Current Affairs EU In or Out

[Daniel Gardner]

Yes, they were democratically elected by majority vote and have decided to ignore the majority vote in a democratic referendum.

Pretty sure no one was elected on a manifesto which stated they would take us out of the EU with no deal.

 

[summerisle]

Pretty sure no one was elected on a manifesto which stated they would take us out of the EU with no deal.

Cue idiot.

 

[peteblue]

Then there’s people like me, who are disappointed in their fellow citizens for voting for something led by a racist and archaic narrative

Corbyn ?.........

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[spectateur]

Corbyn ?.........

Corbyn Couldn’t lead anything. He means de Piffle of course.

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[thirdmantackle]

its really head in the sand stuff, isn't it?

 

[Methuselah]

That assumes the election is based entirely on a Brexit platform and it quite clearly was not.

It's a ridiculous conflation.

Democracy is democracy, you can't pick and choose.

 

[Methuselah]

Also funny that the 4 most vocal brexiteers on here are 60+ and have absolutely nothing riding on the vote. Markets might go up or down, jobs might be lost, house prices may crash but we're ok Jack.

No one said it was going to be easy. Have you heard the phrase 'roll your sleeves up'? Second nature to the 60+ generation, we've been doing it all our lives. Try it.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Democracy is democracy, you can't pick and choose.

That's precisely my point. You're suggesting that every MP was democratically elected to deliver Brexit. They weren't.

The election was not fought entirely on a platform for Brexit. The referendum was, but the referendum doesn't determine who our elected Representatives are.

Furthermore, if I were elected to represent the best interests of my constituents and I was told 'you have to implement a fraudulent referendum' I wouldn't.

 

[Chewbacca]

No one said it was going to be easy.

Yes they did.

• Getting out of the EU can be quick and easy – the UK holds most of the cards in any negotiation.
  • John Redwood (17 July 2016)
• To me, Brexit is easy.
  • Nigel Farage (20 September 2016)
• The free trade agreement that we will have to do with the European Union should be one of the easiest in human history.
  • Liam Fox (20 July 2017)

 

[Bruce Wayne]

No one said it was going to be easy. Have you heard the phrase 'roll your sleeves up'? Second nature to the 60+ generation, we've been doing it all our lives. Try it.

I thought you were retired? What exactly will you be doing to make Brexit a success?

 

[Chewbacca]

Making Britain Great again, not realising that Great is a geographical description of the largest of the British Isles.

 

[The binman chronicles]

No one said it was going to be easy. Have you heard the phrase 'roll your sleeves up'? Second nature to the 60+ generation, we've been doing it all our lives. Try it.

I've been rolling my sleeves up practically my whole life and been continuously employed for the last 24 years, so I don't need a lesson on that thank you. Your generation had nearly 20 years of almost continual growth, giving the chance to purchase houses at low prices and reap the rewards. Anyone in their 40's now will almost certainly see 15 years of recession and stagnation to go with the 11 we have already had to take them up to retirement age.

Spot the difference?

And for what? I'm still waiting for one person to give me a tangible benefit for this. Take back control by being the weakest member in any trade talk against any decent sized country or block? Absolute folly.