BREXIT

Quite simply you dont need to be a genius to see that Brexit is a right wing coup. Nothing less. Its fair to assume that Brexit will directly lead to the break up of the UK, with independence for Scotland and a vote on a united Ireland. When Farage talks about freedom from the EU and cutting red tape.what they really mean is doing away with food standarda, health and safety legislation and workers rights. Minimum working hours directives, maternity pay, holiday pay, sick pay, pensions, will all comevunder attack post Brexit. How long do you thibk they would last, without European protection? Dont believe me. IDS is already talking about raising thevpension age to 75. What will the Tory election slogan be? Work is Freedom? What the Tories and mixed rag bag of the far right want, is a a workforce on zero hour contracts, basically working until they die. The NHS is directly threatened by the idiot Patels threat to end freedom of movement, directly after Brexit, due to staff shortages. What Eurpean Doctor or Nurse would want to work here with the toxic environment created? The elderly, the poor and the sick are likely to be the first to suffer.Who will disproportionately be Brexit voters. The biggest prize for America, for any trade deal, which we will be desperate to sign will be American drug companies access to the NHS and paying US prices for NHS drugs. The drift into mindĺess Nationalism needs to be challenged and stopped by any means possible

Boris is now saying it's every MP's job to deliver Brexit. No it isn't. He's fundamentally wrong there and is showing that he either doesn't understand democracy or (more likely) is being deliberately obtuse and is trying to appeal to the populist Brexit crowd as usual.

Every MP's job is to serve their constituency. In mine (Wirral West), Labour won by a landslide, and that was NOT on the back of any pledge to force through a right-wing withdrawal from the EU.

Yet again, certain characters are trying to convince us that Brexit is the be all and end all of politics right now.

Boris has planned this out years in advance, I suspect. A deeply manipulative, conniving and dangerous man.

Time to take to the streets, in our thousands, in defence of democracy.

I'm sure that'll work.

The government should have been stood up to a long long time ago.

If only we had an opposition party with a strong voice......

We do, it’s just that the broadcast media wilfully and actively ignore it. The BBC One News at 6 two days ago was a classic example: after the meeting of opposition parties, Corbyn was given 10 seconds of air time (speaking one sentence to camera) whereas a speech by Nigel Farage at a minor rally was given almost a minute of air time.
It is no mystery that Labour performs better during General Elections, as the BBC, ITV and Sky are legally required to give equal coverage to both main parties.
Finally, if we didn’t have an effective Opposition, why is Boris Johnson shutting down Parliament?

I think that's why I generally support it! I'm confused as well, but I tend to think the best option now would be to go through with it and make the best we can of the situation. The referendum wasn't Labour's idea, when all is said and done.

I assume eyeswideopen was being sarcastic and probably agrees with you. If not, I’d be concerned for his mental capacity...

Did it work?

i m in

Civil disobedience and mass protests targeted at the right people though.
Business and the high street have been decimated enough in recent years without mobs of people smashing in shops and burning cars of people who may have the same idealisms.

Lets remember it was her Royal highness herself who ultimately signed off on this, even though a hard Brexit will rubber stamp the break up of the UK when Scotland vote to leave in order to remain (Sturgeons position on this strengthened even more after yesterdays resignation)

So if you do take to the streets make sure its down the Mall and head straight for the palace, or Windsor Castle, Balmoral, or the other parasites residences up and down the country.
The police reaction to that would be much more of an eye catcher to the worlds media than smashing a few shops up Tottenham.

I'm not normally one to stick up for the Royals, but the Queen basically has no choice but to go along with it. It's just an archaic, pantomime process that has to be gone through.