tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post8550923047756816795..comments2024-03-26T19:47:09.310+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: Brexit Barfing: Both Taiwan and the UK need to stop fearing immigrantsJenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-45142494621331474412016-06-28T11:35:52.013+08:002016-06-28T11:35:52.013+08:00I am not ignoring it - I simply think you are wron...I am not ignoring it - I simply think you are wrong. The "substantial objection" is mostly fear-mongering, mangling of words that have meanings (like "sovereignty") and ignoring the bulk of what the leave campaign actually said in its drive to win voters to its cause (which was mostly claptrap about how much it costs to be in the EU and how getting that money back is worth Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-21431693391148856392016-06-28T11:26:32.410+08:002016-06-28T11:26:32.410+08:00Jenna, I am not arsed about the definition of &quo...Jenna, I am not arsed about the definition of "sovereignty" here. I have already described for you the substance of the objection (i.e. the EU's democratic deficit) and I couldn't give a rusty bollock what you call it. <br /><br />You are simply ignoring that substantial objection.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-16209147198597483642016-06-28T09:56:19.379+08:002016-06-28T09:56:19.379+08:00You are from a democratic country. Your government...You are from a democratic country. Your government decided to remain in the EU as it evolved, and you continued to elect leaders who did this. That is sovereignty. Just because you didn't vote directly on the EU doesn't mean that the British people, by dint of who they elected and what they did *not* insist on in their leaders (as well as what they did) doesn't mean you "didn'Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-36400232302531500692016-06-28T01:23:05.545+08:002016-06-28T01:23:05.545+08:00"The UK agreed to enter the European Union.&q...<i>"The UK agreed to enter the European Union."</i><br /><br />Wrong. The UK government joined the European Economic Community in 1973, and that was essentially a trading and customs union which, many years later, evolved into the regional superstate that came to be known as the European Union. The UK public were given a referendum on membership of the EEC in 1975, but they were never Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.com