Quizzes & Puzzles5 mins ago
Why Has Brexit Become Party Political
The referendum was not party political. Why were all the meetings, etc not conducted by a team of brexeteers who were the most competent and chosen from all parties. There could then have been a parliamentary vote for approval, and the strongest member of the team could lead the negotiaions with Brussels. Would this not have been fairer and more likely to be successful? Is this too simple?
Sorry if this is not in the right section. I usually avoid politics! But the present state of affairs would be laughable if it wasn't so serious!
Sorry if this is not in the right section. I usually avoid politics! But the present state of affairs would be laughable if it wasn't so serious!
Answers
"Why were all the meetings, etc not conducted by a team of brexeteers who were the most competent and chosen from all parties." - don't come round ere with yer common sense! Give yourself BA and indeed BQ! basically the remoaners have spent the last 2 years+ trying to scupper the democratic will of the majority of British voters. We should have sent a team headed...
14:01 Thu 29th Nov 2018
Although the referendum was not strictly political many even at that time tried to make it so. And this has continued.
After the referendum a fair few remainers did want cross party team set up to negotiate, some also wanted Sir Nigel as a consultant. I myself was among this number if you search the archives.
The reason it is so political now is that Labour see Treason as weak, mainly because she is, and see a chance to grab power. Hardly surprising really although in reality labour itself is split. COB is undoubtedly a leaver even thought the Union backers want to remain.
After the referendum a fair few remainers did want cross party team set up to negotiate, some also wanted Sir Nigel as a consultant. I myself was among this number if you search the archives.
The reason it is so political now is that Labour see Treason as weak, mainly because she is, and see a chance to grab power. Hardly surprising really although in reality labour itself is split. COB is undoubtedly a leaver even thought the Union backers want to remain.
I susoect that governments need to govern. They may appoint MPs from other parties to committees if agreed but there's not going to be a obligation to accept recommendations. With the general desire of politicians for no change and blow the nation, Brexiteers would have been hard pushed to achieve all vital roles.
Meanwhile the Labour party as a whole seems to wish to leave the UK tied to the EU, perhaps because they feel they need to oppose government, who are trying to give the impression that their progressing Brexit. Or maybe because they really don't care for the nation's status as long as there's no hiccup in the economy.
Meanwhile the Labour party as a whole seems to wish to leave the UK tied to the EU, perhaps because they feel they need to oppose government, who are trying to give the impression that their progressing Brexit. Or maybe because they really don't care for the nation's status as long as there's no hiccup in the economy.
I suspect Corbyn would have vetoed any attempt to engage with the Tories and team up on the negotiations. Although in theory and partly in practice the Brexit issue is not party political, I suspect also that it would have been impossible to present a coherent and united negotiating team. Or a deal that would have been popular. After all the deal we have now is a sort of compromise. And look how that’s gone down.
//Why were all the meetings, etc not conducted by a team of brexeteers who were the most competent and chosen from all parties. //
Because...
1)...all the Brexiteers fled at the first sign of responsibility.
2)... there is considerable disunity among Brexiteers (sometimes even within the same individual Brexiteer) about what Brexit should be.
As to the wider question: the referendum was to a very large extent a civil war within the Tory party. The whole reason the referendum came into existence was a promise made by Cameron because he was scared of losing UKIP votes. When the referendum actually came about, virtually all the major campaign leaders were either senior Tories or old Tories-in-exile like Farage. Outside of maybe Kate Hoey, the Labour party was pretty much absent.
So while the referendum wasn't a party-political issue in the traditional sense, it certainly was not divorced entirely from party politics.
Because...
1)...all the Brexiteers fled at the first sign of responsibility.
2)... there is considerable disunity among Brexiteers (sometimes even within the same individual Brexiteer) about what Brexit should be.
As to the wider question: the referendum was to a very large extent a civil war within the Tory party. The whole reason the referendum came into existence was a promise made by Cameron because he was scared of losing UKIP votes. When the referendum actually came about, virtually all the major campaign leaders were either senior Tories or old Tories-in-exile like Farage. Outside of maybe Kate Hoey, the Labour party was pretty much absent.
So while the referendum wasn't a party-political issue in the traditional sense, it certainly was not divorced entirely from party politics.
"Why were all the meetings, etc not conducted by a team of brexeteers who were the most competent and chosen from all parties." - don't come round ere with yer common sense! Give yourself BA and indeed BQ! basically the remoaners have spent the last 2 years+ trying to scupper the democratic will of the majority of British voters. We should have sent a team headed by St Nigel Farage on day one, end of.
Latest Posts
Quizzes & Puzzles8 mins ago
Crosswords32 mins ago
Film, Media & TV46 mins ago
ChatterBank52 mins ago
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.