A letter writer in the Telegraph this morning reminds us of the 1997 Welsh Assembly referendum. On a turnout of only 50% the vote in favour of establishing an assembly for Wales won by a tiny margin of just 0.6%. Blair declared the vote a victory for democracy and said that however small the margin, the people had spoken and the assembly must be delivered. How things change...
The 2 front runners don't have the authority on their own. It still has to be approved by the Commons and Lords as its a change to an existing law.
The Conservatives (majority Gov't) will be whipped to follow the party line. There are enough supporters from other parties to get it through.
well Farage has done what he set out to do,, 16 years dedicated to getting england out of EU,, now he has done that ( maybe ) . without his years of campaigning there would have been no brexit ref,,,,,,,,,,,, if i was one of them i would be very greatful for what the man has done...many have jumped on his bandwagon,, many in fear of loosing a potential vote rather than supporting the case, but hey ho,, he got it..
Good riddance to the nasty little shit. Will he be paying back all the money he has taken from the EU?
listening to the southern Irish finance minister this morning it seems their finances are already taking more of a battering and are predicted to take even more of a battering than the uk's. farage has made him self a bit of a target has he not? personally i think he is ether v.ill or plans a new party.
"Breaking news: Nigel Farage has just told reporters he plans to stand as leader of UKIP gain immediately, citing a ‘criminal lack of leadership’ since he left." :tearsofjoy:
Like him or loathe him, without him we would not have had this referendum. For that I will be eternally grateful. For the record, I like him. The attempts to paint him as a xenophobic racist are cheap nasty shots. But this is always the way with the left as we have seen in this referendum. All leavers were called little Englanders or racists. Nigel Farage tells it as he sees it and the bloke has exposed the EU for what it is. Why should he pay his salary back by the way? People usually throw the fact back that he's on the fisheries commission but refuses to attend. Please tell me you are going to come up with something more original than that?
Did he? There's loads about it on the net. Is everyone who talks about it a racist? Just checking? Germany: Migrant Rape Crisis Worsens
