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VocalMinority said:
I back a supermajority for major referendums generally and i've said for a long while that the original referendum should have needed one.

I'm not keen on changing the rules midway though. Saying you needed 50% and after they get that saying you now need more leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
If I was an MP I would probably abstain for a vote on implementing that.

Also i think 66% is too high. When i thought about this i imagined situations that I would be in favour of, say implementating gun control if we didn't have it, with a forced purchase of weapons. 66% felt too difficult to get. I felt like 55% was a good firm decision while still being representative of what the population want.

Anyway I would be in favour of implementing a requirement of a supermajority for major referendums as soon as the second Brexit referendum takes place whichever result. **** the SNP if they feel like this is targeted at them.
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Cherry picking a variety of rules to manipulate the outcome you want. That`s what happens in piss-pot dictatorships. Oh wait...….
 
Very moving scenes in the House, with Bercow receiving a standing ovation from the whole opposition benches and most of the government side. The Treasury bench remained seated and silent. Tributes from all sides continue, even Michael Gove had to say something nice, even though he sounded like he was drinking battery acid.
 
ChilcoSaint said:
Very moving scenes in the House, with Bercow receiving a standing ovation from the whole opposition benches and most of the government side. The Treasury bench remained seated and silent. Tributes from all sides continue, even Michael Gove had to say something nice, even though he sounded like he was drinking battery acid.
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Boris , Boris , Where are you ?
 
- Doing The Lambert Walk said:
Confirmed: Bercow standing down in October.

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Extremely well said on on all sides. Down through the years, and most recently, Speaker John Bercow has been the only member between Parliament keeling over and standing up to excesses from government. We've been quite well served in Speakers, but he's been a good 'un.
 
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Been skipping through the excellent Parliament TV on this headline day. After most of the direct and deserved praise for John Bercow died down, an Opposition spokeperson got up and intermingled her praise with a criticism of the Prime Minister and Trump. And thoroughly deserved that was too. Bercow let her have her uninterrupted say as well.
 
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ChilcoSaint said:
Dominic Grieve is speaking on an emergency motion to obtain the full documentation on the prorogation and Operation Yellowhammer, as evidence he has been given means the Queen was misled. This is monumentally important stuff.
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What's the punishment for misleading the queen, hopefully beheading?
 
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