Wot's goin on ere then?

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

EU referendum may confuse voters 'not aware country is part of union


I smell a rat.

The Bill suggests as a referendum question: “Do you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?” That question has now been reviewed by the Electoral Commission, the official watchdog on the conduct of elections and referendums.

“A few people did not know whether or not the UK is currently a member of the EU, and this presented a risk of misunderstanding,” the commission found.

The commission’s chairman, Jenny Watson, told MPs that they should now consider changing the form of the question.

[amcdonald]

Couldn't they make the the question

"Do you want to be run by unelected EU bureaucrats or unelected British bureaucrats ?"

[doodab]

Couldn't they make the the question

"Do you want to be run by a bunch of twats or a bunch of twats?"

FTFY

[VectraMan]

Couldn't they make the the question

"Do you want to be run by unelected EU bureaucrats or unelected British bureaucrats ?"

But unelected British bureaucrats are unelected EU bureaucrats.

[Mich the Tester]

Perhaps the first question should be "Define 'referendum' ".

[darmstadt]

Perhaps the first question should be "Define 'referendum' ".

Perhaps initially the voter should undergo a quick test to see if they know what the EU and the UK are, weed out the cretins and UKIP voters (*) first...



(*) they'll be the ones muttering and frothing at the mouth

[Mich the Tester]

Perhaps initially the voter should undergo a quick test to see if they know what the EU and the UK are, weed out the cretins and UKIP voters (*) first...



(*) they'll be the ones muttering and frothing at the mouth

Wait until they find out that after leaving the EU, many European treaties will still apply, they'll still fall under the ECHR and France will still be in the way when they want to drive or fly to Italy on holiday.

[amcdonald]

It's all academica anyway, they'll keep asking the question till they get the result they want

Democracy in action!

[Mich the Tester]

It's all academica anyway, they'll keep asking the question till they get the result they want

Democracy in action!

I don't really see why a referendum is such a good idea. Why would millions of cretins take a better decision than hundreds of cretins?

[darmstadt]

Wait until they find out that after leaving the EU, many European treaties will still apply, they'll still fall under the ECHR and France will still be in the way when they want to drive or fly to Italy on holiday.

And they'll have to get visas and drive through customs through the non-EU lanes and get bottom searched :-)