Back then the country was one that had lost confidence in itself. It's a different ball game now.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
Thorpe's speech gave me goosebumps there. It may be 40 years old, but my god does it still apply today.
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Back then the country was one that had lost confidence in itself. It's a different ball game now.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
Thorpe's speech gave me goosebumps there. It may be 40 years old, but my god does it still apply today.
Here's the short clip embedded of Labour's Peter Shore back in 1975. Remarkable that exactly the same arguments still apply all these years later.
I've always said that it was Old Labour - the democratic left - that own this issue, long before the likes of Mrs Thatcher joined the fight in the 1990s.
More cheeky hints from the Queen where she stands....
She's in Liverpool tomorrow too and I am going to see her for the first time, finally!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-should-remai/
EU referendum: Queen asks guests to give her three reasons why Britain should remain in the EU
Revelation fuels rumours that the Queen personally favours Britain's departure from the European Union
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/d...vjfatlPy1M.jpg
The Queen is politically neutral but is still privately debating Britain's membership of the EU
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but royal sources pointed out that the words attributed to the Queen were "a question not a statement".Quote:
Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-
Clutching at straws dangan
Absolutely stunning when Boris at the end of that debate said let's stop bowing down to Brussels and make the 24th Britain's independence day.
He got a standing ovation and cheers from the audience. Finally a politician who BELIEVES that this country can do so so much better instead of talking it down.
Boris closing speech with a standing ovation..
Thursday can be "our country's independence day", Boris Johnson tells #BBCDebate https://t.co/slOCKdj5NP #EUref https://t.co/T8MpN2KicH
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 21, 2016
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Twins. Same ideas: Brexit. Both lunatics. Both selfish. Don't listen to maniacs.
Ahhh dirty character attacks from a Remain supporter. It's all they have left.Quote:
Originally Posted by abc
We don't feel the need to insult Davies, O'Grady or Khan because we can win on the arguments.
Oh Dan, all you have is Slogans and quotes from the 1800's.Quote:
Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-