On 18/09/2019 08:50, alan_m wrote:
On 17/09/2019 23:50, Roger Hayter wrote:
Vir Campestris wrote:

Beautifully put. Thanks Brian!


What was totally lacking on the remain side was the courage (or even the
inclination?) to put forward the positive benefits, moral and political
as well as economic, of being part of the EU.Â*Â* Did they think the
population was so ground down by years of tabloid anti-EU propaganda
that none of us would believe them?


Don't forget the decades of the UK public not bothering to vote in a EU
election because they had already realised that an MEP had absolutely no
power and it didn't matter a toss who got in.

The writing was already on the wall for all to see except for the 544
MPs who thought having a referendum was a good idea. Perhaps those MPs
(of all political parties) who are now claiming the moral high ground
and want us to remain had the courage of their convictions in 2015 then
we wouldn't be in the political stalemate situation of today.

There also seems to be a naive belief on both sides that the rest of the
EU is not going to now take advantage of the chaos in the UK parliament.

....and hasnt been instrumental in causing it.


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