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No decisions should be left to the uninformed masses
No decisions should be left to the uninformed masses who do not appreciate all the consequences and are easily manipulated by vested interests.
It seems that Mrs May is not going to allow another referendum as she does not trust the electorate to make the right decision in her views.
Nope, one and only one reason for brexit, immigration and the pressure on society.
I am in favour of a chinese style government that the people can vote for what they want and the government actually listen to the people
Which of her views?
I noted Mrs May rules out any chance of a 2nd vote
Quote from: dead cat on 20/10/2018 19:12:54I noted Mrs May rules out any chance of a 2nd voteMrs May also ruled out a snap general election- shortly before calling a snap general election.She's quite good at that sort of thing.https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/here-are-10-tory-u-turns-since-the-election-was-called
The minority of politicians and media who promoted Brexit, won the vote.
Europe was originally a trading block, it appears now that it is taking more and more power from individual governemts and making laws.
Those governments can still influence or veto those laws and, if they think a law is really bad, they can invoke article 50 and leave.No country has ever felt that any EU law was that bad. The EU isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than the Brexiteers would have us believe.
In Europe these are generally faceless bureaucrats that no one has ever heard off.
Quote from: dead cat on 21/10/2018 15:13:34In Europe these are generally faceless bureaucrats that no one has ever heard off. It's not their fault you have not heard of them.I keep hearing people tell me that the EU is undemocratic- because it has unelected commissions.I don't think people know what that means.Things are changing in the world. For example, it makes sense for our government to look to the future and consider what provision we need for housing.That requires a number of things- we need to know about population dynamics- which in turn depend on economics.It needs people who understand infrastructure design.It also needs people with an understanding of the supply of building materials.It's utterly laughable to leave those sorts of questions to our elected politicians who famously al studied politics (and nothing else).They simply don't understand the issues.So, they commision a group who does understand them- people from universities, and hospitals and industry- to actually make the decisions.Obviously, the commision is "unelected", but that's not a bad thing, they are chosen for their ability- not for their party allegiance. The European commission is built in much the same way- albeit from politicians- and is chaired by Juncker.The European parliament chooses its own head- at the moment they have Tusk.Your MEP had a say in that decision.
The EU is vulnerable to the same thing, particularly as a permanent lurch to the right is inevitable if they don't put sensible limits on immigration,