Londonrake wrote:No, we heard all the "voices of reason" in the referendum campaign and - who's shouting? Mostly it seems to me, Remainers. Leavers on the whole are "The silent majority"............................... patiently waiting for their day.
It's all been said, so many times but of course, as a "democrat" you won't be happy and will go on and on (shouting?) saying and posting basically the same thing over and over forever.
Take a day off. Go to the beach with Lordo.
One could be be forgiven for thinking that when confronted with views that do not reinforce what you want to believe you just find excuses to ignore them entirely
Yes I keep saying that I will accept
any form of leaving that commands majority support. Because it is true and it is what a genuine belief in democracy requires. The only thing I will not support is a form a leaving the EU that does not have majority support of the people being forced through despite it not having majority support of the people. Because that is not democracy that is abuse of democratic principal. I go to the beach and swim 2 or three times a week btw. Maybe, just maybe it is you and Paphitis that would benefit more by a bit of beach time ?
There is much truth in what this 'leaver' of 30 years is saying. Best for you not to even hear it I guess, let alone consider it and make your arguments for why you do not agree with it. Easier too. I mean your attention span for anything other than slogans does seem somewhat restricted. Here are some snippets from the article for you.
And sadly, because Brexit has become an unintended revolution, the Brexit many voted for in good faith, is now dead.
And worse, the “alt-right” Brexit seems predicated on portraying every legitimate exercise of scrutiny as elites conspiring to thwart the will of the people.
The very criticism we (rightly) made about the EU must now be levelled against ourselves: we use sophistry to avoid the need to justify outcomes which lack democratic consent, we misrepresent obvious realities, and we ignore the rules to suit our objectives.
I cannot, with any credibility, be critical of an EU which preaches democratic values it does not sufficiently practise whilst not at the same time criticising what Brexit has become; a bitter, hate-filled revolution which if not redirected, will damage our country, its global standing and its peoples for many years to come.
And parliament, not the government, is the people, so parliament, and not government, must be the final arbiter of how Brexit is implemented.
