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Hapax Legomenon wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:39 pm
Amiga500 wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:08 am I have to admit, I was gonna happily degenerate Kate Hoey as a waste of space, but then did a quick google just to get her voting history for ammunition...

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10282 ... y/vauxhall


The bad
Kate Hoey consistently voted against the hunting ban



The good
Kate Hoey almost always voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests
Kate Hoey generally voted against introducing ID cards
Kate Hoey almost always voted against the Iraq war
Kate Hoey generally voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws
Kate Hoey generally voted against requiring the mass retention of information about communications
Kate Hoey generally voted for a transparent Parliament
Kate Hoey generally voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system
Kate Hoey almost always voted against new high speed rail infrastructure
Kate Hoey generally voted against UK membership of the EU

So for me - I'd say she's got more right than wrong.
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The hunting is enough for me but she's also obsessed with Brexit at all cost whether or not that's to the detriment of everybody in NI, the working people she is supposed to represent or the wider economic interests of the country. There are more reasoned people in the ERG.
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Yes, I would be happy to hear just one quantitative benefit?
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More reasoned people in the ERG? I wouldn't buy a second-hand car from any of them!
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pwrmoore wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:59 am Happax. You seem very certain that brexit will be good for the uk/ni. Please outline the benefits.
No intention of getting into an endless and pointless online dialogue over a matter this complex.
Suffice to say you are right about my views.
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Hapax Legomenon wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 2:04 pm
pwrmoore wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:59 am Happax. You seem very certain that brexit will be good for the uk/ni. Please outline the benefits.
No intention of getting into an endless and pointless online dialogue over a matter this complex.
Suffice to say you are right about my views.
So ... apart from blue passports, none then.
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big mervyn wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:17 pm
Hapax Legomenon wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 2:04 pm
pwrmoore wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:59 am Happax. You seem very certain that brexit will be good for the uk/ni. Please outline the benefits.
No intention of getting into an endless and pointless online dialogue over a matter this complex.
Suffice to say you are right about my views.
So ... apart from blue passports, none then.
And we could have had blue passports anyway.

It's amazing how difficult it is to find out what Brexiters expect from leaving the EU. I'm prepared to change my mind if only someone would explain the advantages , and I mean for the ordinary people, not the Cheese-Moggie types who will make lots of dosh out of it.
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Hapax Legomenon wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 2:04 pm
pwrmoore wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:59 am Happax. You seem very certain that brexit will be good for the uk/ni. Please outline the benefits.
No intention of getting into an endless and pointless online dialogue over a matter this complex.
Suffice to say you are right about my views.
And therein lies the reason I want to remain. I have yet to hear a single quantifiable benefit from someone who wants to leave.
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Still no benefits...
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Almost as if this wasn't thought through at the outset. But sure, let's hear more meaningless phrases like, "get Brexit done" ad nauseam.
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pwrmoore wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:30 am Still no benefits...
Taking back control from Brussels and putting it in the house of commons. Shur even a casual look at the goings on in said house over the last few weeks or even years will clearly set out the benefits far better than any fecker could document. Team GB rocks. :D
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Gwan another hung Parluament!
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Farage not standing for election. Failed 8 times to be an MP. Happy taking money as an MEP
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Jackie Brown wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:57 pm Farage not standing for election. Failed 8 times to be an MP. Happy taking money as an MEP
Chicken.

Strangely, in this election a strong Brexit party is actually in our interests.

Good to see a Rebel Alliance taking shape in NI and shameful that the UUP has succumbed to intimidation.

'mon the Remainers!
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The new UUP leader not only looks like the former UR leader but suffers from the same lack of testicular fortitude!
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Setanta wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:34 pm The new UUP leader not only looks like the former UR leader but suffers from the same lack of testicular fortitude!
A lot of very valid arguements agin supporting the Shinners (or at least giving them a free run) but no representation is surely a better option than DUP representation.
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