//Let's hope a decent party emerges next GE who will rip up agreements made by traitorous government/parliament and that has the guts to do that which is necessary.//
Don’t hold your breath, OG. There is little to choose between the policies of either of the parties likely to form a government after the next election. Both the Conservatives and Labour seemed to have morphed into some kind of centrist Social Democratic party, scared witless to do anything radical in case it upsets anybody. Supporters of both those parties have effectively nobody to vote for. The next government, therefore, will be the same as the last – prepared to simply muddle along, tinkering at the edges, kicking important decisions (such as those needed to reform energy strategy, health and defence) into the long grass. Meanwhile they will content themselves by doling out ever increasingly vast sums of taxpayers’ dosh to people perfectly capable of earning it for themselves and will measure their “success”, not by outcomes, but by how much money they have spent.
This thread demonstrates their indolence and lethargy perfectly: it took the electorate to make the most important decision regarding the UK’s future – that of EU membership. Successive governments kicked the can down the road even though there was a huge groundswell of opinion opposed it. It took the electorate to press for the referendum by voting for UKIP in sufficiently large numbers to threaten the cosy status quo and it took the electorate to express their opinion strongly enough to see us out of that wretched organisation. Left to politicians the question would never have been asked.
//@11.50.All thanks to the English Tories and the Scottish SNPers,gulliver.As i have said previously-"a plague on both their houses"//
You keep saying this, ynnafymmi, and keep asking where it is you got this information from. As far as I know there was no question on the referendum ballot paper asking voters which party they voted for. I can’t speak for Scotland as I try to avoid Scottish politics as far as possible but certainly in England there is strong evidence that many traditionally Labour supporters – especially those behind the “Red Wall” in the north – voted to leave. The reasons they cite for this are many and various but they reinforced their view in 2019 when it was evident that the only way they would see their wishes properly fulfilled would be to switch allegiance and vote Tory. I doubt that allegiance will extend to the current Tory leader and the party next time around.
//From my memory it was Cameron who put it to a referendum, surprised him by losing so he resigned and Boris took his place.
You forgot the unforgettably forgettable Mrs May in between, Prudie.