The will of parliament is not more important than the will of the people
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“The right of a Parliament is only a right in trust, a right by delegation, and that but from a very small part of the Nation; and one of its Houses has not even this. But the right of the Nation is an original right, as universal as taxation. The nation is the paymaster 1/2
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Tony Benn's on the UK joining the common market; "Any govt. pretending to give away these powers [national sovereignty] without the explicit consent of the people is acting unconstitutionally" The people have given their consent to leaving, Are the remainers "unconstitutional"
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The Peterloo meeting was about economic depression, cuts in living standards after a tariff was placed on corn from overseas and the people of M/c were forced to buy more expensive UK corn. The Brexit parallels are there to see. Let's hope Johnson stays away from rubber bullets.
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Bullingdon Borris would deploy water cannon to attack his foes - but he would probably forget to supply the water.
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Politicians should be obliged to follow the wishes of the majority of their constituents
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You can’t co-opt the Peterloo massacre as you lot would have been on the side of the Cavalry if you had been there.
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spot on Julia, as always.
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Spot on ? - as in a lingering and peculiarly smelly stain, of unknown origin, coming from a perpetually sneering reactionary who would have cheered on the troops at Peterloo.
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BTEC Hopkins.
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Maybe the Farmers who will march on No10 (after cheap US "beef" bankrupt them) could rely on the "hur hur we new wot we wuz votin' fur" Brewer fan club brigade to assemble and have Farage tell them his next cunning plan? As Turkey bails out British steel (take back control LOL)
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Except I suppose this was British on British action. Couldn't blame "da furrinerz"
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Good analysis by
@arusbridger on pernicious relationship between Power & media.@JuliaHB1 on the debit side judging by her childish comments on Greta Thunberghttps://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/08/12/peterloo/content.html?sig=VjZ-uHempWy_MvtrodeQSE4-chqktx3U9XaFdPc5e1o&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=12Aug2019&utm_content=the_fight_for_facts …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Dinostratus of everything, and everything must conform to its general will.” Tom Paine, The Rights of Man 2/2 - 1 more reply
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The irony
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Love you Julia, you’re even better than Katie Hopkins
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That would be 'cockroach' Hopkins, the darling of all vicious racist creeps from the sewers
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