wackawoo
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RE: Europe..IN or OUT??
(25-06-2016 15:17 )Matt77 Wrote: It might not just be disappointed Remainers who will want a second referendum in due course. Just listen to, and read about, the speed at which the promises of the Leave campaign are unravelling:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zfw9m
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016...s-spending
I'm actually swaying now to it being an ok idea, at least give it a go, I think poeple have been scared byt he markets and pound collapsing, the remain people can jump on this.
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wackawoo
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RE: Europe..IN or OUT??
(25-06-2016 15:26 )Matt77 Wrote: UK vs 27 EU States - this will done on our terms?
Wake up for God's sake. We used to extract deals and rebates in our favour because we often used our veto or threatened to walk but now we've voted to leave completely and have no cards to play.
Some one said on one of the debate programs UK tried to get through 70 legislation laws and were out voted 70 times.
This one of the biggest lies of the remain campaign.
As the remian expert on the youtube clip said, it's done by a consensus of opnion and then the vote will confirm this. So no, the UK can't veto everything it want's, it UK is out voted, it's out voted.
You could have a real threat were 20 countries of the EU who take way more from the EU than contribute can out vote by consesus ALL the countries the contribute the most.
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wackawoo
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RE: Europe..IN or OUT??
Harping on about the American finance experts again.
In fella spoke that the UK had done a good thing, he said that the idea of the EU started out ok but it turned into globolization, which for reasons he explain was not a good thing any more.
What he wanted was global free trade this would suit everybody.
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RE: Europe..IN or OUT??
(25-06-2016 15:25 )Scots Napoleon Wrote: (25-06-2016 11:59 )Censorship :-( Wrote: The Scottish Parliament is a devolved Parliament, and can only legislate for areas that are not 'reserved'; Westminster retains power in respect of these (many) reserved issues, such as defence, international relations etc.
You're absolutely right - in theory anyway.
The more interesting question is would a British Prime Minister try to block Scotland from going its own way? Surely that would eventually prove to be a vain attempt to shore up the Union and leave the Prime Minister with an embarrassing failure on his hands? A major clash between the Scottish and UK governments and the UK government eventually backing down? A 62% Remain vote in Scotland is a decisive margin is it not?
Legally, it seems, presumably as constitutional matters are reserved, the Westminster Parliament (WP) has to agree to a 'legally binding' referendum being held - It was argued in the past that the Scottish Parliament (SP) could hold a consultative referendum, but the outcome would, it was claimed, be open to legal challenge.
The SNP manifesto set out their position on a second referendum, which included specific mention of Scotland being taken out of the EU against its will as being a substantive change since the result in 2014, and as such, a potential trigger for another referendum; of course, that's exactly what has now happened.
So, the question is whether the WP would refuse permission if the SP votes for another referendum, in light of the decisive vote on the EU in Scotland, the SNP's clear manifesto commitment etc.
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