tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post3312891461107458613..comments2023-07-05T16:18:40.485+01:00Comments on Broad Thoughts From A Home: VOTE IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISUREBroad Thoughts From A Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798249743031672360noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-77796810750444991352016-10-22T08:51:51.002+01:002016-10-22T08:51:51.002+01:00I echo your comments I feel the same.I also find i...I echo your comments I feel the same.I also find it difficult to swallow that 100s of thousands of British expats didn't get the opportunity to vote even though it directly affects them. What I don't understand is why the pro Europe or remain politicians didn't honor and encourage ex pats rights to vote it would perhaps helped to swing the result. I can only conclude that they were either over confident or has another agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-47087028020187019652016-10-16T20:48:09.208+01:002016-10-16T20:48:09.208+01:00If it's any consolation, the EU Brexit negotia...If it's any consolation, the EU Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt, is fully aware of all this and has slammed Farage in public. He said in a video at the european Parliament that he wouldn't forget the 48% who voted Remain. It's on his FB page which I visit when need a bit of sanity... Other MPs such as Anna Soubry are on our side and don't seem to be toeing the party line...I just hope they stand by their wordswhen it comes to the crunch.Jackyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895959045917342565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-66578866159059285392016-07-10T19:48:16.523+01:002016-07-10T19:48:16.523+01:00Cameron has been accused of cowardice for resignin...Cameron has been accused of cowardice for resigning. You may rmemeber when the question came up in the campaign, everyone said that he was the best placed person to carry the post Brexit negotiations through. He was having none of it. he was basically saying, you created this situation - you deal with it! On the morning of the result, Boris was nowhere to be seen because he was really shocked that his campaign won. he didn't want to be the man to push the big red button. He was only interested in Cameron's job - nothing else. Gove, Borish Johnson's campiagn manager put a stop to that, and his own career too.<br /><br />Indeed weeks before the campaign started he said that it would be madness to leave the EU. Gove & IDs started hinting that the negotiations should take some long before we invoke article 50. They said that we should be "feeling our way gently" to find the right negotiating strategy with Europe for a smooth exit. Within hours the EU emphatically stated that there would be no "soft" talks until we invoke clause 50. So they didn't want to push the button either. The only person who wants to jump in invoke article 50 is Angela Leadsman. She is the secret weapon of the tories to bring back UKIP voters to the party. <br /><br />So we have no government, and no opposition either. We could wind up with the Scottish Nationalist being the official opposition party in Parliament and they want to leave the UK! It's a bloody mess.Bill Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708495845352257713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-90635311930352301762016-07-10T19:38:22.034+01:002016-07-10T19:38:22.034+01:00A sad state of affairs indeed. Many people I know...A sad state of affairs indeed. Many people I know voted leave and they enjoy free movement across the Union, some of them with 2nd homes in Spain and beyond. Nigel Farages dispicable poster on the day that Joe Cox MP was brutally murdered in street by a man screaming "take back our country - Britain first" was the lowest point of the campaign. Joe Cox has been largely forgotten now, but her name will reappear soon and remind poeple of the hate filled rehtoric of campaign that led to a madman to do such a horrible thing.Bill Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708495845352257713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-77917075463200881412016-07-09T20:03:03.282+01:002016-07-09T20:03:03.282+01:00I absolutely agree! And what is more, not only ha...I absolutely agree! And what is more, not only has the Referendum vote caused a problem for the UK on the global stage, it has also caused a constitutional crisis the like of which Britain has not seen in my lifetime, and probably not in several lifetimes before that. Who knows what comes next? I certainly don't see the bright new dawn that the Brexit camp would have us believe is just around the corner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-34493566588713496802016-07-09T19:46:16.104+01:002016-07-09T19:46:16.104+01:00Exactly my view, Sue. And worse than Cameron,. Joh...Exactly my view, Sue. And worse than Cameron,. Johnson going for Brexit and then not being prepared to offer a solid strategy for teh fallout and accusing the rest of the government of not having one. ?! Shouldn't eh be the one offering the way forward? <br />I had a migraine that lasted from early morning of the 24 until the following Sunday. <br />The press, apart from the Guardian, has been wishy-washy as has the BBC.<br />MyY view is that we need to be in Europe, Europe needs us in, the world needs us in Europe. Even if some things are uncomfortable for us. I will not apologize for my view. I will try very hard to respect the view of others if it it is different from mine. This time it is difficult: I know a lot about Europe and I work in a university within a directorate of English and Contemporary History and Politics. Some of my colleagues know even more. <br />My blood pressure goes up every time I think about it. Gill Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907328485580011762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185513237391465906.post-63693291832142970392016-07-09T18:11:34.706+01:002016-07-09T18:11:34.706+01:00Good blog. Sums up how I feel too.
I am also sicke...Good blog. Sums up how I feel too.<br />I am also sickened by Cameron's actions - calling the referendum but then not being prepared to deal with the result. Another one to just throw his hands up and say 'ah f**k it, leave it to someone else'. <br />What a total shambles the whole thing is.Kathleen McGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157686676565485064noreply@blogger.com