tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post8888545968907205514..comments2024-03-28T18:56:40.762-04:00Comments on Waddy Is Right: Who Will Rescue British Democracy From Itself?Nicholas Waddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-26480762000743859222019-04-11T17:30:51.271-04:002019-04-11T17:30:51.271-04:00As do I, Jack! If I was a betting man, I'd wa...As do I, Jack! If I was a betting man, I'd wager that the Conservatives and Labour will cobble together some kind of Brexit in the end -- and I suppose any Brexit is better than nothing. Customs unions can always be cancelled too. All hope is not lost.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-45943026829365531662019-04-11T10:27:33.112-04:002019-04-11T10:27:33.112-04:00Dr. Waddy: An intriguing comment on filibuster or ...Dr. Waddy: An intriguing comment on filibuster or its equivalent. We've seen "jury nullification" at work; maybe "voter nullification" is at hand. I feel really bad for that "Sceptered Isle" now. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685137896038330527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-16055640383530075152019-04-10T22:25:08.151-04:002019-04-10T22:25:08.151-04:00I hope so too, Jack! It looks like the battle roy...I hope so too, Jack! It looks like the battle royal between the British people and its elite is upon us, though, because no EU country emerged to champion the cause of democracy at today's summit. Thus, P.M. May got her extension, and the politicos got six more months to figure out how to cheat the voters. I'm not pleased! Can May and Corbyn make a deal? Perhaps, and some version of Brexit may yet come to pass, but it won't be a very robust Brexit, that's for sure. Unfortunately, the elite's electoral comeuppance might not arrive for several years, by which time the public may have moved on. These British Brahmins know what they're doing, it seems to me. The British tradition didn't offer them a filibuster...so they invented one. Diabolically clever.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-15666100413794105422019-04-09T17:06:11.595-04:002019-04-09T17:06:11.595-04:00Dr. Waddy: In identifying an EU member which might...Dr. Waddy: In identifying an EU member which might vote, in effect, for April 12th Brexit, I think we should try to identify a state that has either an animus to Britain sufficient to cast Britain out (Germany? Italy or even France?) or one which perceives a long held historical debt payable to Albion (Greece?). <br /><br />The prospectively outraged reaction of the British electorate to a cynical denial of its plainly expressed will bodes calamity perhaps unprecedented. Is a prospective Cromwell at hand?<br /><br />And, of course, our own struggle against the leftist determination to negate our electorate lends this issue present consummate importance to us. I trust the vast common sense majority in both countries to work its will against the presumptuous elite. I hope I'm right. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685137896038330527noreply@blogger.com