If there was another EU referendum...

The British people voted twice, once in a referendum to leave the EU, then in a General Election when the two main political parties both stood for election to Parliament on a Brexit mandate. The decision to leave the EU by majority vote at the referendum was consolidated at the General Election, since both the Government and Opposition parties both stood on Brexit mandates.

Varian can you explain why you think that Brexit "has a very dubious legal basis".

The irony, Jura was deliberate, and, I see, wasted.

Several of us have done nothing but explain this for last few days... no need to repeat yet again, it is abundantly clear.

Question Time last night, one guy was allowed 3 questions and a lot of camera time, and I did think I had seen his face before. He mascaraded as an ordinary audience member who happened to be pro Brexit .. but he is Andrew Livsey, Tory Candidate for Wallasley in 2017, and Chair of the North Norfolk Vote Leave campaign. What a fix and rig.

Ally.... because some people don’t like the result?

struuuuf OTT indeed.

So one last time

totally alien to our Representative Democracy
totally advisory
tiny minority
huge and blatant lies
fraudulent and illegal methods
Russian involvement
no-one aware of deal and consequences
and more ...
for a start

You mean tiny majority?

A majority is a majority.

The lies were on both sides. By now taxes should have risen hugely, unemployment gone through the roof, and I hope we’re preparing for the inevitable war and serried rows of white headstones Mr Cameron spoke of. No fear campaign from the Remainers was there.

Yes I did ... and no, it is not, even Farage agrees. And in the circumstances listed above... just not acceptable in view of the massive changes it will cause to the country.

I hope we’re preparing for the inevitable war and serried rows of white headstones Mr Cameron spoke of.

Mt Cameron didn't speak of that at all. His angle was 'kept the peace in Europe', which is not a lie. It was our national embarrassment, Boris Johnson, who made the massive leap from 'keeping the peace' to 'World War III'.

They do say that the Devil has all the best tunes... 'WWIII' being much sexier than 'keeping the peace'.

The economic consequences threatened were a bit of overkill, but it's coming true. Despite the rallying cries of our resident Sales Manager the economy is heading inexorably downhill and the fudge that has come out of Chequers this weekend will do nothing to arrest the decline.

What is particularly noticeable is that 'services' are missing from the document. As these comprise almost half our exports to the EU it's rather a glaring omission.

Anyway, it's doubtful if the EU will accept the Chequers document, too much attempted cherry picking, so it's all a bit pointless (yet again)

We're going to end up crashing out with no deal at all or a deal that is so like what we have already (though without any voice) that it makes the whole exercise look like a catastrophic mistake.

Yes, the position re 'services' is baffling and very concerning. 50 % of imports, and a huge proportion of taxes (which we need for NHS, Social Services, Education, Army and so much more) come from services.

And as said before, and this I know first hand ... have been preparing for a mass exodus if need be. Frankfurt, where the European Exchange is, Paris, Berlin... will be much better placed to deal with the modern world. The individuals working there, from CEOs, to Senior partners and employees, come from a very multinational background... and a move to Europe would not represent any hardship at all, au contraire. Older kids will go to international bilingual schools with international qualifications, no problem.

David Cameron said:-

" The serried rows of white headstones in lovingly-tended Commonwealth war cemeteries stand as silent testament to the price that this country has paid to help restore peace and order in Europe.

Can we be so sure that peace and stability on our continent are assured beyond any shadow of doubt? Is that a risk worth taking?

I would never be so rash as to make that assumption."
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No doubt the reader will make his/her mind up as to his meaning.

But he didn't say that WWIII would break out. That was just a product of people's fevered imaginations...

And, when you consider the relatively recent Serb/Croat war the possibilities of civil war (not WWIII) in Europe are not that remote; although diminished by co-operation in a trading bloc.

Maizie d

As I said people will make their own mind up as to what he meant/inferred.

I believe over the past 2 years the raising of the possibility of WW 111 has not been the domain of posters either for leaving or remaining in the EU.

Over the pst 2 years it's been one of the things repeatedly thrown at Remainers in the 'Remain's lies' category. So why you think it's not in their 'domain' is a mystery to me.

Maizie d

You are doing it again and making false statements about my posts as you have done on the other thread. Lord so many Brexit related threads!

I have on several occasions said it is my opinion both Leave and Remain sides have given false information.

It is not the ' domain' of either side.

There were lies bandied about on both sides, project fear being up there right along side the bus, which incidentally said, money that COULD be used AFTER we had left the EU!
We haven't left yet, so how can people say what the money will or won't be used for?!!

I believe over the past 2 years the raising of the possibility of WW 111 has not been the domain of posters either for leaving or remaining in the EU.

Well, what on earth did this mean, POGS?

We haven't left yet, so how can people say what the money will or won't be used for?!!

There won't be any money to be used for anything. There is no 'Brexit Bonus'

It wasn't 'could' be used; it was 'let's fund the NHS instead'.

That looked mightily like a promise to a great many people, not a 'suggestion'.

No money fr NHS and no staff, be they cleaners, nurses or doctors to run it either. And no drugs probably as most come from EU- and no cancer treatment relying on EU too.

A huge amount of extra money is shortly going into the NHS.
EU workers have had assurances that they can stay ( have British workers had that yet, in EU countries?)
It looks as if we will be doing a trade deal with the EU on goods, so drugs come under the ‘goods’ heading.We will not be running short of drugs and cancer treatment will continue.

The EU is preparing for a shortfall of £73 billion euro's on Brexit, per annum.

Oh nellie you're floundering around in the morass of NHS 'promises' even more than TM & co!!
But I forget. It was never a promise on the red bus, was it - just a suggestion of a possibility!
As for project fear - eg predicting that important manufacturing companies might have to consider relocating - well that was just nonsense. NOT

infacts.org/unhappy-70th-birthday-brexit-is-bad-for-nhs/

even if EU nationals were allowed to stay, the cleaners, doctors, nurses ... many have gone or have decided to go. Because they no longer feel welcome, because they do not feel appreciated, because they fear for the future... and because Sterling is much lower than it used to be, and likely to fall much further if Brexit turns into a massive mess. They are here to work hard to send money back for their families, and save to return and be able to buy a house and a better standard of living. They can earn much better money, + greater exchange rates that boosts income even more, and in much much better conditions than in the NHS in other EU countries, or indeed in Switzerland.