'We have more in common than that which divides us'- Jo Cox
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'We have more in common than that which divides us'- Jo Cox
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Description: Car crash incident on Bridge Street near Houses of Parliament
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We in Russia have never had any referendums ( as well as democracy ), so let me ask you one question. If a referendum was only an advisory thing and so many especially young people are not satisfied with its results, why can't the parlament just block it and prevent it from happening? The half of people don`t want this to happen, it`s bad for the country, but all your politicians keep saying that Brexit means Brexit , and it must happen. What`s the role of parlament then?
Basically it was a vote to tell the government what the majority wanted to happen (which in this case pointed to the majority at the time wanting to leave).
The government have to officially then go forward and put all the procedures in place to activate it if they agree with what the majority has said. In this case, our current government (lead by the Conservative party) was mostly full of leave supporters who are eager to get the process started. That said, it still officially has to go through parliament and other legal channels before it can begin. Parliament could block this from happening however if the majority of members there decided they were against leaving the EU but it would be a very unpopular move considering the current political atmosphere in Britain.
It’s all become a bit more complicated on how and when that will happen though as many of the main figureheads in the leave campaign have already stepped down / back. Our Prime Minister has stepped down this week and a new (unelected by the public) Prime Minister has stepped in to take his place. They generally want to start with proceedings as soon as possible but even then it’s a long two year process filled with discussions, debates, new contracts and other paperwork before we even got as far as actually leaving the EU.
However with a new general election possibly in the works, some parties are starting to recognize that the British public as a whole are currently dissatisfied with the result of the referendum, not necessarily because they feel like it was the wrong choice, but because of the lack of plans put in place, broken promises and uncertain futures etc. There’s discussions amoungst other parties to possibly hold a second referendum or even going as far as saying they’d reverse any action put in place to ensure we stay in the EU if they get voted in.
So yeah, that’s where we are right now. Parliament could stop it but generally doesn’t want to. Our current government is trying to make things happen very quickly and other political parties are trying to work out how to get the most votes in the next general election by saying they’ll take it all back and pretend it didn’t happen. Politics.
“ The Committee has decided that the huge number of people signing this petition means that it should be debated by MPs. The Petitions Committee would like to make clear that, in scheduling this debate, they are not supporting the call for a second referendum. The debate will allow MPs to put forward a range of views on behalf of their constituents. At the end of the debate, a Government Minister will respond to the points raised. “
So as stated, this debate will not bring around a second referendum. HOWEVER if you do have questions or concerns about the referendum and leaving the EU, this would be a good time to let your local MP know!
You can find your local MP here as well as information on how to contact them.
David Cameron is leaving 10 Downing Street this week, but one resident is staying put: Larry the cat.
So in the week (yeah, it’s just been a week) since the Brexit vote, it turns out that the number of racist hate crimes being reported to the police have increased five-fold, with various news organisations reporting on this - CNN, the Metro, the Guardian, the Independent and even the Daily Mail picking up on it.
Five-fold. Five times up. From 63 to about 330, with police saying that these are only the crimes being reported and could be the tip of the iceberg.
But what’s this?
Why, it’s the Daily Express, with their hot take on this hot mess:
Oh.
Okay then.
The darkness crumbles away. It is the same old druid Time as ever, Only a live thing leaps my hand, A queer sardonic rat, As I pull the parapet’s poppy To stick behind my ear. Droll rat, they would shoot you if they knew Your cosmopolitan sympathies. Now you have touched this English hand You will do the same to a German Soon, no doubt, if it be your pleasure To cross the sleeping green between. It seems you inwardly grin as you pass Strong eyes, fine limbs, haughty athletes, Less chanced than you for life, Bonds to the whims of murder, Sprawled in the bowels of the earth, The torn fields of France. What do you see in our eyes At the shrieking iron and flame Hurled through still heavens? What quaver—what heart aghast? Poppies whose roots are in man’s veins Drop, and are ever dropping; But mine in my ear is safe— Just a little white with the dust.
Break of Day in the Trenches, Issac Rosenberg
Today marks 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme.
The Battle of the Somme, 141 days of horror, is considered one of the bloodiest battles in WW1.
The first day on the Somme was that in which the British went ‘over the top’. This meant largely untrained young soldiers left their trenches to run the stretch of no-mans-land, for many this was their first and last time on a battle field. This first day resulted in roughly 57,000 casualties, 19,240 of those died.
The Battle of the Somme resulted in 1.3 million casualties, and for many people is the battle which symbolises the horror of warfare in WW1.
For Eurovision though, won't we lose our automatic eligibility for the final? So now we'll have to compete in the semis for a place (and never get enough votes to actually get into the final cos yk the UK and Eurovision votes are really best buddies).
Eurovision and the EU are separate bodies that while have close connections are not actually a by product of one or the other.
Eurovision is created by the European Broadcasting Union which has to follow EU legislation as most EU countries are members of the EBU. However, if the EBU ever felt inclined, they could stop following these regulations but then wouldn’t easily be able to broadcast in those countries. So while they do follow them it’s because it works better for them as a business, especially considering their main audience is European.
The only reason The UK automatically places in the finals is because it’s a member of ‘The Big 5′; the UK being one of the five biggest financial contributors to the EBU (the other members of course being Spain, Italy, France and Germany). Even if the UK did stop all payments to the EU, they could still contribute to the EBU therefore continue being a member of The Big 5 and still automatically place in the finals.
ok but dO WE STILL GET TO DO EUROVISION
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@ those ppl who think that Polish immigrants need to get out
who’s still in the Euros
Poland
who’s not
England
Take me back to simpler times.
"“We don’t think everyone who voted Leave was a racist, and our group is not about berating people who voted Leave either,” Blank told BuzzFeed News. “But a lot of people have been saying that since the result, it’s as if something that was unpacked and put away has become overt and even more visible.”"
A 5,000-year-old tree in Scotland is giving itself a sex change. The male Fortingall Yew has been producing pollen for as long as scientists have been studying it, but in 2015, the tree suddenly sprouted berries in a rare occurrence that means at least part of the tree is now transitioning to female. Source Source 2 Source 3