If it had been binding it would have been declared null and void due to the unusually small margin in the result.
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[Politics] Brexit
- Thread starter KingstonSeagull
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If it had been binding it would have been declared null and void due to the unusually small margin in the result.
Oh I agree - we should have been making plans etc so we were on the front foot when talks with the EU started. Problem being, IMO, May is probably the most incompetent PM of modern times - and that takes some doing given the current incumbant.
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
A margin, as they say, is a margin.
And therein lies the problem with some leavers. They just want everything simple even if that rides roughshod over enshrined democracy.
That somewhat depends upon what the conditions in the act for the referendum would have been. They could have said a change would only happen with a super majority or they could have just used a simple majority - that would have been up to the MPs what was in the act.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
So what's your plan Sherlock, 52% of us leave and 48% remain in the EU?
No. How do you propose that would work?
My plan? Ideally revoke A50 and put all this nonsense behind us.
Unlikely to happen.
Silverhatch
Well-known member
If there was a mechanism to do that - then a lot of people would take it
- Jan 3, 2012
- 16,594
This deal which is on the table now might be palatable to the majority of MPs, but won't be acceptable to the EU. And it is a proposal, not a deal. It is not acceptable to the ROI, and as they will remain as a member of the EU, the EU will support them...... unsurprisingly. This will enable Mr Johnson and his shower to pontificate totally unreasonably about the bully boys of Europe and start pushing for a no deal again.
Plus Cela change, plus c'est la meme chose.
The courts have also ruled that the levels of interference and proven illegalities around the vote, would have seen it declared void.
nicko31
Well-known member
Now that the dust seems to have settled on the Tories ridiculous attempt at a deal maybe they need to reflect is bit on their English exceptionalism.
Boris would do well to watch the 1996 film "Michael Collins" to fill in his poor knowledge of the troubles In Ireland...
Boris would do well to watch the 1996 film "Michael Collins" to fill in his poor knowledge of the troubles In Ireland...
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,864
Why do you think an ardent remainer would ever entertain the idea of Brexit, Norway style or any other ? Moron
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Johnson's latest effort is a proposal, not a deal.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Boris's older brother Joe, sums it up
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nicko31
Well-known member
Yeap they used the EU as scapegoat for their failings in 2016 and now they are going to try to do it again, blaming them for their failure to deliver their lies and fantasy
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Can you clarify why it is fantasy and impossible to survive as a nation outside of the EU?
Are we so reliant upon them, and so embedded into their system?
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,312
? "they"... the government was mainly on the remain side. or are you saying the electorate blamed EU for their personal failure? silly voters.
- Jul 10, 2003
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If it's a simple case of finding a proposal that will get through the HOC, I have a better proposal than Johnson's. I propose we keep all the benefits of being in the EU, have no border controls, stop paying any contribution and stop adhering to EU rules and regulations.
I can guarantee that will fly through the HOC, can't see any issues with that, whatsoever
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Trade deals, not only with the EU, but with the rest of the world through them.
Every country in the world is in a trading bloc.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
So, if we leave, we won't be able to trade with anyone as we're not in a trading bloc?