I agree with everything Bob says. Chris
On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, 23:03 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com wrote: > > > On 19 Nov 2018, at 11:57, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > > On 18/11/18, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> I am not inviting a political debate or discussion, but from this side > of > >> the pond, it appears that the political system of the UK i coming apart > at > >> the seams over Brexit. I'm certain it is stressful and discomforting > for > >> everyone over there. > >> > >> Being a Brit these days must be almost as uncomfortable as being a > devotee > >> of a camera brand that is being deserted by the company that now owns > the > >> brand, > > > > Haha. Yep we're all just stopping in our tracks and imploding on the > sidewalks. The mess is bearable as long as you've got surgical gowns on. > > > > Everyone is just going about their daily business and nothing has > changed. The future will prove interesting for us - there will doubtless be > a general election announced in the coming days - Theresa May will not be > able to get her Brexit bill through parliament, kicking off no-confidence > vote, and leading to the inevitable. What happens then is anyone's guess. > > > > We're British - we're more interested in the weather. > > > > Well, if you can bear it take a look at the Brexit-related comments on > some of the BBC forums - I'm sure weather forums are not like that. The > whole thing is a collective descent into madness. There is no reasoned > discussion, and the reason the Leave won and Remain lost is that Leave > played on the emotional aspects of it all, while Leave tried to play to > reason. But it is not an issue where reason really matters for most people > - I for one am pro-Europe by emotion at least as much as I am by reason. > What it means is that the arguments are simply playground mud-slinging and > very tiresome once you're past the initial entertainment of it all. > > The problem is, if there's another referendum and Remain wins, the Leave > camp will never shut up, they will beaver away obsessively just as they did > after the 1974 referendum, with their lies and prejudices and bigotry. If > Leave win I suspect Remain will accept that the war is over and the bad > guys won. I did march in favour of another referendum a couple of weeks > ago, with 700,000 others - I don't think we'll get one, but I think it's > important to make our voice heard because there is a real slide towards > tyranny of the majority, and the notion of winner takes all, even though > the Leave majority was less than 4%. It's a very worrying slide. > > The other thing is that if we do indeed leave it will be the leave voters > who suffer from the economic consequences, not the leaders of the Leave > movement, who are feathering their own nests and intend to strip the > workers of their rights as soon as they get the chance, or the middle-class > oldies like me. They are robber barons of the worst sort, lying, conniving > little shits who've used people to further their own interests. I'm a > mild-mannered sort of chap, but I'd to see the whole fucking lot of them > hanging from lampposts in Parliament Square. In the name of tolerance and > democracy. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
