tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653222670974493063.post5536569296372552106..comments2023-12-16T15:40:19.573-08:00Comments on Sternfield Thoughts: What the Remainers should be singing: ‘All we are saying is give war a chance’.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653222670974493063.post-91799872646934682342017-08-11T13:05:15.569-07:002017-08-11T13:05:15.569-07:00The war is not to overthrow our parliamentary demo...The war is not to overthrow our parliamentary democratic system, but to restore it. Referendum democracy has no place in our constitution. It is alien. A device used by a cynical minority to gain power. If all the MPs who believe that Brexit will be a disaster came together and waged a parliamentary war against the cowards who know it is wrong but don't have the courage to stand up for the national interest, the catastrophe would be averted<br />Tom Hawksleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452878462178388530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653222670974493063.post-57751286532072208812017-08-10T02:08:38.349-07:002017-08-10T02:08:38.349-07:00Thatcher could claim a democratic mandate. Remaine...Thatcher could claim a democratic mandate. Remainers cannot. In 2015 a party committed to a referendum gained a parliamentary majority. That parliament enacted a referendum. The majority voted leave. On what democratic basis do you declare war on that result? I hate what Thatcher and Brexiteers stand for, but sometimes have to accept who won a democratic vote. Yes, a strong leader could put the case for reversing the decision, and fight a general election on backing for second referendum on this basis. But wars that simply overrule democratic votes tend to end in tears, as we last discovered after Oliver Cromwell closed down Parliament. Donald Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596932355361321810noreply@blogger.com