Once again, "EU Referendum" comes out as an allegedly reluctant Tory, urging us to vote Conservative in order to get the in-out vote. I think the political status quo is so corrupted that it can't be fixed by the zombie Red/Blue duo, leaning against each other for support as more bits drop off them. And once again, the tone of the debate is lowered by the proposer:
Sackerson: I've read a number of similar hold-your-nose-and-vote-Tory pieces recently. Tired of holding my nose. Besides, it'll all be like Wilson in 1975: pro-democracy in Opposition and recommending a yes to the EU when returned to power, threatening us with the loss of "FOOD and MONEY and JOBS" if we said no - I promise you that's a quote from the 1975 Labour referendum pamphlet. Vote compromise, get sellout. We're stuffed without electoral reform, yet that cat isn't going to bell itself. Only crisis - Britain becoming unable to form a stable government, the EU collapsing - holds out the prospect of change.
Dr Richard North:Your's is a recipe for sitting on your backside and waiting for things to happen. And then, if things don't work out the way you want ... what then? What if the EU doesn't collapse ... what do you do? And what's your timescale?
Sackerson: Responded with your usual courtesy and restraint. I have just said that voting for Cam is a vote for someone who will vigorously agitate against withdrawal.
BTW, what do you sit on? And also BTW, no apostrophe in "your's".
UPDATE: The good doctor replies:
Courtesy operates at several levels. You might think that trotting out superficial, low-grade mantras such as "Vote compromise, get sellout" is an adequate contribution to the debate. Others might think that it is an insult to our intelligence, the very essence of a lack of courtesy.
Courtesy, therefore, is in the eye of the beholder. You might want to ponder on that when you next give us the benefit of your wisdom.
There, now I am corrected.
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North is actually advocating for the status quo. He may well be massivelly more intelligent than I and his knowledge about the hated EU unsurpassed, however you don't get change by doing the same thing.
ReplyDeleteYes, if everyone who voted Referendum Party and/or UKIP had voted tactically instead, I very much doubt whether an EU referendum would be in anyone's manifesto.
ReplyDeleteI gave up on North some time ago. If we have a referendum the result will be purchased beforehand. Fear-mongering, apathy and money will swing it.
ReplyDeleteHis manners are awful... just awful.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Saw Farage on TV this PM, saying that UKIP would hold Cam's feet to the fire to get a fairly represented campaign.
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