Showing posts with label parliament. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parliament. Show all posts
Sunday, 20 November 2022

52% to 48% = uncertainty

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  So, in a straw poll of Twitter users organised by the new Chief Twit, Elon Musk, Donald Trump has been ‘elected’ back onto the platform af...
Friday, 6 August 2021

Why the EU is more democratic than the UK

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  Brexiters claim that the EU is run by unelected bureaucrats. It’s a laughable claim because it’s untrue.
Thursday, 10 October 2019

The EU is a democracy, run by elected politicians

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Brexit campaigners often claim that the EU isn’t democratic. But in many ways, it’s more democratic than our system of democracy in the U...
Saturday, 10 August 2019

Parliament cannot bind a future Parliament

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Brexiters often say that the referendum result is a done deal and cannot be changed. But that’s not how our democracy works.
Thursday, 14 December 2017

The Daily Mail is the enemy of democracy

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My editorial today for my Reasons2Remain campaign:
Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Treating Parliament with contempt

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What a bloody nuisance Parliament is to the Tory government these days, when all the Prime Minister wants to do is get on with Brexit. ...
Monday, 27 February 2017

Why referendums and Parliament are incompatible

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For the first time ever in a UK referendum, the electorate on 23 June 2016 rejected the status quo, the advice of the government and the...
Sunday, 22 November 2015

Isn't it time politics grew up?

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•  First aid skills for school children killed-off by naughty MPs talking too much A bill to introduce compulsory first aid training ...