So say the hordes of the media commentariat egged on by and/or egging on their political standard-bearers, all alike now out in force to stick it verbally (and in every other way) to *the fella who they see as the 'Old Country's' version of U S President Trump...
But can we, can anybody really take them at all seriously? I mean,
...seeing as it's the selfsame people who didn't like - who simply couldn't abide or stomach - the way 'democracy' panned out (in practice) the first time around, aka The Brexit Referendum (of June 23rd, 2016). Yes, these democrats are now - by and large, give or take a few somewhat more or less anti- or pro- voices here and there - calling for, nay, verily demanding a second-take on democracy...
...aka a Second Referendum upon the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Union.
Hey, you be the judge...
...but from this particular punter's perspective and vantage-point, I reckon these believers in democracy and all the finest traditions of Westminster governance over the centuries...such as Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon among others...
...actually believe not in classic textbook 'democracy' as such/per se, but in what we here in kiwiland might well call a ***'clayton's democracy'...democracy when it suits you or your own personal agenda - stuff what the voters themselves might have happened to choose or vote for!
And as for celebrityville - and ****not all ever and only take their cues from the standard political playbook of the middle-class, professional set, socially radical and elitist chardonnay socialists currently running left-wing politics throughout the West - so Hugh Grant simply cannot contain himself (and his language) and tells P M Johnson where to get off in no uncertain terms and very short order?
Declaring moreover that Johnson was effectively highjacking the 'democracy' his grandfathers had fought two world wars to defend and protect. Really? How about the 'right' of the people themselves to decide and choose? For last I heard a clear majority (52:48) voted to leave the EU.
Pretty basic stuff, I reckon, and after all, general elections have been won and lost upon far tinier margins (on many an occasion). And it's no use, there's simply no point in now - long after the fact -crying over spilt milk; and of revisiting the result and declaring - however worthwhile-sounding the argument, and it certainly isn't without merit in general - that constitutional changes should require much larger margins to pass (to change the particular status quo of the day).
Sorry, you're way too late for that by this stage, the rules of the game were long ago set way back when the United Kingdom voted to enter the Common Market and European Union in the 1970s and 1980s...
No, the various on-the-street surveys of the British populace conducted over recent hours - whether in the likes of the classic Stratford-on-Avon, in the Midlands and/or the northern industrial heartland pretty much tell the same old story. Britons just want the Government "to get on with Brexit", believe moreover that BJ, by taking "decisive action" is simply "delivering what the voters chose the first time round", and to the great, undying chagrin and dismay and even unmitigated outrage of the elite class, are generally-speaking "supporting (Boris Johnson et al) doing whatever it takes to deliver the peoples' own choice" (i.e. as declared in the June 23rd, 2016 referendum result).
To employ (and tweak) the words of an ex-Briton, himself a one-time and three term-serving deputy Prime Minister in Godzone: we (the) Brexiters won, you (Bremainers) lost...now get over it!
*No guessing who I mean, obviously British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a person nicknamed with the only too convenient **acronymic/acronymous 'Bojo' by detractors (and doubtless even some admirers) worldwide...
**Again, utilizing me trusty ole Chambers Concise Dictionary...
***As I've long since written screeds upon - including using this very term - both back in January and ever since the historic referendum result back in mid-2016.
****See for example such timeless greats as Basil Fawlty (i.e. John Cleese) and Gimli (John Rhys-Jones) among others...
But can we, can anybody really take them at all seriously? I mean,
...seeing as it's the selfsame people who didn't like - who simply couldn't abide or stomach - the way 'democracy' panned out (in practice) the first time around, aka The Brexit Referendum (of June 23rd, 2016). Yes, these democrats are now - by and large, give or take a few somewhat more or less anti- or pro- voices here and there - calling for, nay, verily demanding a second-take on democracy...
...aka a Second Referendum upon the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Union.
Hey, you be the judge...
...but from this particular punter's perspective and vantage-point, I reckon these believers in democracy and all the finest traditions of Westminster governance over the centuries...such as Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon among others...
...actually believe not in classic textbook 'democracy' as such/per se, but in what we here in kiwiland might well call a ***'clayton's democracy'...democracy when it suits you or your own personal agenda - stuff what the voters themselves might have happened to choose or vote for!
And as for celebrityville - and ****not all ever and only take their cues from the standard political playbook of the middle-class, professional set, socially radical and elitist chardonnay socialists currently running left-wing politics throughout the West - so Hugh Grant simply cannot contain himself (and his language) and tells P M Johnson where to get off in no uncertain terms and very short order?
Declaring moreover that Johnson was effectively highjacking the 'democracy' his grandfathers had fought two world wars to defend and protect. Really? How about the 'right' of the people themselves to decide and choose? For last I heard a clear majority (52:48) voted to leave the EU.
Pretty basic stuff, I reckon, and after all, general elections have been won and lost upon far tinier margins (on many an occasion). And it's no use, there's simply no point in now - long after the fact -crying over spilt milk; and of revisiting the result and declaring - however worthwhile-sounding the argument, and it certainly isn't without merit in general - that constitutional changes should require much larger margins to pass (to change the particular status quo of the day).
Sorry, you're way too late for that by this stage, the rules of the game were long ago set way back when the United Kingdom voted to enter the Common Market and European Union in the 1970s and 1980s...
No, the various on-the-street surveys of the British populace conducted over recent hours - whether in the likes of the classic Stratford-on-Avon, in the Midlands and/or the northern industrial heartland pretty much tell the same old story. Britons just want the Government "to get on with Brexit", believe moreover that BJ, by taking "decisive action" is simply "delivering what the voters chose the first time round", and to the great, undying chagrin and dismay and even unmitigated outrage of the elite class, are generally-speaking "supporting (Boris Johnson et al) doing whatever it takes to deliver the peoples' own choice" (i.e. as declared in the June 23rd, 2016 referendum result).
To employ (and tweak) the words of an ex-Briton, himself a one-time and three term-serving deputy Prime Minister in Godzone: we (the) Brexiters won, you (Bremainers) lost...now get over it!
*No guessing who I mean, obviously British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a person nicknamed with the only too convenient **acronymic/acronymous 'Bojo' by detractors (and doubtless even some admirers) worldwide...
**Again, utilizing me trusty ole Chambers Concise Dictionary...
***As I've long since written screeds upon - including using this very term - both back in January and ever since the historic referendum result back in mid-2016.
****See for example such timeless greats as Basil Fawlty (i.e. John Cleese) and Gimli (John Rhys-Jones) among others...
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