Hindsight’s a wonderful thing - the clamour for a referendum was rising and rising , eventually a PM was going to give one -
Cameron may have campaigned for remain to ‘save his own backside’ but he clearly spelt out the benefits of remaining (trade, economically etc) and the negatives of leaving - unfortunately more people listened to Farage with his easy anti immigrant rhetoric.
The 'clamour' was mainly in the tory party & a few nutters.
What Cameron did, was legitimise it, at a time when most people in the country have no respect for any of the political parties, except for a few extremists on either side & generally don't trust politicians.
Some folks decided to give it a whirl.
The 'clamour' was mainly in the tory party & a few nutters.
What Cameron did, was legitimise it, at a time when most people in the country have no respect for any of the political parties, except for a few extremists on either side & generally don't trust politicians.
Some folks decided to give it a whirl.
Who were voted in by the electorate!The mess we are in and face is the fault of Parliament and fuck all to do with the electorate.
650 lying, deceitful back stabbing twats.
......sovereign parliament including all those so against it now voted for it as well.
I hope the fucking lot of them lose their seats at the next GE.
The mess we are in and face is the fault of Parliament and fuck all to do with the electorate.
650 lying, deceitful back stabbing twats.
UKIP's growing vote share in national elections:
1999 European elections 7%
2001 General election 1.5% (saved deposit in one seat)
2004 European elections 16%
2005 General election 2.3% (saved deposit in 38 seats)
2009 European elections 16.5%
2010 General election 3.2% (saved deposit in 100 seats)
2014 European elections 27.5%
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It was more than a few nutters and the media barrage was brewing. Something had to give eventually.
That qualifies perfectly as a few nutters.
It really does not and there was a lot growing outside of UKIP.