tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post1544842970033767905..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: MPs, please say "No" to Brexit and "No" to an electionPeter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-25069178730799570842019-09-05T00:48:34.493+01:002019-09-05T00:48:34.493+01:00But how can you justify having general elections, ...But how can you justify having general elections, if the people can't be trusted to vote the right way? They might elect the wrong people and then where would we be?<br /><br />I mean, unless you have some body charged with making sure that only people whose views are deemed acceptable are allowed to stand. <br /><br />You could call it, I don't know, 'managed' democracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-24154195166030460852019-09-04T16:59:31.791+01:002019-09-04T16:59:31.791+01:00There's a logic in having another referendum t...There's a logic in having another referendum to justify changing the result of the last one, but after that, never again. Referendums just don't fit on a representative democracy.Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-45518520730163160492019-09-04T14:25:32.316+01:002019-09-04T14:25:32.316+01:00If you don't trust the people to vote the righ...If you don't trust the people to vote the right way, surely the only logically consistent position for you to hold is that you should be against ever holding a general election ever again? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-86482288763970403262019-09-03T20:16:29.449+01:002019-09-03T20:16:29.449+01:00Yep, then we have a chance of getting some sensibl...Yep, then we have a chance of getting some sensible input into stopping all this Brexit nonsense.Anon 2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17637322645552941451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-85499819533458442482019-09-03T13:28:07.204+01:002019-09-03T13:28:07.204+01:00Good idea. I go along with that.Good idea. I go along with that.Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-2469801227018227392019-09-03T13:00:11.615+01:002019-09-03T13:00:11.615+01:00Johnson-'Do you want to put Corbyn into No 10?...Johnson-'Do you want to put Corbyn into No 10?' I say put Swinson into No 10 and stop the us and them fear factor. nigel hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09365383918453700768noreply@blogger.com