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by QuakerPete
Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:34 am
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

As I said, great, we're at an understanding: a trade agreement and a withdrawal agreement are two separate things. And where the ditching of one will have a material effect on the other Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm sorry but no. First you try and dishonestly (or mistakenly) conflate the t...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:44 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

DarloOnTheUp wrote:As I said, great, we're at an understanding: a trade agreement and a withdrawal agreement are two separate things.
And where the ditching of one will have a material effect on the other


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by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:02 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

You'll be able to quote where I said they were the same thing? I just did, in the very same post you quoted. I think you need to brush up on your comprehension skills Either way, it seems you now admit that they're not the same thing. Great, so now you can stop conflating the two. As I’ve never equ...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:44 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

DarloOnTheUp wrote:
Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:36 pm
QuakerPete wrote:
Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:30 pm
You'll be able to quote where I said they were the same thing?
I just did, in the very same post you quoted.
I think you need to brush up on your comprehension skills
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:30 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Why does Labour want to have a 2 choice second referendum, to either vote for the deal offered or to remain, why are they not asking if people want to leave without a deal? Probably because No Deal was nowhere on the radar in 2016, the country was promised a rather good deal if we left. No Deal onl...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:39 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Why does Labour want to have a 2 choice second referendum, to either vote for the deal offered or to remain, why are they not asking if people want to leave without a deal? Probably because No Deal was nowhere on the radar in 2016, the country was promised a rather good deal if we left. No Deal onl...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:34 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Why does Labour want to have a 2 choice second referendum, to either vote for the deal offered or to remain, why are they not asking if people want to leave without a deal? Probably because No Deal was nowhere on the radar in 2016, the country was promised a rather good deal if we left. No Deal onl...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:01 am
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: He fought the law, and the law won
Replies: 95
Views: 84686

Re: He fought the law, and the law won

PM's decision to prorogue Parliament unlawful Democracy 1, the Executive 0. Get in. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49810261 No democracy has lost, as the democratic vote has been ignored, people will not forget this betrayal. As Johnson claimed proroguing Parliament was nothing to do with B...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:50 am
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: He fought the law, and the law won
Replies: 95
Views: 84686

Re: He fought the law, and the law won

So 11 unelected judges passed judgement that an unelected Prime Minister was unlawful. We live in a Democracy? In my opinion the judges crossed a line yesterday, we know nothing about them and their political persuasion. I believe this ruling is good for Boris and for Farage - because the referendu...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:44 am
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: He fought the law, and the law won
Replies: 95
Views: 84686

Re: He fought the law, and the law won

PM's decision to prorogue Parliament unlawful Democracy 1, the Executive 0. Get in. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49810261 No democracy has lost, as the democratic vote has been ignored, people will not forget this betrayal. As Johnson claimed proroguing Parliament was nothing to do with B...
by QuakerPete
Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:34 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

I did not respond because as I have told you before, I am not prepared to get into your petty squabbles when all you do is enlarge and repeat so often until you browbeat people. I have posted video evidence to back up what I said, prior to, not at, your behest. Ah interesting- you’ve deleted your e...
by QuakerPete
Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:34 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Apologies for any misinterpretation on my part, Ed - it just seemed as though you were suggesting he was somehow the root cause of all Germans' supposed predilection for warmongering. Either way, I'm sure if you just opened your mind a bit you'd probably find that most Germans are actually alright....
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:00 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Ever thought you might just be a bit anti-German? Tbh her suggestion actually makes an awful lot of sense - surely armed forces has got to be up there with the biggest wastes of resource ever. I mean defence is a necessity because of potential offensive actors but why must ever nation seek to defen...
by QuakerPete
Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:59 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

That’s the unelected Prime Minister who’s just asked on two occasions to hold a General Election. And on both occasions, Remainer MPs blocked those attempts, explicitly because of their positions on Brexit. I personally believe all new, unelected PMs should mandatorily face a General Election withi...
by QuakerPete
Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:39 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

The Leave Campaign persuaded me to dislike unelected bureaucrats . Example of an unelected bureaucrat = Dominic Cummings . And I would add to him an unelected Prime Minister who appears to be a “stick short of a bundle” and has absolutely no mandate for No Deal, yet appears to be under the influenc...
by QuakerPete
Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:28 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

A pretty sobering assessment of No Deal Brexit - the government’s 5-page summary (only) called Yellowhammer. They said it was Theresa May’s version, but it’s the same document with the heading changed from “base” assessment to “worst case” Some part has been redacted, but the original leaked report...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:51 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

A pretty sobering assessment of No Deal Brexit - the government’s 5-page summary (only) called Yellowhammer. They said it was Theresa May’s version, but it’s the same document with the heading changed from “base” assessment to “worst case” Some part has been redacted, but the original leaked report ...
by QuakerPete
Mon Sep 09, 2019 6:41 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

By hook or by crook springs to mind here. Didn't win the vote? No problem, just claim it was invalid or something. A majority voted to leave the EU in 2016. Despite what you keep saying, the possibility of No Deal WAS discussed and debated at the time, as shown in my previous post. This vote wasn't...
by QuakerPete
Sun Sep 08, 2019 4:13 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Which Leave organisations or major Leave individuals actively promoted (referred to) No Deal as their option prior to the 2016 referendum? It took me 5 minutes to find this quote from Nigel Farage on 3 June 2016: “Even if our friends in France and Italy decide to cut off their noses to spite their ...
by QuakerPete
Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:07 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

That isn’t what I or the figures said...at all. Of the population who voted leave (obviously they didn’t ask all 52% - as I say we don’t have the data you have to base it on polls) 33% of those people would be happy with an exit which was no deal. If you assume that the 48% remain voters didn’t wan...
by QuakerPete
Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:22 am
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

That isn’t what I or the figures said...at all. Of the population who voted leave (obviously they didn’t ask all 52% - as I say we don’t have the data you have to base it on polls) 33% of those people would be happy with an exit which was no deal. If you assume that the 48% remain voters didn’t wan...
by QuakerPete
Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:46 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: George Reynolds in Teesside Magistrates Court Today
Replies: 42
Views: 15190

Re: George Reynolds in Teesside Magistrates Court Today

Anyone remember Reynolds’ sidekick, I think his name was Ian and was always in the site cabin when the Arena was getting built. Wonder what happened to him?


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by QuakerPete
Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:31 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Do you remainders want to drop the % of your doom and gloom a few notches. Or has he now started lying or being bought off? https://news.sky.com/story/bank-no-deal-brexit-not-as-bad-as-we-predicted-11802146?fbclid=IwAR1HYZmAWAZoCpwHSag3V5gKFkNhDnlWdyfujmXS5a9vAi_RVmP8Fd7w59I Here...https://en.wikip...
by QuakerPete
Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:01 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Predictions (not the Darlo will beat Man Utd 6-0 type), and more-so Forecasts, are methods of using all the available information, data, facts, rules, trends, modelling, etc., in order to come to conclusions on outcomes for future events. We all do this in our own lives, it doesn’t mean it’s guessw...
by QuakerPete
Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:27 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Watched a "Brexit debate" on I think channel 4 last night. The main argument anyone could put up for staying in was that "We did not vote for a no deal leave". Quite correct. Neither did we vote that we must have a deal to leave. We voted leave.Plain and simple. How can people use guess work,(yes, ...
by QuakerPete
Tue Sep 03, 2019 5:29 am
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Seems Boris has been listening to me. An election next month if MPs take no deal off the table tomorrow. Only if two-thirds of MPs vote for an election - Fixed Term Parliament Act. It may be a Vote of No Confidence instead. Everything is up in the air! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Opposition ...
by QuakerPete
Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:07 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Darlogramps wrote:Seems Boris has been listening to me.

An election next month if MPs take no deal off the table tomorrow.
Only if two-thirds of MPs vote for an election - Fixed Term Parliament Act. It may be a Vote of No Confidence instead. Everything is up in the air!


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by QuakerPete
Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:17 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Fuck the EFL
Replies: 10
Views: 6008

Re: Fuck the EFL

I have been re-reading through some of the articles at the time of our demise in 2012. I still blame Raj 100%. Yes he got fucked over by Southern Cross going bust which must have seriously hurt him financially, but he should have walked away and given the club to the supporters for £1 - and let us ...
by QuakerPete
Wed Aug 28, 2019 5:53 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Johnson’s overplayed his hand on this one. You can’t argue for the sovereignty of parliament and then suspend it because you don’t like what it says. He should have put his Brexit plans to Parliament, making them a no-confidence matter. And when Parliament rejected them (as they almost certainly wo...
by QuakerPete
Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:04 pm
Forum: The Off Topic Room
Topic: Democracy under threat.
Replies: 451
Views: 278538

Re: Democracy under threat.

Darlo_Pete wrote:How can Corbyn & co say it is anti-democratic for Boris to suspend Parliament when they are acting undemocratically to not honour how people voted in the referendum.
The clue is in “suspend Parliament”


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