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A little thread to track the 2 current petitions
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And I havent had my tea yet!
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I'm starting a petition to re-run last years World Cup semi-final as I don't agree with the result/didn't realise if they scored more goals than us they'd win/couldn't be bothered to play therefore we lost...
I mean, it's ridiculous isn't it, demanding a new World Cup tournament. The temerity. France won the World Cup, so should hold it forever.
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I'm starting a petition to re-run last years World Cup semi-final as I don't agree with the result/didn't realise if they scored more goals than us they'd win/couldn't be bothered to play therefore we lost...….
Wonderful! Have five points. Are you going try for a conversion?
But perhaps, rather than a
secondreferendum sorry, sorry, sorry, people's referendum - totally different thing altogether, obvs. - we should ask the TMO to confirm the first one? Make sure no-one was off-side, there was no knock-on and no-one entered the ruck from the side?Posted 2 months ago # -
But.....but...we don't live in a democracy
If we lived in a democracy then Brexit should have happened without fuss....the votes were cast, the result was clear.
It didn't
If we lived in a democracy the 'voice' of the people would be listened to
It hasn't
If we lived in a democracy then we should have another referendum
We won't.
If we lived in a democracy then people should have chance to change their mind.
They won'twe have a sham democracy
we have the illusion of democracy
it's look looking at the menu in a restaurant but getting whatever the chef decides.The Tories have put Fixed term Elections in place (which is obviously undemocratic in itself)
Who do you (honestly) think has more power over such decision making.
You with your little vote....or Richard Branson with his billions of ££££££££Posted 2 months ago # -
But.....but...we don't live in a democracy
If we lived in a democracy then Brexit should have happened without fuss....the votes were cast, the result was clear.
It didn't
If we lived in a democracy the 'voice' of the people would be listened to
It hasn't
If we lived in a democracy then we should have another referendum
We won't.
If we lived in a democracy then people should have chance to change their mind.
They won'twe have a sham democracy
we have the illusion of democracy
it's look looking at the menu in a restaurant but getting whatever the chef decides.The Tories have put Fixed term Elections in place (which is obviously undemocratic in itself)
Who do you (honestly) think has more power over such decision making.
You with your little vote....or Richard Branson with his billions of ££££££££Nah. Simple. Just stay in the EU and obediently let them tell us how to behave, and what to do, say and think.
We need a it more discipline in this country. Just bend over and take it.
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The root cause of all your complaints, Gero, is that for the last couple of years we've had 2 conflicting systems of democracy
Imagine a car with 2 steering wheels
Either one, alone, is workable. But, combined they cannot possibly work
That's not saying either is perfect. Do you let the well informed experts (that's what they're supposed to be) represent you? Or do you let the uninformed public control occasional decisions?
Overall, I think the representative system is far better, but evidently it needs some tweaks
And Titus's comment about obedience is irrelevant & uninformed
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Yeah Titus. We never caused any trouble did We?
Pushing towards 6m now.
5,670,934Posted 2 months ago # -
I mean, it's ridiculous isn't it, demanding a new World Cup tournament. The temerity. France won the World Cup, so should hold it forever.
That's not really an accurate analogy is it? What is being suggested is closer to an equivalent of a new World Cup being held before France had even been presented the trophy. Which I imagine they'd be a bit put out over.
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The trophy is only a symbol of the victory. In fact, the winner doesn't get to even keep the trophy, only a cheap, disappointing replica of what they thought they'd won...
Newsflash: Brexit finally found wrapped in newspaper under a South London hedge...by Eric Pickles.
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I'm sure you all know it's pushing 6m now.
Gov response is "Brexit means Brexit"
Parliament debating it on April Fools' Day.In the meantime if you want the funniest thing around today dig out Britain Bites Back FB page. If it is a satire it is brilliant.
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The Mash report got it spot on the other night.
"Let's see if we can have a civilised debate. I voted remain, you voted leave. Why did you vote leave?"
"Fuckin' Muslims innit."Posted 2 months ago # -
The Mash report got it spot on the other night.
"Let's see if we can have a civilised debate. I voted remain, you voted leave. Why did you vote leave?"
"Fuckin' Muslims innit.I wouldn't call that "spot on", I'd call it an unhelpful perpetuation of the idea that everybody who voted Leave is a racist moron, which simply isn't true, no matter what many people would have us believe.
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