and to those who voted to leave...

I left. :-)

perhaps not so much left
as threw it away...

I never liked being in the EU anyway.

so you're left with a right wing government
unfettered by any constraints and which can do
whatever it wants...

"taking back control"
and "we've got our country back..."

mate, Boris and Farage are laughing at us...

scary shit........Trumpism mindsets sproutin all round the world.

The Fourth Reich
     comin to yOur neighborhood soon.

Trump and Boris do look remarkably
similar...

It's a vote for the poor & the unrepresented...I hope. I'd be happy with Theresa May as our new leader but not George Osbourne or Nicky Morgan. Not sure if I completely trust Boris, as he might be in this more for his own reasons than ours.

you think a Tory politician
will ever represent you..?
bloody hell...

If he doesn't, then I just simply vote him out. It's very democratic Paul. ;-)

the damage a government can do  
in the five years of its control...but hey  
so long as you can vote it out afterwards..!  
   
but that's not really the point. the rights  
that we had under the umbrella of the    
European union will now be for the  
government to decide, which given the  
background and views of the leaders  
of the 'out' campaign, ain't very    
reassuring...

At least we are electing this government to decide our rights. I don't seem to remember us voting in Jean-Claude Juncker to do it. ;-)

we all had a vote for our    
M.E.Ps...  
   
...just like voting for  
Westminster politicians...  
   
I don't get it...

but damn it, I'm  
going to bed now,
a little depressed...

Yes, we may have elected our MEP's but they in turn elected Jean-Claude Juncker, not us.

that's how it works. you didn't elect
Cameron as PM. Tories MPs did.
it's the same thing...

It's not quite the same thing actually. At least we can see who we are voting for, whereas you can't elect the head of the EU & that is my point sir, it's what I've been saying all along really. But in all my years of voting, I have never truly felt represented by anyone. :-(

Now there I'm with you. It just seems
to me now that we've lessened our
options, that's all...   :)

We will have to wait & see. It's a matter of opinion at the moment about whether the merits of being out of the EU will outweigh the demerits. It's complicated if/when you delve into it. I like the idea of continuing with the common market but there are things around that I'm uncomfortable with. I'm also uncomfortable sharing my views on this subject online if I'm being honest.

then I shan't trouble you anymore...   :)

No trouble but as you have eluded to, it's better down the pub. I do not wish everybody to share in my thoughts.

ah, the democratic house of lords..:)

No, because you can elect up to say 1 of 12 different parties here if you wish, not just the obvious Labour, Conservative or Liberal would-be Prime Minister. We've got Greens, UKIP & Monster raving loonies if you so desire. We can see who they are before we vote for them. Ok, I appreciate that they have been selected by their party as the head, but we cannot elect the head of the EU, in other words, we do not have the choice to pick, say one of 12 heads of the EU because our MEP's elected him/her & it is not the same thing, it just isn't.

I actually deleted my response    
to your modified reply  
because I had promised not    
to bother you anymore.    
suffice to say that we're arguing    
vastly different points...  
I can see yours, although I    
utterly disagree. the power behind the EU  
is the collective elected leadership, Merkel et al,  
of the individual states. If we're talking    
figureheads, I give you the queen...  
now I really promise not to respond  
anymore, as I thought was your wish...

We'll leave it there then Paul. :-)