tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post3455243241513525908..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: To Hope/An die Hoffnung/À l'EspéranceDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14512361486095120362016-07-03T08:52:33.209+01:002016-07-03T08:52:33.209+01:00Thanks as ever, Jan. When we were in Prague recent...Thanks as ever, Jan. When we were in Prague recently, I was shocked to learn that many Czechs - a majority - supported Putin and scorned the EU. And no-one ever hears about the Czech president given the worse behaviour - so far - of the neighbouring leaders...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-89970904807866869362016-07-02T23:09:08.510+01:002016-07-02T23:09:08.510+01:00So there IS a legal chance to overcome the recent ...So there IS a legal chance to overcome the recent referendum result. You have my full support.<br /><br />Were I a British citizen, I would join any reasonable action in this respect.(Btw, I have read the official reaction of the EU presidency to the referendum result - it is a long-winded ambiguous document written in the same EU-newspeak as usual. This is one of the things to be changed.)<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Czech president and one of Putin's friends in Europe Miloš Zeman opened the question of a 'Czexit'...<br /><br />The future is unclear...Jan Kuceranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-52868844116292964032016-06-29T09:46:35.473+01:002016-06-29T09:46:35.473+01:00Thanks for solidarity as ever, Sue. And thanks for...Thanks for solidarity as ever, Sue. And thanks for the link, Sophia: I checked and it's to ask your local MP to fight for a vote in Parliament. I've already emailed mine twice and always know where he stands - the fabulous Andy Slaughter, usually ahead of the game. Resigned from the Frontbench yesterday, since Corbyn has become completely untenable (yet on he clings). Andy's letter of resignation was a model of fairness and clarity.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-64324975600742012202016-06-29T08:16:07.088+01:002016-06-29T08:16:07.088+01:00Dear Edward, Is this what you're looking for? ...Dear Edward, Is this what you're looking for? http://www.breentry.co.uk/Sophia Rahmanhttp://www.sophiarahman.com/Home.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-17360108298512390962016-06-28T23:46:21.157+01:002016-06-28T23:46:21.157+01:00David: My thoughts are with you and J and all righ...David: My thoughts are with you and J and all right now. I know you will keep up the good fight, and dearly hope the forces of common sense will prevail.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-3731347305072553672016-06-28T14:38:12.813+01:002016-06-28T14:38:12.813+01:00Dearest Edward, the situation was clarified for me...Dearest Edward, the situation was clarified for me by a lawyer speaking on the World Service just now. He claimed that the only way to undo the first referendum is to have a second referendum. BUT this must be ratified by Parliament first. It's odd, though, I've Googled for a petition precisely to address the issue you mention, and there doesn't seem to be one. Everyone needs to contact his or her MP; there's no doubt which way mine, the superlative politician Andy Slaughter, will vote. He's just resigned as Shadow Justice Minister - solid gold to Gove's dust and ashes.<br /><br />I hope I don't embarrass you, Edward, by spelling out to everyone that ever since you left Vienna on the last Kindertransport, you have been the archetypal immigrant who has contributed inestimably to our country. Long life to you!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-12325647465735565712016-06-28T14:23:45.997+01:002016-06-28T14:23:45.997+01:00Dear David, I am generally still horrified, and ha...Dear David, I am generally still horrified, and have been since the day after the referendum, with the outcome. I have signed a number of petitions already and I'm certainly in sympathy with action against Farage.<br /><br />No petition which I have signed has been addressed to the Houses of Parliament and its members of parliament. I continue to think that MPs and members of the House of Lords should be petitioned to vote along the lines of their positions and beliefs concerning membership of the EU. There seems to be overwhelming agreement that whatever is done in connection with leaving the EU must have the agreement of Parliament which is the only legal authority to pass Acts of Law.<br /><br />It is also understood that the referendum was an advisory referendum and has no binding political power.<br /><br />Maybe the likes of Boris Johnson, if it were to come to that, will not have the guts to try to invoke the Lisbon Treaty (which he clearly did not understand based on his first statement after the Brexit itresult, believing that Britain can have all the advantages of Europe, pay no money towards it and have a points system of immigration on top of that!) But surely he can be stopped by Parliament. <br /><br />Do you know of any petition which deals with this point? If not, David, would you and any others share in trying to create such a petition? Edward Mendelsohnnoreply@blogger.com