Originally Posted by
ragingpup
Best speakers yesterday in London were those who, being left of centre, voted to leave from the EU as the neo liberal organisation out is. But now are joining us (not as eu supporters but as parliamentary democracy advocates) against the government as they are pissed off that their vote has been hijacked by Johnson and the far right for their own ends.
Quite happy to leave with the WA. Quite happy to leave with No Deal. But only if our elected representatives vote finally that this is in our national interest. That's our parliamentary democracy. Any other way is quite frightening..
Spent most of last night last night in the slammer in Charing Cross. Nothing violent, just obstruction. First time in my life. Wife was thankfully spared that but thankfully had great solidarity from others who supported us at the station until we were released. (Coppers were great too tbf, completely on our side but doing their job) I would never have done that for Remain. I have never marched on Remain demos. Yesterday was simply because we have a new government that is clearly trying to bypass our parliamentary democracy.
I realise how frustrating it is for people who voted to leave in the advisory referendum but I can't see how shutting down our parliamentary democracy can be a positive thing. Its very easy to agree with Cumming's actions (cos he's your leader, make no mistake) on this occasion if you agree with this policy, but what about next time? What if a left wing loon is voted in and wants to super tax high earners up to 90% against the wishes of parliament? Is this really where we want to go?
(Just a quick hi to Kerr who I noted with merriment is trying to direct our attention away from this calamity to football posts. Nice one Kerr! :-))