Surprised no one has mentioned Raab's proposal of a Coup d'etat

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  1. upt

    upthecolliers Well-Known Member

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    So according to thee Raab knew Dover was a port, must have been someone else then.
     
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    If 46m people can vote then 17m is not the majority of the population.
     
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    I asked first! Come on....
     
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    I don’t know how you came up with that interpretation because that’s not what i said at all.
    I said 52% is not the will of the people .
     
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    Marlon Well-Known Member

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    Taking almost half the voters kicking and screaming is not the will of the people .
    A small majority yes but not the will of the people .
     
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    AthersleyRed Well-Known Member

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    It was always a Fascist party under a different name.
     
  7. Marlon

    Marlon Well-Known Member

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    I’ve just answered,democracy is what ever someone in authority tells you it is .
     
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    barnsley66 Well-Known Member

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    It seems democracy is okay when you win.

    "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way. If the Remain campaign win two-thirds to one-third that ends it."

    Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
    Votes %
    Leave
    17,410,742 51.89%
    Remain 16,141,241 48.11%
    Valid votes 33,551,983 99.92%
    Invalid or blank votes 25,359 0.08%
     
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    Braziltyke Active Member

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    Out of the number of people who chose to vote more (by over 1m people) elected to leave the EU. The ballot paper agreed by MPs said leave or remain.

    Simple.
     
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    Brexit has all but destroyed Labour and the Tories.

    Farage with his party of 29 members will have a field day in the EU Parliament.

    When the UK leave the 73 UK seats they will be 'vacating' at the EU Parliament will be redistributed -- 5 Extra MEP each for France and Spain, 3 each for Italy and the Netherlands, 2 for Ireland and 1 each for another 8 countries.
    The remaining 'vacant' sets will not be taken so the Parliament will be smaller.

    It is in everyone's interest to get Brexit moving - but we will not be 'leaving' on the 31 October or whenever but the process which will take many years will have started.

    The 'Remainers' reckon we leavers didn't know what we voted for - but did they know what they voted for?
    Look at the dominant parties in Italy - France - Hungary - check the Russain influence in the Eastern EU countries.do you really want to be part of the same group as them. Will you have any say in who will be the next President of the EU etc.

    And finally for the moaning Remainers I'd say - we had a DEMOCRTIC vote - you lost - stop whinging and behaving like bad losers.
     
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    The Referendum Act is silent on the size of the majority needed. It assumes usual practice. For a constitutional change of this type, normal practice is a 2/3 majority is required. I am amazed there has not been a legal challenge.
     
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    So if we lose a game 3 2 next season we really won is what you are saying?
     
  13. Marlon

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    No what I’m saying is that if we’re winning three two you can’t end the game on 80 mins
     
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    The final whistle blew at 10pm on the night we went to the polls
     
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    the reasons to discredit the outcome of the referendum get dafter by the minute.
     
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    clutching at straws here Marlon.
     
  17. Marlon

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    Choose how you dress it up a 3% majority is NOT by any stretch of whoever’s imagination the will of the people .
     
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    It was tongue in cheek obviously
     
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    it would have been had the vote gone in favour of remain :p
     
  20. Marlon

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    Not with Farage it wouldn’t and I’d bet my house on that :p
     
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