, BMW and all the others who've articulated the arguments far better than I have. You are good people with good motives.
I'm cross that the Union Flag is being waved in victory, that's my flag, I'm only British, I'm not English, Scottish or Welsh, Northern Irish, I'm BRITISH - the irony is that those waving it in any other context would be waving the a different flag and they have placed the union this flag represents in peril.
Also, let's all unite to face down the nasty nationalism that's rearing it's ugly head, politician talk about it, but it's only the people that can really challenge it.
I've heard too many hollow claims about about 'taking back control' during this debate, people telling me how important democracy is. Well let's do it then, let's take back control. Let's have democracy. Let's make everyone in this country's vote count equally. Let's get rid of the unfair and anti-democratic system the ensures that the minority can govern over the majority. When this happens then I'll really start to believe those who claimed to be on the side of the people.
Finally, when did being liberal become something to be derided? I'll take being liberal over being illiberal any day. From my experience liberals tend to have good instincts and decent values.
Finally finally, how **** were England tonight?
As I understand it the Norway model is off the table. I'm sure the EU would be happy with it, but the UK cannot go there, as this would fail many of the promises made during the campaign (most importantly freedom of movement).
The final settlement with the EU is obviously unclear at the moment, I'm guessing that we'll ultimately go for some sort of payment for access deal. Even this is going to take some selling as it's likely to be expensive and cut deep into the '£350M' a week (cough) we're supposed to be saving.
I do think that it's time to stop going on about second referendums though. It's over. As a democrat I'd go as far as to say that, if by some incredible set of circumstances we did vote again, I'd be compelled to vote for Leave, as anything else would make a mockery of the process we've just been through.
We face genuine short to mid-term economic challenges now and we need to be careful that we don't talk ourselves into a recession. There is a danger of schadenfreude overwhelming this debate.
Don't get me wrong though, I believe we have made a terrible mistake, and that we've damaged our country in ways that could disadvantage our country for decades to come. We should hold those that campaigned for us to leave to account for what they said, and judge them against events, I will be relentless on that.
I'm proud to of been on the same side of this argument with you JT, DL, BMW and all the others who've articulated the arguments far better than I have. You are good people with good motives.
I'm cross that the Union Flag is being waved in victory, that's my flag, I'm only British, I'm not English, Scottish or Welsh, Northern Irish, I'm BRITISH - the irony is that those waving it in any other context would be waving the a different flag and they have placed the union this flag represents in peril.
Also, let's all unite to face down the nasty nationalism that's rearing it's ugly head, politician talk about it, but it's only the people that can really challenge it.
I've heard too many hollow claims about about 'taking back control' during this debate, people telling me how important democracy is. Well let's do it then, let's take back control. Let's have democracy. Let's make everyone in this country's vote count equally. Let's get rid of the unfair and anti-democratic system the ensures that the minority can govern over the majority. When this happens then I'll really start to believe those who claimed to be on the side of the people.
Finally, when did being liberal become something to be derided? I'll take being liberal over being illiberal any day. From my experience liberals tend to have good instincts and decent values.
Finally finally, how **** were England tonight?
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Well this is a bad time for me to respond as I've just watched England lose to Iceland and I've decided that drinking away my sorrows was the best solution, but here goes, I apologise in advance for the rambling nature of my response...
As I understand it the Norway model is off the table. I'm sure the EU would be happy with it, but the UK cannot go there, as this would fail many of the promises made during the campaign (most importantly freedom of movement).
The final settlement with the EU is obviously unclear at the moment, I'm guessing that we'll ultimately go for some sort of payment for access deal. Even this is going to take some selling as it's likely to be expensive and cut deep into the '£350M' a week (cough) we're supposed to be saving.
I do think that it's time to stop going on about second referendums though. It's over. As a democrat I'd go as far as to say that, if by some incredible set of circumstances we did vote again, I'd be compelled to vote for Leave, as anything else would make a mockery of the process we've just been through.
We face genuine short to mid-term economic challenges now and we need to be careful that we don't talk ourselves into a recession. There is a danger of schadenfreude overwhelming this debate.
Don't get me wrong though, I believe we have made a terrible mistake, and that we've damaged our country in ways that could disadvantage our country for decades to come. We should hold those that campaigned for us to leave to account for what they said, and judge them against events, I will be relentless on that.
I'm proud to of been on the same side of this argument with you JT, DL, BMW and all the others who've articulated the arguments far better than I have. You are good people with good motives.
I'm cross that the Union Flag is being waved in victory, that's my flag, I'm only British, I'm not English, Scottish or Welsh, Northern Irish, I'm BRITISH - the irony is that those waving it in any other context would be waving the a different flag and they have placed the union this flag represents in peril.
Also, let's all unite to face down the nasty nationalism that's rearing it's ugly head, politician talk about it, but it's only the people that can really challenge it.
I've heard too many hollow claims about about 'taking back control' during this debate, people telling me how important democracy is. Well let's do it then, let's take back control. Let's have democracy. Let's make everyone in this country's vote count equally. Let's get rid of the unfair and anti-democratic system the ensures that the minority can govern over the majority. When this happens then I'll really start to believe those who claimed to be on the side of the people.
Finally, when did being liberal become something to be derided? I'll take being liberal over being illiberal any day. From my experience liberals tend to have good instincts and decent values.
Finally finally, how **** were England tonight?
As I understand it the Norway model is off the table. I'm sure the EU would be happy with it, but the UK cannot go there, as this would fail many of the promises made during the campaign (most importantly freedom of movement).
The final settlement with the EU is obviously unclear at the moment, I'm guessing that we'll ultimately go for some sort of payment for access deal. Even this is going to take some selling as it's likely to be expensive and cut deep into the '£350M' a week (cough) we're supposed to be saving.
I do think that it's time to stop going on about second referendums though. It's over. As a democrat I'd go as far as to say that, if by some incredible set of circumstances we did vote again, I'd be compelled to vote for Leave, as anything else would make a mockery of the process we've just been through.
We face genuine short to mid-term economic challenges now and we need to be careful that we don't talk ourselves into a recession. There is a danger of schadenfreude overwhelming this debate.
Don't get me wrong though, I believe we have made a terrible mistake, and that we've damaged our country in ways that could disadvantage our country for decades to come. We should hold those that campaigned for us to leave to account for what they said, and judge them against events, I will be relentless on that.
I'm proud to of been on the same side of this argument with you JT, DL, BMW and all the others who've articulated the arguments far better than I have. You are good people with good motives.
I'm cross that the Union Flag is being waved in victory, that's my flag, I'm only British, I'm not English, Scottish or Welsh, Northern Irish, I'm BRITISH - the irony is that those waving it in any other context would be waving the a different flag and they have placed the union this flag represents in peril.
Also, let's all unite to face down the nasty nationalism that's rearing it's ugly head, politician talk about it, but it's only the people that can really challenge it.
I've heard too many hollow claims about about 'taking back control' during this debate, people telling me how important democracy is. Well let's do it then, let's take back control. Let's have democracy. Let's make everyone in this country's vote count equally. Let's get rid of the unfair and anti-democratic system the ensures that the minority can govern over the majority. When this happens then I'll really start to believe those who claimed to be on the side of the people.
Finally, when did being liberal become something to be derided? I'll take being liberal over being illiberal any day. From my experience liberals tend to have good instincts and decent values.
Finally finally, how **** were England tonight?
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The first referendum wasn't binding. The government could, quite simply, call another on the grounds that the leave campaign was guilty of mis-selling. When people suffer buyers' remorse they're often assured by a cooling off period. When said remorse is compounded by a sense that one's been cheated, there's the prospect of a refund. Why can't we apply these principles to something as gargantuan as leaving the EU?
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The first referendum wasn't binding. The government could, quite simply, call another on the grounds that the leave campaign was guilty of mis-selling. When people suffer buyers' remorse they're often assured by a cooling off period. When said remorse is compounded by a sense that one's been cheated, there's the prospect of a refund. Why can't we apply these principles to something as gargantuan as leaving the EU?
Oh dear, more wishful twaddle. If there were to be an assessment of mis-selling then even you must agree that both sides would be found equally guilty, so your argument immediately collapses. And of course the referendum is binding however distasteful the result may be for you.
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Oh dear, more wishful twaddle. If there were to be an assessment of mis-selling then even you must agree that both sides would be found equally guilty, so your argument immediately collapses. And of course the referendum is binding however distasteful the result may be for you.
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Representing .what going on tv Martin threatening to block a winning vote,what's the point in voting then if some can't respect the outcome.
Since this vote,all the remain have been doing is crying and arguing,it's not fair,we want another referendum,throwing your toys out pram,Grow up and toughen.you didn't get the result you wanted,take it on the chin and get onboard.
Martin this country has been through much more dangerous things than a referendum.
Since this vote,all the remain have been doing is crying and arguing,it's not fair,we want another referendum,throwing your toys out pram,Grow up and toughen.you didn't get the result you wanted,take it on the chin and get onboard.
Martin this country has been through much more dangerous things than a referendum.
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Oh dear, more wishful twaddle. If there were to be an assessment of mis-selling then even you must agree that both sides would be found equally guilty, so your argument immediately collapses. And of course the referendum is binding however distasteful the result may be for you.
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It's a pretty sorry choice though. If backing away from Out means going down the path of brutally frank honesty (since both sides of thereferendum campaign were fought on the basis of massive lies), then going ahead with Out has to mean continuing down the path of the same bald-faced lies that got us here to start with. Potential anarchy, or sucking up a political system you know is blatantly lieing to you the entire time, which would you rather have?
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It's a pretty sorry choice though. If backing away from Out means going down the path of brutally frank honesty (since both sides of thereferendum campaign were fought on the basis of massive lies), then going ahead with Out has to mean continuing down the path of the same bald-faced lies that got us here to start with. Potential anarchy, or sucking up a political system you know is blatantly lieing to you the entire time, which would you rather have?
If this referendum has taught anyone, politicians lie, news outlets lie. They all have their own agenda.
At the moment news headlines are all doom and gloom, it ain't that bad
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Finally, when did being liberal become something to be derided? I'll take being liberal over being illiberal any day. From my experience liberals tend to have good instincts and decent values.
The answer is, when it threatens the underpinnings of society, such as when it allows convicted rapists, murderers etc to remain in the UK because they are now married, or have a cat that would suffer.
Or when we start with so called positive discrimination, or when folk take it on themselves to be insulted or upset on behalf of others.
I'm all for liberalism, but we have to draw the line SOMEWHERE, or it descends society into anarchy.
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