isn't that how TM voted or at least said she would vote and the then conservative leaderRemain
isn't that how TM voted or at least said she would vote and the then conservative leaderRemain
should have got of their bloody lazy arses then and gone an voted, if this is the case and not a bullpoo excuse then they didn't deserve to win the vote, lazy buggers
What? To vote for her?Half true and half down to the polls. I take some comfort, at the moment, of the serious rating that MLP has in the polls. Should hopefully motivate the sensible.
...though I suppose if they can delay Brexit long enough, the Lib-Dems might manage to out-breed the Conservatives and get a clear majority... Do you think that's their policy?
What? To vote for her?
June 8th will be the first General Election since 1966 where we will return to Westminster and Whitehall the men and women who will sit down and write a new agricultural policy without having to defer to Brussels.
As to whether that is a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen. Either way, it will be an historic election for farming in this country.
If you read your history you note farmers weren't exactly happy with Government and policy in the 1960s
Nobody, but nobody, knows how any person voted. It is a secret ballot, and whilst some are stopped on the way out and asked how they voted, there is no guarantee they will tell the truth.
Nobody knows either the age groups of those who voted and those who did not. There is no possible way of anyone acquiring this information.
I used to believe that but its not true. Here the clerk's look for your name on the register, against which there is a number, this number is then written on the voting slip before handing it to you, so how you voted is traceable. It is not a secret ballot!!!!!
Half true and half down to the polls. I take some comfort, at the moment, of the serious rating that MLP has in the polls. Should hopefully motivate the sensible.
were the polls not quite tight ? I can't remember which leads me to my next point that I don't take much heed to the polls as they have never asked me and I may not tell them correctly anyway so how can they know,Half true and half down to the polls. I take some comfort, at the moment, of the serious rating that MLP has in the polls. Should hopefully motivate the sensible.
There's leaving the EU, and then there's the question of how some of the power regained is going to be divested. May intends to write our rights and create the ability for government to introduce laws without parliamentary approval/scrutiny. This Erdogan-esque power grab is what I mean by anti-democratic/anti-elected oligarchy.
Be careful what you wish for, she hasn't any idea, nor integrity, to follow through any particular model of EU withdrawal.
There's leaving the EU, and then there's the question of how some of the power regained is going to be divested. May intends to write our rights and create the ability for government to introduce laws without parliamentary approval/scrutiny. This Erdogan-esque power grab is what I mean by anti-democratic/anti-elected oligarchy.
Be careful what you wish for, she hasn't any idea, nor integrity, to follow through any particular model of EU withdrawal.
there is only one poll that counts so get of your arse and use it is my advice
The truth is,these men and women will still be hugely constrained by the EU,WTO etc.They COULD reintroduce production subsidies,but what view will the WTO take of that? They COULD lift the GM ban,but what would the consequences be for trade with the EU.Of course,there's lots of stuff they can do,but there will be a huge pressure to keep the framework exactly as it is now,with any change being in the payment rates for the current schemes.June 8th will be the first General Election since 1966 where we will return to Westminster and Whitehall the men and women who will sit down and write a new agricultural policy without having to defer to Brussels.
As to whether that is a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen. Either way, it will be an historic election for farming in this country.
I used to believe that but its not true. Here the clerk's look for your name on the register, against which there is a number, this number is then written on the voting slip before handing it to you, so how you voted is traceable. It is not a secret ballot!!!!!
There's no doubt but that apathy and over confidence amongst the younger voters allowed a Brexit win. Brexit voters were far more motivated on the day.
However, Penmoel is right about the little number. I'm sure they don't check up unless there's a suspicion of extra - forged- voting papers or something, but if wished, a voter could be traced. If you wrote "I save all my own seed and I never pay any tax on it" on your voting slip, I dare say they would be at your door.
Utter bolocks,the eu already allow GM in but won't allow us to grow it so what will be any difference between us growing crops or anyone elseThe truth is,these men and women will still be hugely constrained by the EU,WTO etc.They COULD reintroduce production subsidies,but what view will the WTO take of that? They COULD lift the GM ban,but what would the consequences be for trade with the EU.Of course,there's lots of stuff they can do,but there will be a huge pressure to keep the framework exactly as it is now,with any change being in the payment rates for the current schemes.
There are,of course,many complications.The US might insist we take GM stuff in order to get a trade deal.The Eu might insist we be GM free if we want to trade with them.Some sort of deal will have to be done and UK farmers won't be the governments main priority.There has never been a time when our various farmers unions were more needed.