There is another way. The Great Repeal Bill has a cut off date for Henry VIII amendments. Surely it would be more sensible to have it the other way round. Keep everything the same as now for at least 2 years. That would give Parliament time to consider things in much greater depth.
I would still bet on Gove being the next leader of the opposition but I can't get decent odds!
"I swear, gluten is what killed Gandhi!"
"You're just assuming that I know how to read!"
You have a point and it's significant that JRM did not get the Treasury SC chairmanship which could have given him an opportunity to shine.
It has clawed back more than half the fantastic Referendum drop!
Ignore all the bluster. As impossible as it may sound, they need us more than we need them.
Why should Cameron have asked for anything when the UK has been an equal partner in the EU for decades and could have influenced this a long time ago?
Systemic and institutionalised bigotries (against all marginalized groups, women included) will continue as long as people like this continue to make it a joke.
So, you want to get away from the undemocratic (but not really) nature of the EU to take back democratic control of the UK, and if it has to be done in an undemocratic way and result in an undemocratic government, that's fine because...democracy is your goal?
Really? Based on what? I have little confidence in MP's or the press to do anything outside their own self-interest, and the last four or five years has shown this to be the case.
He is incredibly intellectually dishonest and while smugly eloquent, rarely echoes anything that might damage the party line. He made some comment about voting on the economy for the benefit of the future generation and tried to validate it by saying, "I've just a child and how am I going to tell him that I took away his future", as if he or anyone in his family will ever be affected by the choices he or his party might make.
It's a rather insidious thing to see people who make nothing but vehemently anti-EU arguments try to convince people their opinion is balanced by claiming to be part of the movement which they oppose.
Might want to ensure you're reading things properly in the future, that wasn't me.This is a left wing virtual rag soaked in Tory hatred and Brexit denial stating speculation as fact. Really Cobby, your references are as embarrassing as your unqualified pro-EU bias
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Yes. Because we've no idea who's in the UK and who's not. As ridiculous as it sounds, we have no proper exit tracking and we don't know when people leave. It was Labour, under Tony Blair, that dismantled the fairly efficient exit checks system we had in place (1998). I could go into their ulterior motives for doing this ... but let's just say Labour are one shady lot when it comes to immigration (immigrants tend to vote Labour, especially illegal immigrants).
Its because our civil servants have some very odd ideas. A bit like the way Health Tourism is described as a problem when France and Germany think of it as a great money-making idea. France is even building hospitals near Calais for Brits who don't want to wait for their operations!
Unregistered, untracked, illegal immigrants - the kind ukippers, The Cult of Trump, and apparently this guy seem to think are so pervasive - I'm genuinely curious how they are supposed to be able to vote and claim benefits while remaining anonymous, un-tracked and out of the system.
I was talking to someone the other night about filtering Voter Rolls to extract different types of information. Its amazing how much data can be extracted using just date of birth an date of registration. The simple answer is that no one tries to do it.
There is a paragraph in the current issue of Private Eye which is relevant to both this and the thread about Grenfell Tower.
Obviously if you follow Gove's hatred of experts who do you agree with? The Daily Mail?
As an example I was talking to someone with a deep knowledge of farming. Almost no veal is eaten in the UK but a lot is produced. It goes to France and other countries and is often preferred over veal grown in France because of the big difference in animal welfare for veal calves.
Certainly is and the CAP not only costs us money* but sees food prices in the EU being circa 20% higher than world prices.
