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You might at least say why you think your bald statement should carry weight. Plenty of intellectuals support Brexit. https://briefingsforbrexit.com/ https://br
by vixen99 8y ago
You might at least say why you think your bald statement should carry weight. Plenty of intellectuals support Brexit. https://briefingsforbrexit.com/ https://briefingsforbrexit.com/.
A lot of people understood Tony Benn's five questions about people in power.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tony-benn-dead-five-questions-power-other-memorable-quotes-1440277 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tony-benn-dead-five-questions-powe...
"What power have you got? "Where did you get it from? "In whose interests do you use it? "To whom are you accountable? "How do we get rid of you?". Prior to the Brexit vote a lot of people had trouble squaring these vis a vis the EU - especially the last one. Indeed, this, not immigration (UK is already a highly diverse society) was a significant factor for many voters. Clearly you have no problem with Benn's questions but maybe you could avoid making gross generalizations regarding those who disagree.
Benn's comment about that last question:
"Anyone who cannot answer the last of those questions does not live in a democratic system."
- Vinnl 8y ago> your bald statement I'm not sure what bald statement you think I made - from the context of your post, I presume you think I said no intellectuals support Brexit? I did not; I wasn't even making a point about Brexit. The fact is that Brexit is the result of a referendum of which the government said they will adhere to its outcome, and I contrasted it to the topic at hand -the end of the DST-switch- in which the government ran a survey, but did not state they would adhere to whatever it results in.
- guitarbill 8y agoBit ironic for a country who's head of state is still a monarch.