Good luck Angry! And make the most of the match, you won't be able to do it soon for all the border issues and tariffs.
PS. Don't go buying Little Angry any milkshake at the airport!
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Good luck Angry! And make the most of the match, you won't be able to do it soon for all the border issues and tariffs.
PS. Don't go buying Little Angry any milkshake at the airport!
So easy to say...’wrong on so many levels’ but without ever being specific.Quote:
Originally Posted by AngryRam
Maybe what you really mean is...’I disagree’...but if telling me I’m tearing the country apart makes you feel better then so be it.
At sometime in the future I hope I’ll be able to say...’I stood up for what I believed in and remained respectful of all but the most extreme and bigoted’. You clearly disagree, but you’re right...we’re going round in circles...not much point in continuing.
Enjoy your trip.
If you voted leave, then you voted to destroy this country, simples!Quote:
Originally Posted by AngryRam
Says you and the minority of the voters!Quote:
Originally Posted by swaledale
You really must check your definition of minority and majority MoP. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Manofpride
The Free DictionaryQuote:
Originally Posted by ramAnag
Majority. The amount by which the greater number of votes cast as in an election ,exceeds the total number of the remaining votes simple!
The Collins Dictionary...majority...meaning a number which is more than half of the whole...minority...meaning a number which is less than half of the whole.Quote:
Originally Posted by mistaram
Whether you’re judging the 2016 Referendum, the recent local council elections, the EU elections or the Peterborough by-election at no time can Brexiteers claim to have the support of more than half of the electorate and in the case of the last three no where near half of those who actually bothered to vote.
Out of the whole lot of people who voted more than half voted to leave "Majority" That leaves the remainers the minority!
Verdict:- Mista was correct!
In an advisory and binary choice referendum, he is of course right, but the fact remains that only between a third and some where around 37% of the electorate have ever supported Brexit and that is always going to be a minority...no matter how vociferous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Manofpride
If Mr. Farage wants a say in future policy might I suggest that, rather than creating photo opportunities by handing in a silly letter at Downing Street, he actually wins a Parliamentary seat or two. That is how Parliamentary Democracy works.
A parliamentary seat or two in order to have a say in anything? What, like the Libdems have at the moment yet have no real say in anything - or maybe he can hope to strike lucky and win 10 like the DUP and be able to block anything happening through luck and circumstance. Maybe this is model for future politics - win enough seats to hold the balance and get paid billions in bribes to vote one way or the other?Quote:
Originally Posted by ramAnag
For anyone to have any say they need to have the balance in a hung parliament, as opposed to a seat or two, and that is down to sheer luck. Now if we had a PR system, meaning parliament would be perpetually hung, then he could win a lot at the moment, but we dont. Sometimes I think sadly as I think that is more representative of the country as a whole, but FPTP at least allows for a workable government structure- but that will always be a minority in terms of the %age of the electorate that voted for it.
We can talk about how to define majority or minority, but I have to wonder if we have ever had a real majority (eg of the electorate) in power since 1945 and the end of the Government of National Unity. Before then, almost certainly not if only because the lasses weren't allowed to vote. That decision was where it all started to go wrong :o