EU Referendum
- Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
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16 June 2016 18:28314859Which side will be the first to stoop so low and use her tragic death, my money will be on vote leave.
Thoughts with her young daughters and husband.Arte et Marte - 16 June 2016 18:44314860What is this country coming to? Shocking. RIP.
- 16 June 2016 19:04314861She made a lot of enemies on the Far Right maybe there is a connection.
- 16 June 2016 21:21314862Appalling crime.A Loving Mother and a Bright Decent Woman was murdered today.
RIP Jo Cox.
No speculation.Not a time for politics. Time for Reflection..A Bright Young Woman was taken from us.howard mcsweeney1 likes this - 17 June 2016 11:21314866Unfortunately two Remain MP's have tried to make political capital out of the tragedy. One tweeting the bit about "Britain First" right after the shooting was reported and another on Newsnight linking it with posters put up by Leave.
- 17 June 2016 13:09314867Sadly yesterday and this morning I have seen many tweets and postings from people suggesting "Boris made the gun and Farage held the knife". These sort of postings appeared in my news feed within minutes of the tragedy appearing on the news. Today, many of the broadsheets are running editorials suggesting a link between Brexit campaign and campaigners and this awful event.
Two kids have been robbed of their Mum, a husband of his wife and a mother and father of their daughter in a terribly public murder by a person with motives still unclear (perhaps even to himself). Not a time to be playing politics.PatrickS, howard mcsweeney1 and Guest 698 like this - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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17 June 2016 13:43314868well said neil. - 17 June 2016 15:03314871Jo Cox like many people in the limelight has been the victim of an online hate campaign which has escalated despite her ignoring the bile. This seems to be the norm on a lot of social media so I wasn't surprised by Neil's post. The referendum has brought standards to a new low and much as I don't like our PM he shouldn't be "swinging from a lamp post for selling our country out to Muslims etc".
Although I laugh at the insistence from many that Barack Obama is a Muslim the underlying problem is that the hard of thinking and those with mental health issues would take things further if they could. Presidents and Prime Ministers are well protected but day to day politicos are exposed to nutters. Something has to be done to eliminate internet poison but our local and national press allow all sorts of accusations and foul language on their websites. - 18 June 2016 09:34314880Campaigning will resume on Monday.
- 18 June 2016 19:50314901Panic setting in among our European friends, all knowing that between them they will have to stump up our share of the loot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36567469 - 18 June 2016 21:05314902Fascinating piece that highlights how out of touch our betters are with us peasants.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/18/how-did-the-remain-campaign-get-the-british-character-so-wrong/ - 19 June 2016 07:16314906Thanks for the link, Howard. This is probably the most insightful piece of journalism I've seen in recent months.
- Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,227
20 June 2016 11:06314931Looks like Baroness Warsi is Cameron's latest stooge, never attended a rally or undertaken campaigning but changes her beliefs because of Farages poster?
howard mcsweeney1 likes thisArte et Marte - 20 June 2016 14:53314934Guest 943 likes this
- Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,227
20 June 2016 16:01314936What an a***hole!Bob Whysman likes thisArte et Marte - 20 June 2016 17:18314939Will Straw,son of Jack Straw has history.Google Jack Straw. His Dad when he was Labour Home Secretary marched young Will to the police for alleged drug dealing.
Howard,I am sure you remember the incident,not that were involved.I must add. - 20 June 2016 17:26314940I remembered that Peter I knew his dad back in the early 80s and a right slime ball he was. His Wikipedia entry showed him attending Staples Rd Junior school in Loughton. He actually attended the exclusive Loughton school that took few pupils and large sums of money. He later amended it after I queried it. His mother came from a moneyed background despite his claim that he came from a council house. When he became MP for Blackburn he regularly watched the football team despite the fact I knew he detested the game.Paul M and Guest 943 like this
- Bob Whysman
- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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20 June 2016 18:43314946I feel that regardless of the outcome of the EU referendum, it is just a tool to gauge the feeling of the U.K. population and find somewhere to lay blame when it all goes pear shaped. Nothing more and nothing less.
To announce a referendum on an issue such as EU membership and then creating a situation that has divided the country founded on speculation, is an unbelievable act of mismanagement.
The government was elected to do their best for the UK not to abdicate their responsibilities when the going got tough. Whichever situation is best for the UK is the one that they should pursue on behalf of the electorate.
Stay in and renegotiate the terms to include what the Brexit camp want could be the solution......oh, that would mean we are back in the Common Market! A trading union which was the original set up.
The excuse for holding the referendum was 'it was in our manifesto.' How many times. do promises in any party's manifesto ever see the light of day again?
The result in itself will not make or break this country, because how we use the result is the key to the quality of our future. It is just the start point for a lack lustre 'democracy' to perhaps re-invent itself and eventually elect a government that will work for the good of the U.K. and it's population.
At least it's got a lot of the population thinking of what might be going on and how they would like life to progress which must be a plus!
Maybe we should forget political colours and go for competence and elect/employ those who have the best skills for the job, as successful Company's do.
A tall order I know but apathy has set in over the last few decades and allowed those with their own agenda to progress their ideals at our expense and quality of life.
We need to develop a 'can do' attitude again and get back to relying on the many skills and expertise that exist within our country.
It's a tall order I know, but one that is possible and can be successful when greater effort is applied together with the right attitude to overcome the setbacks.
It is the positive effort that we should all make, not the infighting, that will contribute to the success or otherwise, of the situation that we will eventually find ourselves in.
Do nothing and nothing happens........
Reginald Barrington, Guest 943 and howard mcsweeney1 like thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - 21 June 2016 16:21314967I was thinking a few days ago about what it would be like after the referendum bearing in mind the Scottish one ended with families split and former friends turning against each other. This campaign has been as aggressive and now we have this.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jo-cox-memorial-fund-dominic-peacock-tory-councillor-facebook-conservative-piss-post-deleted-a7093441.html - 21 June 2016 16:57314969My postal vote for Leave has gone in.Guest 698 likes this
