Look, democracy works like this: You are asked a question. You either vote for Vote against Or can't be arsed to vote, in which case, if you can't be bothered to answer the question, no one really cares what you think anyway. After that, you can invent all the maths you like. They could have said (and I bet they wish they had) "The referendum will require a 2/3 majority of voters to elicit change to the status quo". But they didn't. Hard cheese all round.
Let's have a referendum as to whether you close it or not? If the 'NO' vote wins..........Will you retire? :wink:
Please keep this thread going, if nothing else we're starting to move towards a plan......which is better than the government is doing
Is your characteristic good humour deserting you now, El T, since the result was announced? Chin up. It surely won't be anything like as bad as the paper-sellers and doom-mongers would have you believe. :
You know I'm not too sure about that, me admittedly I didn't. But from memory the conservatives pretty much added it to the manifesto to directly combat the ukip party and nullify any potential losses to them. Therefore I suspect the conservatives actually did pretty well out of the referendum offer. Ultimately Cameron made the pledge and everybody that voted conservative has in some part responsibility for the outcome we have
Don't be daft............I look more like Donald Pleasance (when he was alive..........although I have lost a lot of weight).
short memories and rods for back. every argument will be used. like i said, quiet today and bored Scottish Political Archive - 40% Rule
I hope not, otherwise what was the past 4 months for? We've had a vote, some of us don't like the outcome but that's democracy. We can bleat about it for a bit, I would hope that those that voted the other way will be magnanimous in their victory. But in the end we have to move on.
I admit I voted to remain, and felt like I'd been kicked in the guts on Friday morning. But since then I've thought about it and have taken the view that the job's over and done with and "whatever will be, will be". However I am now honestly bored by the to-ing and fro-ing of thinly veiled insults and smugness of those that voted to leave. Added to which some posts are getting personal and I have to spend every minute on here trying to police it. What I don't understand is your stance on this subject. You don't live in the UK, the Eurozone, nor had a vote, yet you are seemingly intent on being a rabble rouser.
I hope Boris doesn't become PM. Just don't care for him,and I'd prefer a David Davies or even IDS again. But I won't be at all surprised if Gorgeous George is in the frame-he's making all the right noises
There are plenty of other forums If you don't like this thread you can put it on ignore Instead of in or out
