highlandsflyer":2iuz06u0 said:I wish Portillo would throw his hat into the ring. Perhaps for Labour.
Anything to save us from his usual garish ensemble on his railway journey programmes!
highlandsflyer":2iuz06u0 said:I wish Portillo would throw his hat into the ring. Perhaps for Labour.
You're aware of what just happened, yes? Nigel Farage is probably now the most influential MEP of all time.Mike Muz 67":1i2cnso7 said:Well, except for their leader. An MEP. Quite how he could have any influence over something he doesn't believe in, is beyond me. Anything, ie everything, he didn't like would be ignored as a result.technodup":1i2cnso7 said:That's why I have a respect for UKIP. They are the turkeys voting for Christmas.
There aren't many of them in politics. Certainly not in EU land.
But he took a nice wage for it. And rarely attended meetings.
Mike
How? How do I explain that motion without the word? I suppose could use ten words but the one I used worked just fine.Mike Muz 67":1rn6cmoa said:Firstly, there's no need for rude words in tho thread. You can make a point without.
Am I living in some sort of parallel universe? He's been elected as an MEP four times. Albeit under a different system but the last time round as UKIP leader they won the whole thing. 4 million people voted for UKIP last general election. Essentially a one man band party. That one man being...Mike Muz 67":1rn6cmoa said:Ironically, for someone who had been banging on about lack of democracy, he's never won a seat in his own constituency, but has become an MEP, unelected by the public!
highlandsflyer":9fm97co4 said:The great thing about being the first to have the balls to leave the EU is that we really don't have to follow the rules they made for such a situation. We made our own decision, and we can negotiate the exact manner of our leaving.
What can they do about it?