jra wrote:McAz wrote:jra wrote:McAz wrote:The debate is now over, jra. The country's fate is now with Parliament.
It always was essentially. Have a referendum as in test the water. Then do whatever we think should happen, not necessarily what the electorate wants. The debate may be over for you, but I can see this going on and on and on.
The electorate wants to remain - with luck their representatives in parliament will reflect that as is their duty.
They didn't at the time of the referendum. Now that we've had 2+ years of brainwashing and propaganda from the remainers, UK parliament and the EU, that most likely has changed. Now neither side is likely to get what they want.
40 years of this, propagated by Tory supporting tabloids....
https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/eu ... a-z-index/Just one example A is for ALE;
Eurocrats call time on light ale (Daily Mail 11 May 2005)
Bureaucrats in Brussels want to force British brewers to change the name of light ale. They claim drinkers could be misled into thinking the beer is a low-calorie or low-alcohol ‘lite’ drink… Opposing the move is London Tory MEP John Bowis, who said yesterday: “It is totally intolerable that a traditional British ale should be threatened by a piece of bureaucracy like this.”
Hands off our light ale (Daily Express 12 May 2005)
A battle was brewing in Brussels last night to protect the name of light ale from Euro-legislators. New laws are being drafted to crack down on misleading descriptions on food and drink labels. And the European Commission fears that the word “light” could suggest the product is less fattening. Conservative MEP John Bowis is leading moves to vote the plans down… “We are fighting this because light ale is likely to be caught in the net, even though the use of the word “light” in that case relates to the colour and character of the beer, not to any claims that it is less fattening.”
The term light ale refers to the colour of the beer – that’s why it is also known as pale ale as opposed to dark ale – and not its alcohol or calorie content. Thus, the Commission does not consider light ale to be a health or nutrition claim. In this particular case, however, it would be up to the British government to determine whether light ale fell within the scope of the legislation......