tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post1668614604789761504..comments2024-03-21T09:30:11.468+00:00Comments on Man in a Shed: The United Kingdom Sovereignty Bill (2010) - solution to the Lisbon ratified issueMan in a Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-84463645533156277212009-10-06T10:58:47.754+01:002009-10-06T10:58:47.754+01:00Fantastic Idea.
In fact, we should add "suns...Fantastic Idea.<br /><br />In fact, we should add "sunset clauses" to just about every bit of legislation that has been passed in the last century.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-26045105853233254712009-10-06T08:16:01.142+01:002009-10-06T08:16:01.142+01:00@Fausty - Realistically there is only one party in...@Fausty - Realistically there is only one party in government that would ever put such a bill forward, the Conservatives.<br /><br />Your right a lot of damage can still be done. The bill doesn't try to prevent mistakes or ill advised commitments - it just limits them and makes sure they aren't permanent ( which might encourage such relationships to be more positive anyway ).<br /><br />Our central problem is that a temporary majority in parliament is able to commit irretrievably our futures for all future populations and parliaments, as things currently stand.<br /><br />We need a higher level of law that prevents this.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-29703374634140516582009-10-06T02:46:49.602+01:002009-10-06T02:46:49.602+01:00I have two problems with this:
1) Who would draft...I have two problems with this:<br /><br />1) Who would draft the bill an how much scrutiny and debate would it receive in Parliament?<br /><br />2) A lot of damage can be done to a country in a mere 12 years, as we have seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-91817098955626228872009-10-05T23:11:17.723+01:002009-10-05T23:11:17.723+01:00But you're making the same mistake so many oth...But you're making the same mistake so many other Tories are making in assuming that Ca<i>moron</i> doesn't want to hand the country over to the EU. He's a committed eurofederalist and he's said that he won't do anything that jeopardises the UK's position at the heart of the EU.wonkotsanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896256040598397497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-74585477410573622982009-10-05T21:18:09.465+01:002009-10-05T21:18:09.465+01:00It's a brilliant idea. In the mean time the on...It's a brilliant idea. In the mean time the only way we have to get their attention is to tell them, no referendum, No Vote! <br />If we can't vote on Lisbon then let us vote in or out.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.com