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“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.” -
Mama, mia, look at the angle of growth since 2012 for EUers into the UK - extrapolating, unchecked, by 2018 it'll be about the population size of Liverpool !Comment
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Originally posted by SunnyInHades View Post
Mama, mia, look at the angle of growth since 2012 for EUers into the UK - extrapolating, unchecked, by 2018 it'll be about the population size of Liverpool !Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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I am definitely IN. By which I mean that I want to keep my EU citizenship, even if I have to give up my British citizenship to do so.Comment
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Someone please remind me of the democratic link to the position this woman holds
Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostSomeone please remind me of the democratic link to the position this woman holds
Or this one:
“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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How do you solve a problem like Baroness Ashton? - Spectator Blogs
Ordinarily if a politician says or does something you do not like we, the electorate, are at some point given the opportunity to vote them out. There used to be considerable pride in this
arrangement. But Catherine Ashton is part of a new class of people who pretend to be politicians while never having to face the electorate on whose behalf they claim to speak. Though Ashton is the
European Union’s High Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (EU Foreign Minister) she has herself never been elected to this — or any — role. She was appointed to
it in a closed room in Brussels by a group of people who are also, like her, not accountable to any electorate. Just as we did not vote her in, so we cannot vote her out. If anybody can explain why
this is a good arrangement I honestly would like to hear it.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostHow do you solve a problem like Baroness Ashton? - Spectator Blogs
Ordinarily if a politician says or does something you do not like we, the electorate, are at some point given the opportunity to vote them out. There used to be considerable pride in this
arrangement. But Catherine Ashton is part of a new class of people who pretend to be politicians while never having to face the electorate on whose behalf they claim to speak. Though Ashton is the
European Union’s High Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (EU Foreign Minister) she has herself never been elected to this — or any — role. She was appointed to
it in a closed room in Brussels by a group of people who are also, like her, not accountable to any electorate. Just as we did not vote her in, so we cannot vote her out. If anybody can explain why
this is a good arrangement I honestly would like to hear it.Comment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostShe was appointed to it in a closed room in Brussels by a group of people who are also, like her, not accountable to any electorate.
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The High Representative is appointed by the European Council acting by qualified majority. However to take up their role in the Commission, in particular as a vice-president, the High Representative has to appear before Parliament for questioning and then be subject to Parliament's vote of approval on the proposed Commission.
the Institution of the European Union (EU) that comprises the heads of state or government of the member states, along with the council's own president and the president of the Commission.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
So appointed by the democratically elected leaders of all states, and approved by democratically elected MEPs. Who are the unelected people in a Brussels back room exactly?Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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