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But the UK isn't really a democracy, is it? One branch of the government is elected, but not in any true representative manner. One of the decent things about the EU is that it can moderate the pack of howling wolves about 20% of the electorate voted for. If they were freed from all the conventions of Europe human rights would be out the window, the death penalty would be reintroduced and we'd be ever more beholden to the mob of crims in the Square Mile.
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Pretty much this. Say ta-ra to human rights, the last of legal aid and anything else that differentiates us from workers in China et al.
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dunno you need to ask tony benn , not me . i agree the tories dont represent the majority and have used fear to get what they wanted , and now its coming back to haunt them .
not sure about human rights the death penalty was abolished before the EU arrived on the scene . i know what you mean though if the daily mail reading middle england if they got their way ...
dan
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tony benn
"My view of the EU has always been not that I am hostile to foreigners but I am in favour of democracy. I think they are building an empire and want us to be part of that empire, and I don't want that." On leaving the European Community:
"When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote for a government so the government has to listen to you, and if you don't like it you can change it."On democracy in Europe