Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The people (and Peter Bone's wife) vs. Mr Cameron

Peter Bone (Wellingborough, Conservative)


David Cameron (Prime Minister; Witney, Conservative)





Almost certainly, but then he'd be Ed Balls.







In it we see this,








Can we leave yet? Yes.

Will people vote to do so? No.

Not yet.

But soon...


john b said...


Erm, the UK is a representative democracy. It's his *job* to have an opinion that trumps that of a random selection of the people that he is supposed to serve.

Now, we could change the UK's constitution to be like that of Switzerland. But it isn't at the moment - and it's ridiculous to personally criticise the PM for following constitutional conventions.

Lady Virginia Droit de Seigneur said...

Membership of the EU is only one of a number of issues where our politicians think they know better than the general population - immigration, the death penalty, treatment of paedophiles, benefits - the list is quite long.

Mr Ecks said...

See EU Referendum blog. The danger pointed out there is, if we get an "Irish"-type situation, with billions going to the "Yes to EU tyranny" vote and the Bolshievik Broadcasting Corp on the side of evil, we could lose and that would be that as far as the UK is concerned. The NO campaign can't be half-arsed, we will have to win or die. A Referendum right now on the above terms would be vry dangerous. A year or two more to let the stink of Europe percolate a while longer.

Anonymous said...

There will never be another referendum unless you give those in power no choice.

Little is ever achieved just by talk. They need to be scared of losing everything. A police demo could be such fun!

Dunelmian said...

I think you misunderstand the purpose of the Pledge. They are asking people to pledge not to vote for a candidate who won't support a referendum at the next election, so under their plan we wouldn't have a referendum until after the next election. Hence, by your own arguments, DK, you ought to support it. Unless I have misunderstood you?

Blue Eyes said...

Then why did he allow a referendum on AV? HE doesn't want AV, after all.

The Tories are in a tight spot. If people voted to say "IN" - which they probably would - then for the next thirty years the pro-integration crowd would point to their "victory" and snuff out any eurosceptic noises from the eurosceptic right.

Nigel Sedgwick said...


Best regards

Mark M said...

I don't actually object to the response. It's his prerogative to decide how he thinks the country is best run. It's an argument against referendums in general.

However, and this is where my problem is, we ARE having a referendum on the Alternative Vote. Why does Cameron not similarly put his foot down and say "No referendum because I think first past the post is best"?

It's exactly the same thing (i.e. Cameron prefers the status quo) but on one issue we're voting, on the other we aren't. It's the hypocrisy that so grates me.

Anonymous said...

"Are we Blair yet?"


Martin C said...

I hope you are right, but I fear you are wrong. As time passes, so the EU becomes more entrenched, the laws and constitution changes more pernicious, and the concept of the EU more 'comfortable' in people's minds.
If it is to be won, I think it should be held soon.

Hugo said...


September 2010
47% leave
33% stay
5% would not vote
14% don't know

David Murphy said...

Wellingborough was and still is the UK nation!s heartland of blackshirt faecism and Bone is a major cunt who feds off rightwing sentiment and racism and prejudice like Hollobone in Kettering. Funny they bogh have bones in their sufnames. Boneheads?

