What Does The Prince Of Darkness Mean By "throw In The Towel"?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39020252
I assume he's hoping the Lords will thwart the democratic will of the majority. Dream on Mandy!.

[Old_Geezer]

The only complexity is dealing with those determined to make things complex in order to thwart the will of the people. Otherwise it is simple.

Good for Mandy telling the Lords not to throw in the towel. The only sane interpretation of that must be that they should stand firm and ensure democracy, and the will of the people, is upheld unanimously in this upper house. It would be ignoble to attempt otherwise, and it is good to hear that they realise this.

[Gromit]

Population of UK: 64.1 million.
Number want to leave EU: 17.4 million.

How stupid do have to be to keep insisting that the MAJORITY want out. They don't.

Davis, Johnson, Fox et al, are low grade politicians and will eventually run out of steam. Brexit will run and run for years, and then we won't go through with it.

[Khandro]

//Why on earth has he been dragged out of the cupboard?//
No one is dragging these pathetic creatures, but someone is definitely paying them, - large sums too, possibly George (the arch-creep) Soros.

[Old_Geezer]

The majority clearly do want out. Those who opted not to vote can either be discounted as they want either option, or can be split evenly between the two options. Both methods still leave a majority for out. What is unreasonable is to put all in the "don't want out" group in a failed effort to persuade folk that up is down, left is right, out is in, etc.. It convinces no one.

[Deskdiary]

You're being deliberately obtuse Gromit. You know, as does everybody else, that reference to the majority of the country means the majority of those that voted.

[ToraToraTora]

Gromit's silly games OG. He assumes that all those that did not vote would have voted against.