UK Politics Mega-thread - Page 141

On June 25 2016 00:45 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
If Scotland leaves the UK then they need to find a Stuart to put on the Throne as Scotland can only be ruled by a Scottish monarch.

On June 25 2016 00:47 Dan HH wrote:
People like this baffle me

https://twitter.com/5_News/status/746333341532598279

They used to call it Greek tragedy when the fates wrought their revenge on human folly and weakness. But maybe a better term in the case of the folly and weakness of the modern Tory party is European tragedy. For, as a broken David Cameron announced his resignation on Friday morning, one question must have been battering his exhausted brain more than any other.

How was it that a modern-minded liberal Conservative leader who long ago told his party to “stop banging on about Europe” if it wanted to get back into power after three successive defeats – and who then delivered two terms in government – has himself been brought down by that same party over that same European question?

Cameron himself played the role of tragic hero as he notified the nation of his intention to step down before the autumn. “There can be no doubt about the result,” he said. “The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected.”

But he added that the tortuous negotiations ahead with the EU would require “strong determined and committed leadership” that he felt he could no longer provide. “The country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.”

And there seemed scant consolation in his laconic summary of what he would rather be remembered for. “I believe we’ve made great steps, with more people in work than ever before in our history, with reforms to welfare and education, increasing people’s life chances, building a bigger and stronger society, keeping our promises to the poorest people in the world and enabling those who love each other to get married whatever their sexuality, but above all restoring Britain’s economic strength.”

All of that is likely to be forgotten in the European tumult. The warnings from history could not have been clearer. Party divisions over Europe had been the undoing of both Cameron’s predecessors as Conservative prime minister. Margaret Thatcher’s fall in 1990 was triggered by her increasingly anti-European rhetoric and stance. John Major’s long slide to defeat in 1997 was powered by his inability to prevent poisonous divisions over the Maastricht treaty on European integration. Right from the start of his own rise to the top, Cameron knew the dangers.

On June 25 2016 00:58 Holy_AT wrote:
So, guys how long do you think it will take now for the third european civil war to break out again?

On June 25 2016 00:58 Holy_AT wrote:
So, guys how long do you think it will take now for the third european civil war to break out again?

On June 25 2016 00:58 Holy_AT wrote:
So, guys how long do you think it will take now for the third european civil war to break out again?

On June 25 2016 00:47 Dan HH wrote:
People like this baffle me

https://twitter.com/5_News/status/746333341532598279

On June 25 2016 01:03 RvB wrote:
According to the news on dutch television only 36% is in favour of a referendum in NL. Dunno where the numbeer came from that a majority wants it.

On June 25 2016 01:08 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:
Greece needs to be the next to leave, EU austerity measures have destroyed it's economy.
Leave the EU, go back to the Drachma and let your tourism industry thrive again.

On June 25 2016 01:08 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:
Greece needs to be the next to leave, EU austerity measures have destroyed it's economy.
Leave the EU, go back to the Drachma and let your tourism industry thrive again.