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jaysay

16-06-2012 09:13

Re: funny how democracy works for some and not others

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 997981)

I voted Yes back then, cos i believe the Common Market was a great idea,n i was always a Labour Voter, But unlike some i have never been a sheep.:rolleyes:;)

To be honest I didn't vote in the referendum as I was away working and didn't have a PV because I was sent away just two days prior to the vote, and to be honest I had little or on interest in Europe at the time, but I sure as hell never heard anything about being asked to vote for a federal state

Margaret Pilkington

16-06-2012 14:22

Re: funny how democracey works for some and not others

I voted NO in the referendum of the EEC(Common Market) I was always suspicious that there was more to it than we were being told.

Margaret Pilkington

16-06-2012 14:25

Re: funny how democracey works for some and not others

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Originally Posted by gynn (Post 997884)

A simple YES/NO vote on the UK membership would be an exercise in naivety.

Simple questions mean that there is no ambiguity...no bamboozlement, nothing that could be open to duplicitous interpretation.
YES = We stay in.
NO = We come out.
How is that naive?

Margaret Pilkington

16-06-2012 14:29

Re: funny how democracey works for some and not others

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 997981)

But unlike some i have never been a sheep.:rolleyes:;)

Me neither Cashy...A monkey...maybe, a sheep...Never!

garinda

16-06-2012 16:21

Re: funny how democracey works for some and not others

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 998089)

Simple questions mean that there is no ambiguity...no bamboozlement, nothing that could be open to duplicitous interpretation.
YES = We stay in.
NO = We come out.
How is that naive?

Yes/No.

In/Out.

Right/Wrong.

Responding to a fair, clearly worded question is only labelled naive by those who fear the answer.

gynn	16-06-2012 16:36

Re: funny how democracey works for some and not others

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 998116)

Yes/No.

In/Out.

Right/Wrong.

Responding to a fair, clearly worded question is only labelled naive by those who fear the answer.

The answer would be a clear vote to leave the EU. Nothing remotely to do with being afraid of the answer.

All to do with being in a position to do anything about it.

garinda

16-06-2012 17:00

Re: funny how democracey works for some and not others

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Originally Posted by gynn (Post 998120)

The answer would be a clear vote to leave the EU. Nothing remotely to do with being afraid of the answer.

All to do with being in a position to do anything about it.

You've already stated you're happy with Britain's membership of the European Union.

So your opposition to a referendum, and defence for not having one, is somewhat tainted.

That's a fact...and we've got used to it.

The need for a referendum, whatever the result, is about a principle.

As the body we are members of today is fundamentally different from the organisation we voted to join.

That is wrong, and urgently needs addressing.

jaysay

17-06-2012 10:07

Re: funny how democracy works for some and not others

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 998127)

Its always been about the principle Rindi, which apparently some people don't have, when we had a referendum before it was straight in or out and that was nothing to do with a single state just a trading agreement

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