New Posts For Thread: We're being held to ransomehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransomeBy just over two million voters. Scotland didn't vote to leave yet there are just under four million people of voting age. They have 35 MP's. In the last election UKIP got over four million votes yet not one MP.It's a good job the people of this country weren't so silly liveried during the war with the bombing and rationing as the current population nowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556149035#556149035It's a good job the people of this country weren't so silly liveried during the war with the bombing and rationing as the current population nowSun, 09 Dec 2018 15:59:07 -0600But the biggest deception is this: we could easily have taken back control of our borders already under European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC, which allows EU member states to repatriate EU nationals after three months if they have nothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148959#556148959But the biggest deception is this: we could easily have taken back control of our borders already under European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC, which allows EU member states to repatriate EU nationals after three months if they have notSun, 09 Dec 2018 15:52:06 -0600I am sure another referendum would result in us staying in the EU.But I would not change my vote, I would still vote out.I agree it is a bit scary at the moment, but I think Parliament must pass May's del.Long term I think it will benefit us having chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148731#556148731I am sure another referendum would result in us staying in the EU.But I would not change my vote, I would still vote out.I agree it is a bit scary at the moment, but I think Parliament must pass May's del.Long term I think it will benefit us having cSun, 09 Dec 2018 15:23:58 -0600i agree,but its my own opinion that a lot of people voted for all sorts of different reasons and nobody knew the real facts that unfolded over the brexit vote,at the moment the UK have somehow got themselves in a position of Hobson's choice,1=do we shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148533#556148533i agree,but its my own opinion that a lot of people voted for all sorts of different reasons and nobody knew the real facts that unfolded over the brexit vote,at the moment the UK have somehow got themselves in a position of Hobson's choice,1=do we sSun, 09 Dec 2018 15:02:29 -0600no only one referendum Brassneck, there was spin on both sides,https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148397#556148397no only one referendum Brassneck, there was spin on both sides,Sun, 09 Dec 2018 14:43:52 -0600To be fair the Tory party were not intending to take us out of EuropeIt was Farage and UKIP pushed for this.Cameron feared he would lose too many votes to UKIP and Labour would get back in.So Cameron offered us a referendum, so people did not need tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148391#556148391To be fair the Tory party were not intending to take us out of EuropeIt was Farage and UKIP pushed for this.Cameron feared he would lose too many votes to UKIP and Labour would get back in.So Cameron offered us a referendum, so people did not need toSun, 09 Dec 2018 14:42:21 -0600in a true democracy the people should be offered a choice to change their mind if they wish?they have not got an offer for this by the government since it was discovered that a lot of spin took place in the build up to the last brexit vote,and a lothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148387#556148387in a true democracy the people should be offered a choice to change their mind if they wish?they have not got an offer for this by the government since it was discovered that a lot of spin took place in the build up to the last brexit vote,and a lotSun, 09 Dec 2018 14:42:07 -0600oh dear..someone was telling porkieshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148341#556148341oh dear..someone was telling porkiesSun, 09 Dec 2018 14:35:24 -0600some scots voted to stay because they were told it was the best route for them to stay in the EUhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556148273#556148273some scots voted to stay because they were told it was the best route for them to stay in the EUSun, 09 Dec 2018 14:24:09 -0600i_agree_with_nick 07 Dec 18 22:17 Joined: 21 May 10 | Topic/replies: 10,311 | Blogger: i_agree_with_nick's blog There was a referendum in 2011 regarding PR:At present, the UK uses the "first past the post" system to elect MPs to the House of Commons.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31471451/were-being-held-to-ransome?post_id=556147995#556147995i_agree_with_nick 07 Dec 18 22:17 Joined: 21 May 10 | Topic/replies: 10,311 | Blogger: i_agree_with_nick's blog There was a referendum in 2011 regarding PR:At present, the UK uses the "first past the post" system to elect MPs to the House of Commons.Sun, 09 Dec 2018 13:48:53 -0600