Brits, do you think the Uk should have a December election?
And how would you vote?
41-45, M
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room101 · 51-55, M
Our current Parliament is as ineffective as a condom that’s been wrapped around a pin cushion. Having said that, what will a general election actually achieve?
Is there a raft of new candidates waiting in the wings that have the sense and fortitude to deal with Brexit?
No. There is not. Ergo, it will be the same ineffective bunch sitting in the House of Commons.
Should Corbyn realise his hearts desire and become PM, will he finally get off the fence and actually deliver what was voted for in the 2016 Referendum?
No bloody chance.
The UK is in a stagnant quagmire and the only way out is to deliver Brexit. I don’t even care anymore if it’s with or without a deal.
Get it done and let’s all get on with our lives.
Is there a raft of new candidates waiting in the wings that have the sense and fortitude to deal with Brexit?
No. There is not. Ergo, it will be the same ineffective bunch sitting in the House of Commons.
Should Corbyn realise his hearts desire and become PM, will he finally get off the fence and actually deliver what was voted for in the 2016 Referendum?
No bloody chance.
The UK is in a stagnant quagmire and the only way out is to deliver Brexit. I don’t even care anymore if it’s with or without a deal.
Get it done and let’s all get on with our lives.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@room101 If only it was that easy. The Boris deal doing through means the start of years of negotiations.
It also leaves the way open for a Singapore on Thames economic model and race to the bottom for tax and worker protections. I don't think this is what the country wants
It also leaves the way open for a Singapore on Thames economic model and race to the bottom for tax and worker protections. I don't think this is what the country wants
room101 · 51-55, M
@Burnley123 But that's not my point, nor is it the question that you posed. My point is about the effectiveness of a general election.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@room101 This Parliament would never go through with what you say so it comes down again to the fact we need an election.
room101 · 51-55, M
@Burnley123 What did I say? What is it that I think is so easy? My plea to get it done? It was simply that, a plea. And like many pleas, they generally go unanswered.
My point is in the body of my reply to your question ie should we have a general election? My answer, NO! Because it would achieve nothing.
I didn't bother with the second part of your question because I think that you already know the answer.
But for those who haven't read my ramblings before.........................despite being a life-long Labour voter, I would rather not vote at all than vote for Corbyn's Labour Party.
As to your comment about worker protections (and this latest "leaked memo" or whatever the hell it is), I have told you this a number of times in our previous discussions: in January 2017, Theresa May put it to Parliament to ratify all EU Law into British Law. Her motion was carried unanimously. As was her motion to trigger Article 50 by the way.
Therefore, if Boris wants to erode worker and environmental protections, he has to present a bill(s) to Parliament which then has to go through Parliamentary due process. Given the state of our politics since our first post Blair election, do you honestly think that Boris (or any configuration of a future government) would have the majority to push such a bill through?
Sorry Burnley but that's yet more nonsensical scare-mongering.
My point is in the body of my reply to your question ie should we have a general election? My answer, NO! Because it would achieve nothing.
I didn't bother with the second part of your question because I think that you already know the answer.
But for those who haven't read my ramblings before.........................despite being a life-long Labour voter, I would rather not vote at all than vote for Corbyn's Labour Party.
As to your comment about worker protections (and this latest "leaked memo" or whatever the hell it is), I have told you this a number of times in our previous discussions: in January 2017, Theresa May put it to Parliament to ratify all EU Law into British Law. Her motion was carried unanimously. As was her motion to trigger Article 50 by the way.
Therefore, if Boris wants to erode worker and environmental protections, he has to present a bill(s) to Parliament which then has to go through Parliamentary due process. Given the state of our politics since our first post Blair election, do you honestly think that Boris (or any configuration of a future government) would have the majority to push such a bill through?
Sorry Burnley but that's yet more nonsensical scare-mongering.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@room101 I hope you are right. I fear you are not.
room101 · 51-55, M
@Burnley123 If I'm wrong, then it means that the relevant existing laws would have been changed by Parliamentary due process. Something which Corbyn and co are a part of.
Think on that for a bit!
Think on that for a bit!