EU referendum

[blueinsa]

That's the equivalent of you dropping a halfpenny in a drain

If its such an insignificant amount, why has this government insisted on taking sums far less away from much needed services?

Ridiculous comment but im not surprised.

 

[BigJoe#1]

My hope is that this stunt will backfire because it plays very badly with the British sense of fair play. How many are gong to read it? How many will change their mind if they do? How many will be disgusted that the government is releasing pro EU propaganda and getting the taxpayer to pay for it?

I know I find it repulsive..... then again, on reflection, what more could we honestly expect from a spoilt government that gets its own way either by bullying or stealth?

Absolutely disgraceful undemocratic behaviour. What would this lot say if it was the Syrian government producing such literature to support its cause?

 

[cibaman]

It's a good job that the members of the Leave campaign won't be negotiating with the EU, post exit, and if the European Commission wishes to be petty about mudslinging in a referendum campaign, i'd rather not deal with them, to be fair. Our government works for us and will, regardless of the result, negotiate the best deal possible. I'd like to think both sides can be mature and realstic about the connotations of either result.

The EU will react to losing the referendum the same way they always do. The'll try to engineer a 2nd referendum. Acting maturely wouldn't come into it.

Who do you think will be negotiating with the EU if the vote is to leave? I just can't see Cameron surviving losing the referendum.

 

[blueonblue]

Interesting article in The Times today from Oxford Economics.

Interesting because yet again a Goldman Sachs connection, seriously people you need to look at who is pulling the strings and realize that if this bunch are for anything its bad for you.

When the Government spend tax payers money to bolster up the in campaign it begs the question who is "The government" because many of the Tory MPs including in the cabinet are for exit, again the most prominent inners in our government have connections to good old G&S.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

£9 million of tax payers money spent on a 14 page document to stay in. Almost makes up your mind to vote to get out.

I heard a government spokesman say today that an equal amount will be offered to the leave camp, and, if true, this would
mean a leaflet countering the remain stance could be issued. This would give the Leave camp a slight advantage IMO, as they'd be getting the 'last say'
as it were.

 

[blueinsa]

I heard a government spokesman say today that an equal amount will be offered to the leave camp, and, if true, this would
mean a leaflet countering the remain stance could be issued. This would give the Leave camp a slight advantage IMO, as they'd be getting the 'last say'
as it were.

Fuck me so that is nearly £20 Million being wasted now!

Do any of them have no shame?

 

[grunge]

This thread shows how little actual information there is available, the vast ranges of responses ( from corresponding sides of the argument ) that are directly contradicting each other.

 

[grunge]

Fuck me so that is nearly £20 Million being wasted now!

Do any of them have no shame?

This is the way referendums work, equal spending on both sides to make sure no one side is more represented than the other and so that people are educated on both sides.

 

[EalingBlue2]

If its such an insignificant amount, why has this government insisted on taking sums far less away from much needed services?

Ridiculous comment but im not surprised.

That is a very good question - I don't understand some of the awful penny pinching by the government from the vulnerable. The money is irellevant if the leaflets are overtly politics and unfair though that would be wrong whichever side it was for and how much it cost

 

[blueinsa]

This is the way referendums work, equal spending on both sides to make sure no one side is more represented than the other and so that people are educated on both sides.

Its still tax payers money the country can so ill afford if you listen to the politicians every second minute and for what? A leaflet telling us the EU is fantastic and a leaflet telling us its shit.

Criminal waste of money, criminal.