Forum Message

Topic: Nonsense on stilts
Posted by: Richard Carter
Date/Time: 26/10/26 19:14:00

There's so much utter nonsense in that post that I think you must have copied half of it from the columns of the Daily Express... In brief, to take the salient points of this farcical response:

* The stuff about respecting the result of the referendum is frankly daft: no one expects the result of an referendum to be respected in perpetuity since people can change their minds, and in any case, the population now is not the same as 10 years ago, since, to put it bluntly, many of teh Brexiteers, being largely olde, will have died since 2016.

* It can't contradict the democratic will of the British people if the proposal to include freedom of movement and membership of the single market among  Labour’s manifesto commitments, because if it is against their will they can vote it down at the next election!

* Suggesting that proposal of a second referendum on full membership is entirely fraudulent rests on your view that there would be no point in opting to remain outside the formal structure of the EU. But being in, for example, the single market is a long way from full membership of the EU, would would need long and serious negotiations before it could be contemplated: why do you think that Norway and Switzerland, for example, are in the single market but not the actual EU?

* Finally, complaining that disappointed Remainers are  not interested in questions of honesty or democracy is - what would the phrase be? - rather rude.....

Entire Thread
TopicDate PostedPosted By
Betrayal25/10/26 10:11:00 Steven Rose
   Re:Betrayal25/10/26 10:57:00 Robert Wheeler
      Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 12:51:00 Ivonne Holliday
         Re:Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 13:17:00 Robert Wheeler
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 13:34:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 14:48:00 Richard Carter
         Re:Re:Re:Betrayal26/10/26 12:59:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Betrayal25/10/26 14:54:00 Richard Carter
      Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 15:25:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 15:59:00 Richard Carter
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 16:28:00 Steven Rose
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Betrayal26/10/26 13:17:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Betrayal25/10/26 16:21:00 Jonathan Callaway
      Re:Re:Betrayal25/10/26 16:59:00 Steven Rose
         ry getting a grip...26/10/26 11:12:00 Richard Carter
   Reply25/10/26 18:10:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply25/10/26 20:18:00 Robert Wheeler
         Re:Re:Reply25/10/26 20:52:00 Richard Carter
            Re:Re:Re:Reply26/10/26 13:34:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Reply25/10/26 20:53:00 Steven Rose
            Re:Re:Re:Reply25/10/26 21:42:00 Ivonne Holliday
         Re:Re:Reply25/10/26 20:57:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Re:Re:Re:Reply26/10/26 13:37:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Reply25/10/26 21:01:00 Michael Ixer
            Re:Re:Re:Reply26/10/26 13:41:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Reply25/10/26 20:50:00 Ivonne Holliday
         Re:Re:Reply25/10/26 21:41:00 Steven Rose
            Reply25/10/26 21:55:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply26/10/26 08:21:00 Richard Carter
               Re:Betrayal 26/10/26 08:21:00 Sue Hammond
                  Reply26/10/26 11:51:00 Michael Ixer
                     Reply26/10/26 12:16:00 Sue Hammond
                        Reply26/10/26 13:30:00 Michael Ixer
                        Re:Reply26/10/26 13:58:00 John Hawkes
               Re:Reply26/10/26 08:21:00 Philippa Bond
            Re:Re:Re:Reply26/10/26 13:54:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Reply26/10/26 13:21:00 John Hawkes
   Reply26/10/26 11:59:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply26/10/26 18:38:00 Steven Rose
         Nonsense on stilts26/10/26 19:14:00 Richard Carter
            Re:Nonsense on stilts26/10/26 19:25:00 Philippa Bond
               Reply26/10/26 21:29:00 Sue Hammond
                  Re:Reply26/10/26 22:10:00 Philippa Bond
                  Reply26/10/26 23:31:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Re:Nonsense on stilts26/10/26 21:30:00 Steven Rose

Forum Home