Brexit

[DrPatrickBarry]

But whether you think it is good or bad is not really the issue, you didn't answer the question. Was it right that the results of the French and Dutch referendums were ignored?

To answer that question, I would have to have a deep understanding of what is in the treaty, before I could make an informed decision about wheather getting it in "via the back door" is the right thing or not. Just because the people said something it does not mean it is right.

In fact that is one of my grips. I am a lot of a lefty when it come to health/social care/education. But all of these services are struggling due to lack of monies. I would love to have a goverment with the balls to significantly increase taxes, but any goverment that put that in their manifesto would get hammered, becasue we the population are selfish. We would prefer to have a nice car/holiday/house than pay for some family with a severly disabled child.

Maybe if a lot more people had really understood the pros/cons of EU membership, how fragile the peace is in N.I. and more importantly, what sort of trade deal is realistic, the country would not be in the chaos it is in now.