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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral Aug 1

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Richard Johnson

    True. The EU is still more the coal and steel cartel it was than a democracy. Yet there’s nothing democratic about a Brexit based on lies either. EU is the best we have; let’s democratise it instead of shooting ourselves in the foot & salivating for its demise. #PeoplesVote now!https://twitter.com/richardmarcj/status/1023518838502170624 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Richard Johnson @richardmarcj
    The EU has never seen a referendum result it didn't like that it hasn't tried to overturn. The Danes, the French, the Irish, the Dutch, and the Greeks all voted against the EU and then were forced to vote again or were ignored because apparently the voters were 'misinformed'. /1
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      2. Ivan Pope‏ @ivan007 Aug 1
        Replying to @aral

        Aral, that opening line is pure bollocks.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Aug 1
        Replying to @ivan007

        Which one?

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      4. Ivan Pope‏ @ivan007 Aug 1
        Replying to @aral

        'The EU is still more the coal and steel cartel it was than a democracy.' You give the Brexiters far too much ground there. The EU is of course a complex beast with different versions of 'democracy' at different levels, but it is entirely under the control of democracy.

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Aug 1
        Replying to @ivan007

        We have the only parliament in the world that cannot legislate and the EC is a business club for boys. No, it’s not democratic. But it could be. Re: Brexiters, I’d line the lot up and piss on ‘em if I could but that doesn’t mean we overlook the issues that do exist with the EU.

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      6. Ivan Pope‏ @ivan007 Aug 1
        Replying to @aral

        That's just an interpretation of the structure of the EU, not particularly accurate or meaningful or useful.

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Aug 1
        Replying to @ivan007

        You’re entirely within your rights to think so.

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      1. Hugh Barnard‏ @hughbarnard Aug 1
        Replying to @aral

        Thanks, pretty much my view as 'unenthusiastic (or realistic?) remainer' and someone who spent a decade in Brussels and Strasbourg.

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