tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post6533834248115371223..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Democracy: 'UK Style' vs 'Libya Style'WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-78124554856811867392011-10-25T11:29:27.488-07:002011-10-25T11:29:27.488-07:00PC: What can I say, other than couldn't agree ...PC: What can I say, other than couldn't agree more.....WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-72129405769956013922011-10-25T08:49:58.996-07:002011-10-25T08:49:58.996-07:00It is I think sadly true had it been a straight in...It is I think sadly true had it been a straight in/out question the revolt would have been far smaller. Far too many MPs, on all sides of the House, seem to believe that they can renegotiate terms and win back powers. Are they all stupid or simply disingenuous, or is the standard hubris of the politician and the certainty that they can always finagle something?<br /><br />Like Cameron, these 're-negotiators' should be put on the spot, what powers do they want repatriated, which clauses of which directives do they want rescinded? When? And what do they intend if the answer is no? Silly questions in a way, I am sure not a one of them even knows exactly, or even inexactly, what powers have actually been surrendered or which directives they were codified in.<br /><br />Even if anyone was bothered to ask the questions we already know the answers, obfuscating waffle about employment and social things, what's good for Britain, how tricky it is to separate individual parts and they can't really state any specifics because that would be putting us at a disadvantage in any discussions, showing the EU our hand, etc. etc.<br /><br />No, the only chance, given the EU doesn't implode before then, John Ward is now predicting a month, I think, before Euro collapse, would be a large UKIP vote to force the issue once and for all and a highly organised NO campaign ready and primed to fight long, hard and dirty, every counter answer to hand and the glibbest of communicators to speak them. Probably too much to hope for.PeterCharlesnoreply@blogger.com