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The Foreign Office, the ministry that had steered through parliament the EU Referendum Act setting out the rules, responded that the legislation did not set a threshold for the result or for minimum turnout.
"The Prime Minister and Government have been clear that this was a once in a generation vote and, as the Prime Minister has said, the decision must be respected," it said.
"We must now prepare for the process to exit the EU and the Government is committed to ensuring the best possible outcome for the British people in the negotiations."
Both candidates to replace David Cameron as leader of the ruling Conservative Party and prime minister have said the result of the referendum should not be questioned and Brexit should be delivered.
"Brexit means Brexit," front-runner Theresa May, the interior minister, said in a speech announcing her bid. May had advocated staying in the bloc, but was not a leading figure in the "remain" campaign.
The Foreign Office, the ministry that had steered through parliament the EU Referendum Act setting out the rules, responded that the legislation did not set a threshold for the result or for minimum turnout.
"The Prime Minister and Government have been clear that this was a once in a generation vote and, as the Prime Minister has said, the decision must be respected," it said.
"We must now prepare for the process to exit the EU and the Government is committed to ensuring the best possible outcome for the British people in the negotiations."
Both candidates to replace David Cameron as leader of the ruling Conservative Party and prime minister have said the result of the referendum should not be questioned and Brexit should be delivered.
"Brexit means Brexit," front-runner Theresa May, the interior minister, said in a speech announcing her bid. May had advocated staying in the bloc, but was not a leading figure in the "remain" campaign.
Ofcourse, that was never going to happen, if anything they probably know its not going to happen either but they still have to petition regardless. If to do nothing more than make a point
On July 10 2016 09:04 LegalLord wrote: Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they would use a Remain victory as motivation for revenge.
But trying to insinuate, "if you're for Brexit you stand with the racists and xenophobes and godless communists" is goddamn disingenuous. It is very much so possible to disagree with the outcome of a referendum without trying to convince yourself that the other side is morally inferior or something.
It's not about the other side being morally inferior, it's simply true that every single extremist right wing organisation wanted Brexit - so it's not an insane line of thought to assume some of the extremely thick people that support these organisations thought it would now be ok to abuse immigrants since they'd be getting deported or something anyway. It takes an extraordinary level of cognitive dissonance to deny these two things as being related.
On July 10 2016 09:04 LegalLord wrote: Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they would use a Remain victory as motivation for revenge.
But trying to insinuate, "if you're for Brexit you stand with the racists and xenophobes and godless communists" is goddamn disingenuous. It is very much so possible to disagree with the outcome of a referendum without trying to convince yourself that the other side is morally inferior or something.
The inference that those who voted leave are morally inferior are all yours.
On July 10 2016 09:04 LegalLord wrote: Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they would use a Remain victory as motivation for revenge.
But trying to insinuate, "if you're for Brexit you stand with the racists and xenophobes and godless communists" is goddamn disingenuous. It is very much so possible to disagree with the outcome of a referendum without trying to convince yourself that the other side is morally inferior or something.
It's not about the other side being morally inferior, it's simply true that every single extremist right wing organisation wanted Brexit - so it's not an insane line of thought to assume some of the extremely thick people that support these organisations thought it would now be ok to abuse immigrants since they'd be getting deported or something anyway. It takes an extraordinary level of cognitive dissonance to deny these two things as being related.
The radical right are anti-immigration. Anti-immigration are generally pro-Brexit. However, it doesn't work in the opposite direction: not all Brexiters are anti-immigration, and not all anti-immigration people are the radical right. And we don't know the result of a counterfactual of Remain winning; maybe just the referendum itself inspired the people who attacked others and they would have done it anyways if the result were different. I think it pointless that people try to tie Leave voters to what happened when deep down, it's an assertion based on nothing but dissatisfaction with the results.
On July 10 2016 09:04 LegalLord wrote: Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they would use a Remain victory as motivation for revenge.
But trying to insinuate, "if you're for Brexit you stand with the racists and xenophobes and godless communists" is goddamn disingenuous. It is very much so possible to disagree with the outcome of a referendum without trying to convince yourself that the other side is morally inferior or something.
The inference that those who voted leave are morally inferior are all yours.
The insinuation is absolutely there when you try to argue that one side is worse than the other. You can certainly argue the semantics of whether or not that was specifically what was said or whether it was something slightly different, but semantic arguments are generally pointless.
On July 10 2016 09:04 LegalLord wrote: Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they would use a Remain victory as motivation for revenge.
But trying to insinuate, "if you're for Brexit you stand with the racists and xenophobes and godless communists" is goddamn disingenuous. It is very much so possible to disagree with the outcome of a referendum without trying to convince yourself that the other side is morally inferior or something.
It's not about the other side being morally inferior, it's simply true that every single extremist right wing organisation wanted Brexit - so it's not an insane line of thought to assume some of the extremely thick people that support these organisations thought it would now be ok to abuse immigrants since they'd be getting deported or something anyway. It takes an extraordinary level of cognitive dissonance to deny these two things as being related.
The radical right are anti-immigration. Anti-immigration are generally pro-Brexit. However, it doesn't work in the opposite direction: not all Brexiters are anti-immigration, and not all anti-immigration people are the radical right. And we don't know the result of a counterfactual of Remain winning; maybe just the referendum itself inspired the people who attacked others and they would have done it anyways if the result were different. I think it pointless that people try to tie Leave voters to what happened when deep down, it's an assertion based on nothing but dissatisfaction with the results.
On July 10 2016 09:04 LegalLord wrote: Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they would use a Remain victory as motivation for revenge.
But trying to insinuate, "if you're for Brexit you stand with the racists and xenophobes and godless communists" is goddamn disingenuous. It is very much so possible to disagree with the outcome of a referendum without trying to convince yourself that the other side is morally inferior or something.
The inference that those who voted leave are morally inferior are all yours.
The insinuation is absolutely there when you try to argue that one side is worse than the other. You can certainly argue the semantics of whether or not that was specifically what was said or whether it was something slightly different, but semantic arguments are generally pointless.
I didn't say all anti-immigration people were radical right, or all Brexit voters were anti-immigration. But the radical right certainly were Brexit voters and have felt emboldened to carry out racis attacks by this fact. I'm not saying this makes one side superior to another, simply pointing out a fact.
If Benn doesn't step up for Labour then we're going to have a conservative government for the foreseeable future. As far as I'm concerned, Eagle and Corbyn are both equally unelectable.
And so the circle is complete, i was around when the last female prime minister destroyed the North of England\Scotland\Wales and Ireland. Her legacy was the country of London.
Now we have another whom is going to finish the job, only this time there is no industry left to destroy, so i guess its the NHS, Councils and Schools that will take the brunt when she pulls the pin on the grenade and takes us out.
On July 11 2016 20:36 Topdoller wrote: And so the circle is complete, i was around when the last female prime minister destroyed the North of England\Scotland\Wales and Ireland. Her legacy was the country of London.
Now we have another whom is going to finish the job, only this time there is no industry left to destroy, so i guess its the NHS, Councils and Schools that will take the brunt when she pulls the pin on the grenade and takes us out.
On July 11 2016 20:36 Topdoller wrote: And so the circle is complete, i was around when the last female prime minister destroyed the North of England\Scotland\Wales and Ireland. Her legacy was the country of London.
Now we have another whom is going to finish the job, only this time there is no industry left to destroy, so i guess its the NHS, Councils and Schools that will take the brunt when she pulls the pin on the grenade and takes us out.
On July 11 2016 20:36 Topdoller wrote: And so the circle is complete, i was around when the last female prime minister destroyed the North of England\Scotland\Wales and Ireland. Her legacy was the country of London.
Now we have another whom is going to finish the job, only this time there is no industry left to destroy, so i guess its the NHS, Councils and Schools that will take the brunt when she pulls the pin on the grenade and takes us out.
So you think she will destroy the country just because she is a women?
On July 11 2016 20:36 Topdoller wrote: And so the circle is complete, i was around when the last female prime minister destroyed the North of England\Scotland\Wales and Ireland. Her legacy was the country of London.
Now we have another whom is going to finish the job, only this time there is no industry left to destroy, so i guess its the NHS, Councils and Schools that will take the brunt when she pulls the pin on the grenade and takes us out.
So you think she will destroy the country just because she is a women?
Did Thatcher govern the way she did because she was a woman?
On July 11 2016 20:36 Topdoller wrote: And so the circle is complete, i was around when the last female prime minister destroyed the North of England\Scotland\Wales and Ireland. Her legacy was the country of London.
Now we have another whom is going to finish the job, only this time there is no industry left to destroy, so i guess its the NHS, Councils and Schools that will take the brunt when she pulls the pin on the grenade and takes us out.
So you think she will destroy the country just because she is a women?
Did Thatcher govern the way she did because she was a woman?
Me? of course not, i was personally a big fan of Thatcher, she had more balls than any recent male PM.
If you look at what May has tried, and completely failed, to achieve since being in the Home Office, I assume we're heading for alot of failed legislation aimed at bringing in a police state.
On July 12 2016 01:56 Jockmcplop wrote: If you look at what May has tried, and completely failed, to achieve since being in the Home Office, I assume we're heading for alot of failed legislation aimed at bringing in a police state.
Better than successful legislation aimed at bringing in a police state to be honest.
I'm not sure if, as an European national, I should be happy or not that Theresa May is going to be the next PM. It's good there's another woman as a PM, but that's as far as I know.
Edit: It feels kind of undemocratic if Theresa May has no competition because the last one gave up.
On July 12 2016 03:24 Shield wrote: I'm not sure if, as an European national, I should be happy or not that Theresa May is going to be the next PM. It's good there's another woman as a PM, but that's as far as I know.
Watched a interview with her 1-2 weeks ago on TV after the Brexit vote, just found it on Youtube
Talks about EU nationals at around 6:00
Personally i do not think you have anything to worry about. I have friends who are also EU nationals and i told them the same.
On July 12 2016 03:24 Shield wrote: I'm not sure if, as an European national, I should be happy or not that Theresa May is going to be the next PM. It's good there's another woman as a PM, but that's as far as I know.
Edit: It feels kind of undemocratic if Theresa May has no competition because the last one gave up.
She gives up because she thinks she has no chance in the vote. That's not undemocratic, that's realising you've already lost.
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