UK General Election 2017

[Greyblades]

I especially like how people who are pro-EU are labelled Remoaners, when for most of my life the Tory party has been divided between Europhiles and Eurosceptics. It's as though Eurosceptics are allowed to make a career of railing against the EU, but Europhiles must shut up and "respect the will of the people".

Europhiles made careers out of licking the boots of the EU at the same time the eurosceptics were making thier career, typically while serving as British MP's.

Now they need to shut up and respect the will of the people because the battle both careers were leading up to is passed and they lost.

Before you say it, the need isnt an order: it's advice. They're pissing off both the winners and the good losers for no possible gain beyond sating the desire for cheap catharsis.

[Elmetiacos]

Europhiles made careers out of licking the boots of the EU at the same time the eurosceptics were making thier career, typically while serving as British MP's.

Now they need to shut up and respect the will of the people because the battle both careers were leading up to is passed and they lost.

Before you say it, the need isnt an order: it's advice. They're pissing off both the winners and the good losers for no possible gain beyond sating the desire for cheap catharsis.

Yes, just as the anti-Europeans all shut up and respected the will of the people in 1975.

[Pannonian]

Yes, just as the anti-Europeans all shut up and respected the will of the people in 1975.

There's a rare constitutional point that the 52%ers who tell the 48% to shut up miss. Both HM Government and HM Opposition are Loyal. The British political system expects and allows for dissent.

[Greyblades]

Yes, just as the anti-Europeans all shut up and respected the will of the people in 1975.

So you're admitting to being no better than the anti EU then?

I do not refer to personal bitching, though it is annoying, I refer to the calls for disregarding the referendum and sabotaging the negociation process, street marches, protests, the fringe lunatics courting treason are especially counterproductive.

Anti EU people are many things but seing the abuse of them over the last few decades has made a lot of us very touchy over the sanctity of referendums.