tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post6402988426412971252..comments2023-09-28T13:28:52.243+01:00Comments on Raedwald: EUphiles - The three responses to BrexitRaedwaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-42979321730423591562019-01-21T09:01:14.402+00:002019-01-21T09:01:14.402+00:00@Anonymous 17.14
I just followed your link and &q...@Anonymous 17.14<br /><br />I just followed your link and "copied and pasted", not my words... The words you directed me to look at.Stephen Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628822966183977715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-24686940733881878982019-01-21T07:39:43.812+00:002019-01-21T07:39:43.812+00:00For Leavers there are absolutely no advantages to ...For Leavers there are absolutely no advantages to a second referendum unless and until a Parliament is elected that represents the electorate's views on the EU.<br /><br />And the difficulty faced by the electorate is that many MPs deliberately lie to them during election time about their pro-EU views in order to get elected in Leave constituencies.<br /><br />The reasons being :<br /><br />If Leave wins, why should Parliament respect the result the second time if it has not implemented the wishes of the electorate the first time ?<br /><br />Secondly, if Remain wins, that will be the end of the discussion and furthermore the Establishment will take it as a mandate for further EU integration, EU wide taxation, joining the Euro, Schengen and the EU military, further EU expansion to the East and implementing Mrs. Merkel's immigration policy as outlined at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin 21/11/2018 :<br /><br />“Sovereign nation states must not listen to the will of their citizens when it comes to questions of immigration, borders, or even sovereignty.”<br /><br />There will be no “listening” to the views of the Leavers and it would be the last meaningful vote the country ever had.<br /><br /><br />John Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368536835090304923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-91597059400905257862019-01-20T22:15:33.445+00:002019-01-20T22:15:33.445+00:00right-writes@17.14
Your assertiion that I misreme...right-writes@17.14<br /><br />Your assertiion that I misremembered (OED "misrember - verb - Remember imperfectly or incorrectly") is incorrect.<br /><br />Although they were not verbatim quotes, the statements I made at 0905 were correct:<br /><br />"I remember that Mr Farage was seen on television just before thte result of the referendum saying words to the effect that if the result was "Remain" and close he would want a second referendum.<br />What has changed?<br />I also remember that Mrs May used to say that "No Deal was better than a Bad Deal" and nobody disagreed.<br />What has changed?"<br /><br />The statements you refer to are yours, not mine, and as such they do not "offer proof" of my statements of any sort.<br /><br />Rather than raising other memories would it not be more helpful to the discussion for someone to answer / discuss the two "What changed?" questions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-42796306142740092792019-01-20T22:01:03.583+00:002019-01-20T22:01:03.583+00:00EEA/EFTA membership, May's deal, all meet the ...EEA/EFTA membership, May's deal, all meet the advisory referendum result.<br /><br />There was not question on the ballot paper, as to what the UK's post-exit relationship with the EU should be.<br /><br />Farbage loses his job under all three, doesn't he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-50315636002638663662019-01-20T21:40:54.263+00:002019-01-20T21:40:54.263+00:00If there is another referendum, "Leave" ...If there is another referendum, "Leave" will not be one of the options available.<br /><br />It will be Remain, or Remain under the May surrender document.<br /><br />You can paste that in your hat, as Bertie Wooster might have said.Peter MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554166005487231094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-74508892378224925532019-01-20T21:00:26.941+00:002019-01-20T21:00:26.941+00:00Er, we're not all the same person, m.Er, we're not all the same person, m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-34955603589838046272019-01-20T19:36:58.395+00:002019-01-20T19:36:58.395+00:00I used to enjoy this blog but since Anonymous took...I used to enjoy this blog but since Anonymous took over, forget it!m davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933305756610709320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-32106990516982189982019-01-20T17:14:39.100+00:002019-01-20T17:14:39.100+00:00@anon 10:18...
"Mr Farage said he believed t...@anon 10:18...<br /><br /><i>"Mr Farage said he believed the Leave campaign were on course for victory.<br />But he said there would be resentment, particularly in the Conservative Party, if not, with claims the referendum will not have been a fair contest.<br />Number 10 said Mr Farage's comments showed he was losing the argument and was no longer confident of winning.<br />And Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a "once in a generation, once in a lifetime" decision, saying the UK had "referendums not Neverendums"."</i><br /><br />You are offering this, which is precisely what I said you had conveniently misremembered, as proof that Nigel Farage had said that he would continue the campaign?<br /><br />Of course the bit at the end has no meaning at all...<br /><br /><i>"...the UK had "referendums not Neverendums"."</i><br /><br />Hmmm... So that means we leave the EU on 29th March on Word Trade Rules, unless May can persuade remainers, leavers, and the DUP to accept her remain deal?Stephen Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628822966183977715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-90027396875836739712019-01-20T15:28:28.464+00:002019-01-20T15:28:28.464+00:00It is Sterling, rather, which is on the sticky wic...<i>It is Sterling, rather, which is on the sticky wicket. </i><br /><br />A softer £ isn't necessarily a bad thing, infact for a Car Crash BrexSShite to be a success the pound will need to soften quite a bit...just not so soft it needs a labrador puppy to carry it around in its mouth. I don't think there's much disagreement among even the more spittle-spraying Brexiteers about that...just as long as it is a pre-decimal type pound with the Queen's head on. jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-91134142101768069402019-01-20T15:09:56.151+00:002019-01-20T15:09:56.151+00:00The markets say not, Mongy.
In 2004 a euro cost 5...The markets say not, Mongy.<br /><br />In 2004 a euro cost 52p. It will cost a wholesaler 88p now.<br /><br />It is Sterling, rather, which is on the sticky wicket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-88253919787190188812019-01-20T14:07:53.251+00:002019-01-20T14:07:53.251+00:00Anonymong: I am not responsible for what other peo...Anonymong: I am not responsible for what other people say. There is a good argument that says that the Euro is dead. It's a zombie currency which has been gutted by QE. It awaits the next recession to put it out of its misery perhaps.<br /><br />The relevance of your other point escapes me. The Yanks' obsession with firearms does confuse me too though.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-70282821919710809252019-01-20T13:59:48.905+00:002019-01-20T13:59:48.905+00:00Mongy: "The euro will be dead and buried by C...Mongy: "The euro will be dead and buried by Christmas 2012" - Nigel Farage.<br /><br />The EU murder tally is only about one-sixth that of the US, despite having more people. That, I would say, is a measure of the relative sanity of the peoples within the two systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-18951172445008462622019-01-20T13:41:03.213+00:002019-01-20T13:41:03.213+00:00The EU is really a set of political projects that ...The EU is really a set of political projects that have become entangled. There is the single market. This is a simple barrier-to-entry, a get-inside-the-tent-and-piss-out conspiracy against poor people. The poor people being those producers - signally of food in Africa and near-Asia - outside the EU and consumers inside it for whom high prices are maintained by anti-competion. (That should be enough BTW for a sensible person to want to burn it down.)<br /><br />Then we add to this the curious and utterly stupid notion of the Euro. One market, one currency - OK I get that. Or at least I would have back in the days when money came as bits of paper and you had to have the right ones down the boulangerie. As we have seen in Greece, a nation's currency offers a means to flex its economy as events occur. Take that away and a nation's economy can break. And it did. (The Euro was the mis-step BTW. If they had had the patience to wait and built the Euro after political union was more established, they might have got away with it.)<br /><br />And now we have the issue of borders and nationaility. Weaponising the Ireland-NI "border" issue was wicked, stupid and a mistake. It is rare to see all three boxes ticked. And an EU army? Tell me, which of you will go and die in a ditch on the say-so of Jean-Claude Juncker? I thought not.<br /><br />Slap on top of all this the difference between the legal attitudes of several of the major nations and you have a recipe for a buggers' muddle which must be held together by power and deceit rather than consent and mutual affection.<br /><br />Anyway, sorry to drone on. Fear not, the project will die before I do. There is a bottle of the good stuff set by for the day.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-54646085805865920322019-01-20T13:03:17.236+00:002019-01-20T13:03:17.236+00:00PS. Dave. The EU has NO immigration policy, becaus...PS. Dave. The EU has NO immigration policy, because it is none of the EU's business under the Lisbon Treaty.<br /><br />That, and external border security is entirely a matter for the sovereign nations of the EU.<br /><br />The fact that people, fleeing the chaos caused by the US and the UK chaos in their own countries, entered the EU unlawfully is absolutely nothing to do with the EU either.<br /><br />It was very generous for Germany, Sweden etc. to take so many, however, otherwise they'd still be hanging round your holiday resorts in Italy and in Greece, wouldn't they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-16452495989204097712019-01-20T12:53:12.518+00:002019-01-20T12:53:12.518+00:00"Their" economy? There are twenty-seven ..."Their" economy? There are twenty-seven nations and countless regions within that.<br /><br />The only part of the UK which is in surplus is the SE.<br /><br />The picture is similar in the US, and the overall debt there is staggering.<br /><br />The EU has problems like everywhere else, but so far, its record in solving them isn't bad at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-55591544667328655832019-01-20T12:31:00.372+00:002019-01-20T12:31:00.372+00:00Yes jack, if the UK leaves the EU, Germany is goin...Yes jack, if the UK leaves the EU, Germany is going to go on the warpath, Merkal wants nothing more than to sack Prague and rape her way through Warsaw and it's only the UKs open borders that stops herDomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240964731398145995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-69474362760103710982019-01-20T12:28:29.502+00:002019-01-20T12:28:29.502+00:00The alternative (Jack)? Self determination based o...<i>The alternative (Jack)? Self determination based on mutually agreeable trade terms. What is so damned difficult about that?</i><br /><br />Humanity itself? Mutually agreeable trade terms always come down to <i>political</i> agreement about that trade and its terms. jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-11819110731144179872019-01-20T12:13:26.498+00:002019-01-20T12:13:26.498+00:00Anon, the EU is neither mighty nor united.... thei...<br />Anon, the EU is neither mighty nor united.... their economy is failing, their policies are divisive. As a trading collective no one had an issue with it.<br /><br />The <b>politics</b> of the EU are destroying it. Not the people, not the trade - the politics, in exactly the same way as the issue of Brexit is destroying Britain (or at least our faith in democracy) as the leadership refuses to acknowledge or act on the desire/will of the people. Immigration is a perfect illustration. The EU simply <b>will not listen</b> hence their permanent reluctance to ever offer anyone any vote on such issues.<br /><br />The alternative to the EU was always the EEC. People have a vested interest in trade and their own well-being that could have been encouraged with greater trade WITHOUT the red tape. Let people decide using their wallets on what they consider 'safe' or desirable products and let BUSINESS make the trading arrangements. Government taps off the wealth that such trade creates and should, in principle, distribute that wealth back to the people via social improvements and protections.<br /><br />But where does the wealth go? It's either spent on vanity/political projects (self serving naturally), wasted on price fixing (CAP, tariffs etc) or embezelled by vested interests.<br /><br />I purchase goods direct from China. If they're crap/unsafe I don't use that seller again. I don't adopt Chinese politics as a condition of purchase nor do I suffer under their yoke of rules.<br /><br />We could all be like that. None of us need the nannying of State to make purchases and I certainly don't need anyone telling me - FORCING me - to accept unwanted and unemployable immigrants. All that achieves is to create increased animosity between residents and immigrants by way of the workers supporting the feckless (and that applies to our own benefit scroungers too - I'm not racist).<br /><br />The alternative (Jack)? Self determination based on mutally agreeable trade terms. What is so damned difficult about that?<br /><br /><br />Dave_Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-35462474293653656472019-01-20T11:46:00.950+00:002019-01-20T11:46:00.950+00:00No-one agrees with the CAP, no-one agrees that the...<i><br />No-one agrees with the CAP, no-one agrees that the political structure of the EU Parliament is by any way ideal, no-one agrees that the Euro is 'good for Europe', no-one agrees that the expense of the structure is worth it, no-one agrees that moving the Parliament on a monthly basis is sound practise etc etc etc.</i> Dave G<br /><br />PRECISELY! So it rather begs the question, why the EU at all? Perhaps because pretty much everyone in Europe, besides the British, <i>knows</i> what the alternative is. Unlike the British they haven't forgotten their history lessons. Raed bangs on about it quite abit, about keeping Germany and France locked in a 'petit mort' embrace. The Alternative is separate "Sovereign, independant,democratic nations" (to quote the Brexiteers). <br /><br />Unless things have changed, most German TV ads on the public service broadcaster ZDF are for OTC "Medications" and after each and every such ad there is intoned in a serious voice and written on the screen "for risks and side effects consult your doctor or apothecary". <br /><br />There should be such a warning on LEAVE (be it brexit, Dexit, Frexit etc) propaganda anywhere in the EU:<i> "for risks and side effects consult a history book or ask your grandparents".</i>jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-69009454039919027592019-01-20T11:14:25.092+00:002019-01-20T11:14:25.092+00:00There is no more such a thing as a "clean&quo...There is no more such a thing as a "clean" brexit than there is a "clean" beheading or disembowelment.<br /><br />The best solution would be to leave the EU and apply to join the EEA/EFTA. If people wanted to distance themselves further, then they could become manifesto issues, on which parties could fight elections, and we could do things properly according to the UK Constitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-71910912532203723672019-01-20T11:10:16.584+00:002019-01-20T11:10:16.584+00:00Yes Dave, they knew what they wanted.
Unfortunate...Yes Dave, they knew what they wanted.<br /><br />Unfortunately, a time machine, to transport the UK back to 1973, where there was no such thing as the mighty, united, single market of the EU on our doorstep, and with which we have a staggeringly complex web of economic and other ties, does not exist.<br /><br />They might have to revise their ambitions, therefore.<br /><br />Sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-20481040179283259772019-01-20T10:50:28.854+00:002019-01-20T10:50:28.854+00:00For all the 'debate' in those who consider...For all the 'debate' in those who consider themselves to be movers and shakers I can't see another referendum or immediate GE resolving the Brexit issues.<br /><br />Assuming we could wait long enough for another referendum... what is the point? If the question is a repeated Remain/Leave binary choice then no extra 'authenticity' has been generated, despite the long delay. If the questions are more complex then I can't see the referendum actually taking place at all.<br /><br />And if we are tipped into an early GE... what will the party manifestos say? Nobody trusts Corbyn or May, and the Remain/Leave issue splits both parties. Either the manifestos will be full of weasel words or the parties must 'plump' for a particular position (which they could do now if they so chose).<br /><br />Best way forward? Clean Brexit now and a cross party committee to sort out any loose details later. It would at least burst the boil splitting each party and encourage later healing...DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-58926295709316464342019-01-20T10:20:42.781+00:002019-01-20T10:20:42.781+00:00They always say that Government never allow refere...<br />They always say that Government never allow referendums unless they know what the outcome is going to be.<br /><br />Either they have/had ways of influencing the voting (the execrable £9m leaflet) or 'knew' that foreign-born voters would flock to Remain etc I can't really say but what apparent is that the Leave vote caught them entirely unaware. Even with the Governments ability to pressure a result they STILL lost. Is speaks volumes for what the 'real' count must have been and explains quite fully why they won't countenance another vote.<br /><br />The result wasn't as a result of ANY 'influence' by leave or remain - it was a result entirely of the EU's own making. They clearly don't offer anything that the public see as 'advantageous' and the con's outweigh the pro's by a larger margin. Simple.<br /><br />Supporters of Leave/Remain can bleat as much as they like about the result and how it was achieved but the people weren't 'fooled' by anyone or any campaign - they KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED.<br /><br />There are obvious issues with the EU that not only affected people at the time of the vote but continue to do so to this day - immigration being but one example that is, perhaps, going to tear the whole edifice down - yet the rulers of the EU <b>still</b> won't see this as a concern for voters and <b>still</b> refuse to stop it. It's not just immigration though....<br /><br />No-one agrees with the CAP, no-one agrees that the political structure of the EU Parliament is by any way ideal, no-one agrees that the Euro is 'good for Europe', no-one agrees that the expense of the structure is worth it, no-one agrees that moving the Parliament on a monthly basis is sound practise etc etc etc.<br /><br />Everyone agrees that the EU isn't value-for-money, that it isn't democratic, that it is wasteful, corrupt, self-serving, arrogant, bloated etc etc etc. This isn't difficult to see and even harder to argue against.<br /><br />So, far from arguing the merits or not of EU membership and the resultant, understandable, vote to leave, perhaps start discussing why the EU are so fixated, why they won't accept change that people desire, why they are so corrupt etc.<br /><br />They wouldn't offer Cameron even a crumb of opportunity to influence the British people (and this in itself may have swayed some voters towards leave) nor will they entertain May's efforts.<br /><br />If the EU couldn't give a shit about a country as relevant as the UK, imagine their attitude towards smaller country members??? It doesn't bode well for the future existence of the EU anyway you look at it.<br /><br />We hear <b>nothing</b> about reasons to remain, <b>nothing</b> about the effect of leaving on the EU itself, <b>nothing</b> about their reasons for intransigence, <b>nothing</b> about their ultimate aim......<br /><br />It's what we DON'T KNOW about the EU (or its plans for the future) that are worse than what we DO KNOW. And what we DO know is enough to want to leave.<br /> <br />Dave_Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-27021166463577690762019-01-20T10:18:03.003+00:002019-01-20T10:18:03.003+00:00Re right-writes response to my reference to Mr Far...Re right-writes response to my reference to Mr Farage's statement, I have not "conveniently ... mis-remembered":<br /><br />Daily Telegraph 7 May 2016 <br />Eurosceptics have raised the prospect of a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership as polls suggested the Leave campaign is on course to lose the vote next month. <br />Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, said there would be “unfinished business” if the result is tight while Boris Johnson, the eurosceptic former London mayor, said a Remain vote may not settle the issue. <br /><br />Huffpost 07/11/2016 <br />Nigel Farage Said A 52-48 Win For Remain Would Be 'Unfinished Business'<br /><br />Also: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36306681<br /><br />I had forgotten that Boris had uttered similar statements ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-55273052668217970212019-01-20T10:11:45.050+00:002019-01-20T10:11:45.050+00:00Re newspapers, those supporting Leave declared the...Re newspapers, those supporting Leave declared their hand VERY late in the day (total audience of around 4.8 million vs. Remain just over 3 million) BUT most of the big Regional Newspapers backed Remain. Also the BBC news (TV and Radio) reach is MASSIVE and dwarfs all newspaper coverage; also nearly 50% of the population get their main news from the BBC (used to be about 70% so it's heading in the right direction)<br /><br />Re "Establishment" the bulk of everybody pre-referendum backed Remain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.com