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What sovereign powers did the UK loose being a EU member?

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    #31
    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    I meant "we, the electorate".
    'we, the electorate' can also replace politicians in the EU. It's just a bigger electorate.

    As for Juncker, he is essentially the EU's Head of the Civil Service with an overly grand 'President' title. Nobody in the UK voted for the UK's Head of the Civil Service, Head of HMRC, Head of NHS or otherwise. So why be so bothered that we didn't vote for every single EU bureaucrat?
    Taking a break from contracting

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      #32
      Originally posted by chopper View Post
      'we, the electorate' can also replace politicians in the EU. It's just a bigger electorate.

      As for Juncker, he is essentially the EU's Head of the Civil Service with an overly grand 'President' title. Nobody in the UK voted for the UK's Head of the Civil Service, Head of HMRC, Head of NHS or otherwise. So why be so bothered that we didn't vote for every single EU bureaucrat?
      'The Civil Service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies as effectively as possible.'

      Seems that Junker is therefore overstepping the mark in his role - he has no right to make any decisions but he seems to do a lot of it.

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        #33
        Originally posted by original PM View Post
        'The Civil Service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies as effectively as possible.'

        Seems that Junker is therefore overstepping the mark in his role - he has no right to make any decisions but he seems to do a lot of it.

        How often is the Civil Service in the UK up for re-election, or are they jobs for the boys, for life? Does the UK parliament get to vote on who should be head of the civil service?
        …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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          #34
          Originally posted by WTFH View Post
          How often is the Civil Service in the UK up for re-election, or are they jobs for the boys, for life? Does the UK parliament get to vote on who should be head of the civil service?
          Titles like 'permanent secretary' should provide a clue.

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            #35
            Originally posted by original PM View Post
            It's more the banana's I am worried about.
            Which is a myth, that has been debunked so many times and still being repeated by brexiteers

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              #36
              Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
              Which is a myth, that has been debunked so many times and still being repeated by brexiteers
              And why would you worry about bananas? Although they are the most radioactive of all fruit/seeds/nuts/elephants.

              Can anyone name one thing Juncker has actually achieved? Apart from a bar bill bigger than Greece's national debt.
              Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                #37
                Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
                Which is a myth, that has been debunked so many times and still being repeated by brexiteers
                It's the dumbing down which I object to



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                  #38
                  Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                  Can anyone name one thing Juncker has actually achieved? Apart from a bar bill bigger than Greece's national debt.
                  I've said it before, he is responsible for brexit.
                  It is because of him that many people voted leave

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                    Just curious... Scotland cannot hold referendum without permission, therefore not sovereign. However the UK can. What sovereign powers did the UK loose as a EU member? Anyone?
                    The ability to spell 'lose'?

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Grasser73 View Post
                      The ability to spell 'lose'?
                      I chuckle when Scooty does that: The link will explain...

                      YouTube
                      His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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