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  1. notDistantGreen

    notDistantGreen Well-Known Member

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    Except the childish toe-rag has not signed the letter required by the Benn Act and has sent another undermining it. Welcome back to the courts Mr. Johnson.
     
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  2. Plymborn

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    On the other hand Oliver Letwin has done an act of sabotage against the will of the 17.4 million who democratically voted in the referendum to leave.

    Remainers will do anything to get their undemocratic way and ignore the referendum result....not just sabotage but more like treason.

    An election is needed as soon as possible....many will find that the ballot box will end their selfish careers.....the end result of voting against their constituents will.
     
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  3. Plymborn

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    RUGBY WORLD CUP...Q/F

    Lucky, lucky Wales won by 1pt.....20-19 against France.....France shot themselves in the foot by playing most of the second half with 14 players ....and missed an easy conversion (2pts) and an easy penalty (3pt)....either would have won them the match.
     
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  4. notDistantGreen

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    Parliament cannot be expected to give blanket approval to a half-finished and half-assed agreement. It's up to the Government to document exactly what they are asking approval for and if they can't or won't, then it's their own ineptitude that's brought this on themselves. Letwin has done the country a favour by not letting this distrustworthy PM free rein in the negotiations.

    We don't need an election because there are too many other variables, including the danger of letting Corbyn in. Brexit is the only issue that needs resolving and we need another referendum, conducted this time in an honest and truthful manner by the Leave side and with the benefit of knowing that the EU will not roll over for the UK, which is what we were told at the time.

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  5. Plymborn

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    So the Remainers were lily white on how they ran their campaign....or does it suit your cause to forget that.....I thought so.

    You can't have a second referendum just because you didn't like the result of the 2016 referendum.

    Best of 3 or 5 or 7.....or the first side to win by two clear referendums.

    Or until the peasants come up with the right answer.

    The ...did not vote... column would be significantly higher than 27.8% next time.....and that would mean lower percentages for Remain or Leave and undermine any meaningful result of the problem.
     
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  6. sensiblegreeny

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    What are all you leavers afraid of plym? If you are so convinced that your argument is the right one then surely the second result will be the same as the first or even greater. Both sides lied and that is not the way to conduct a vote on something as important as this one was. Facts were lacking and without them how can anyone make up their mind in a proper way. There were no details on what we were actually voting for as an example. What were the terms of leaving and how much was that going to cost us is but one question without an answer,

    Can you cut out this stupid ridiculous Treason crap please. That is just plain rubbish. If you apply it to anyone who doesn't want to leave and does something to stop it or stall it then you must charge Boris with selling his own country down the river which was always the real definition of treason. I want another vote for two reasons. The first is that I was given no information for the first one and secondly because we now have something, terms for leaving that will be known before a vote, that we didn't have before.

    I would add that Oliver Letwin does not represent 17.4 million brexit voters. He isn't your MP for a start so he isn't letting you down at all. How your MP voted should be your main concern.
     
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  7. notDistantGreen

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    In what way did the Remain side lie? What did they say that has been shown to be wrong?

    And is the 2015 referendum not a re-run of the one held in 1975, forced on us by a small hardcore of Europhobes?

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    I'm just convinced that in all the rhetoric there were lies on BOTH sides at some point. I did make the 1975 point previously myself and you are right that this is a re-run of that which voted in. If a second Referendum is ok for that then another one is fair for this. As I recall there were many leaflets delivered and news stories regarding entering the EU the first time around. Nobody was promised a fortune to be spent on the NHS or anything else. In other words we were given proper facts to consider. This time that was not the case and therefore the outcome has to be seen as sketchy and a tad unsafe to say the least. Now however there is a lot more known about what it entails, what it costs and there are no lies to be posted on buses that people would believe. Well not unless they are completely stupid anyway. So now we are informed give us another go at it and for me, if the result is the same as the first one, I will not like it but I will accept it as part of the democracy that is the UK. As it stands I totally refuse to accept this vote as being either democratic or fair. Once it is done then a General Election should follow.
     
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  9. AWAY IN BC

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    Canada's General Election is today.
     
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  10. sensiblegreeny

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    Vote Monster Raving Looney BC. You know it makes sense.
     
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    Nothing makes sense in politics Take Borris for instance
     
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  12. Plymborn

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    Watched Channel 232 yesterday....the Parliament program.

    I always thought that the Speaker was the equivalent of a referee in football....a good one was hardly noticed and did his job without really being the main act.

    John Bercow on the other hand although not far short of being a midget is swinging from the rafters screaming out....look at me everyone....look how great I am...I've swallowed a dictionary...aren't I clever.

    He spent at least 50% of the time talking and never missed the chance of taking over from the MP's who were the real debaters not him.

    .....and of course he is a staunch remainer seemingly giving an unfair advantage to the opposition when really he should be playing it down the middle.....at the end of the month he retires and he'll be able to play tennis all day long... although he can hardly see over the net.....will he still have enough perks to keep his out of controlled wife happy.

    There are some bullying cases against him that are coming to court soon....his staff have felt very intimidated by him and he will be cross examined about it....will he talk the inquiry to a stand still....will they wish in the end that they hadn't start it....who knows.
     
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  13. sensiblegreeny

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    Great restraint there plym. You took until your 5th paragraph to make your main point which is of course "he is a remainer". If he was a leaver you wouldn't even be commenting.
     
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  14. notDistantGreen

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    Exactly. He's rightly upholding the rights and conventions of Parliament over an Executive which is bandying about phrases like "come Hell or high water", "surrender" and "rather be dead in a ditch". None of that gives the impression of a Government which is assessing the situation rationally and reasonably. No wonder MP's don't trust this PM and his Cabinet and are insisting on going through it all themselves, as is their duty.
     
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  15. Plymborn

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    I mentioned it because The Speaker should be impartial and he clearly isn't...his views are well publicized....how can he be even handed.
     
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  16. notDistantGreen

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    The Speaker is there to ensure Parliament is able to do its job and to prevent the Government railroading legislation through without due scrutiny. That's exactly what he's doing.

    90% of the MP's oppose Brexit, it's only the brownshirts in the ERG that have made this happen but (annoyingly) they aren't all voting against Brexit all the time are they? May's deal nearly got through and would have done if it wasn't for the Northern Ireland issue, which, by the way, nobody even mentioned at the time of the Referendum. So like them, Bercow is not obstructing all Brexit legislation, he's merely ensuring that the rabid dogs in the ERG and now in the Government don't push through any old extremist rubbish by abusing Parliamentary due process.

    There is a lot of BS being talked about MP's having had 3 years to discuss this. If Johnson is saying this is a "great new deal" then it can't be the same as what's previously been discussed can it? Therefore, it needs sufficient time to be properly reviewed.
     
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  17. Plymborn

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    60 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS.

    Time for me to start warming you up for the annual Cracker jokes......you know you like it.

    Going to tell you a story from the old American West.....150 years plus ago.

    US Cavalry Patrol riding through a strong Red Indian controlled mountainous area....the Cavalry Officer in charge has sent his most experienced Army Scout ahead to check the terrain for any marauding Red Indian Braves setting up a trap to attack the Cavalry.

    The Army Scout is riding about a mile ahead of the Cavalry patrol... using his experience gained over many years on the trail, learnt the hard way and strengthened by the help of an old Indian Warrior Brave... who now worked for the US Cavalry....this Brave had passed on all his skills that he had used in the past against the US Cavalry and in hunting down animals to help feed his fellow tribe members.

    Peering ahead the Army Scout thought he could see an Indian Braves pony standing next to the trail about 500 yards ahead. Cautiously the Army Scout advanced with his rifle in his hand and then as he came nearer he could see an old Indian Brave laying on the trail with his head to the ground.

    As he got very near he shouted out to the Indian Brave....asking him what he was up to....the Indian Brave seemed to be muttering....so the Army Scout feeling that there was no danger got off his horse and came up close to the Indian Brave.....knowing a little of the local Indian language he got down beside the Brave and listened to what he was muttering........the old Indian was saying....."Stagecoach, pulled by four horses...two white and two black....coach driver has a rifle carrying guard sitting up front with him.....four passengers in the coach....two men and two women....and carrying on top of the Stagecoach two large chests of luggage.

    The Army Scout looked on in amazement....the Indian Brave who had taught him in the past had taught him many things about reading the signs on the trail....but this old Indian Brave laying on the trail was something else....how on earth could he know all those things by just putting his head to the ground....incredible ability to read the signs.....the Army Scout admiring this old warrior asked him how he did it....how on earth could he know all that by listening to the trail.

    The old Indian Brave looked up at the Army Scout and shook his head saying.....you stupid Yankee.....the Stagecoach has just raced past me and knocked me off my pony....you'd think they would give way for an old retired Indian Brave.

    Sorry folks
     
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  18. Plymborn

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    Oh dear....still October and I've woken up to find that the frost protection has turned itself on overnight.

    Quite a frost on the lawn and the car will need de-icing if I go out early......the start of a long winter looms ahead.
     
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  19. notDistantGreen

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    That's not a bad joke Plym but I doubt it would fit in the average Xmas cracker.
     
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