Aye FAR into the future at this rate, they don't like us only our money, they seem to have forgotten what we did in the war. Sooner we get out the better, we WILL survive!
Which war? The last war between us and another country in Europe was 3 generations ago. After 2,000+ years of conflict, we are now in the longest period of peace in the history of western Europe. I certainly don't want to see another in my lifetime or that of my descendants. Yes, we will probably survive. But surely the objective was to make things better? Lets leave the EU and survive wasn't printed on the side of any buses. There are no plans, there are no contingencies in place, there is no agreed destination and there is no consensus on how to get there. Each of those things adds a lot of risk to the project and the people in charge haven't got a f&*king clue between them. IMHO Brexit will be a multi-generational issue for the entire country in the same way as shutting the pits was a multi-generational issue for Barnsley and the surrounding areas.
I work with a couple of guys who have been involved with CHIEF (the customs system) for HMRC. Its creaking at the seams already, is incapable of coping with the increased demand after Brexit and the replacement is continually being pushed back as the amendments to the design cannot be designed until the requirements are known.
May knows if we have no deal the country is totally fecked. She also knows the hard Brexit mob won't let her do a reasonable deal that would keep us in the single market. She is totally ******. If she wasn't a Tory & a crap dancer I'd start to feel sorry for her.
Stephen Dorrell was not Health Minister under Cameron, but was under Major although he was Chair of the Health Select Committee from 2010 to 2014. He was out of the government after the 2015 election.
I understand that the referendum was merely advisory and not binding in any way. It wouldn't have mattered if 80% had voted out - government were under no obligation to make that happen, merely use the result in an advisory capacity to shape policy.
[QUOTE="pontyender, post: 2199694, member: 6654" . It's common for major constitutional changes elsewhere in the world to demand a two-thirds majority.[/QUOTE] Not a process used in European Union related referenda though....a few examples Denmark (Single European Act) 56.2% France (Maastricht treaty)51.0% Denmark (Maastricht)..56.7 %% Sweden ( EU Membership) 52.3% Denmark (Treaty of Amsterdam) 55.1% Malta (EU Membership) 53.6% Bearing in mind that no UK referendum has required a super majority either...I'm sure the Scot Nats would have (rightly in my view) been enraged if a super majority had been required, it seems no more than a tool for Governments to guarantee the status quo, or at least to load it very heavily in their favour.