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Looks Like Th Pm Is Geting Ready To Rig The Eu Referendum Already!
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http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/uk -331441 35
Are the purdah laws ok as they are? Presmably Dave wants to put the whole governement machine behind his view. Ok we can have a referendum but it'll give the answer we want capiesch! Yes Don Corleone!
Are the purdah laws ok as they are? Presmably Dave wants to put the whole governement machine behind his view. Ok we can have a referendum but it'll give the answer we want capiesch! Yes Don Corleone!
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They have apparently decided to use a question demanding a "Yes" response of the form "Should the UK remain part of the EU" in order not to confuse people who don't realise we're already in the EU.
Even that has been dismissed as part of a conspiracy in some quarters
I'm sick to death of it already and it may well yet be two years off
They have apparently decided to use a question demanding a "Yes" response of the form "Should the UK remain part of the EU" in order not to confuse people who don't realise we're already in the EU.
Even that has been dismissed as part of a conspiracy in some quarters
I'm sick to death of it already and it may well yet be two years off
Personally I'd prefer a format something along the lines of: "Please mark the sentence you agree with: (a) the UK should remain in the EU; (b) the UK should leave the EU." Avoids the issue of which one is given as the "yes" option, although I suppose even then people might argue that the position on the ballot paper will have an influence.
In the words of Mick Jagger
I'll tell you how it's going to be
There'll be simple "yes/no" option on the ballot paper and some people will vote "yes" and some "no"
And the option with the most votes will win
But before that there'll be months if not years of increasingly extravagant claims made by each side to promote its argument.
Just like the Scottish referendum
And whoever loses (almost certainly the "nos") will complain that it was rigged or that the arguments put by the winning side were false
Just like the Scottish referendum
The happiest bunny will be Nigel Farage, though like Nicola Sturgeon he'll pretend he's very upset :-)
I'll tell you how it's going to be
There'll be simple "yes/no" option on the ballot paper and some people will vote "yes" and some "no"
And the option with the most votes will win
But before that there'll be months if not years of increasingly extravagant claims made by each side to promote its argument.
Just like the Scottish referendum
And whoever loses (almost certainly the "nos") will complain that it was rigged or that the arguments put by the winning side were false
Just like the Scottish referendum
The happiest bunny will be Nigel Farage, though like Nicola Sturgeon he'll pretend he's very upset :-)
You see folks I would be quite happy to be linked to Europe BUT only if it was like the original Common Market which we joined to be trading partners. Since then things moved on to become the EU where there is a parliament who make unwanted decisions on our behalf. I would like to trade with the EU but retain our ability to make our own laws in Westminster. I cannot imagine that will be in the referendum choice.
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