I don't remember seeing farage asking PMQs?
Protest tactics aside, these are entirely reasonable requests, particularly as we see the world burn.
Doesn't provide any justification for the tactics whatsoever.
Semantics. Depends what side of the fence you sit on and if you agree with the Gammons or the Luvvies s to how 'equal' you consider someone else's opinion to be. If you think someone else's opinion is inferior to yours on a particular subject then that exhibits a certain amount of narcissism on your behalf. Nobody has the correct 'opinion'....that 's what makes it an opinion. Every day is a school day and wisdom is a journey and not a destination. Make your case, argue your point and if you are successful in convincing others on the strength of your arguments and evidence then great...if not then maybe its time to reconsider your own opinions. Ultimately the fact your political opinion my differ from others doesn't mean you cannot, in the eyes of the law, be penalised for them.
There are many ways to engage in the political process and ultimately many questions on the eu referendum were asked in PMQ's, just not by Farage. The whole EU thing has been a festering wound in our politics for decades. Any individual can ask their local MP to ask a question at PMQ's. That's what they're there for. We seem to forget, politicians work for us, not the other way around, unfortunately Farage was effective in exposing the anti EU sentiment within the political elite and the fact it wasn't being tackled by open debate and being suppressed which just fuelled the fire and distrust and ultimately led to the refurendum. Like I said before if you don't tackle things head on they just fester and come back three-fold to bite you in the backside.
Never ceases to amaze me how that charlatan got anywhere near parliament. He stands for nothing, and whatever he stands for today, he'll be opposing tomorrow.
Not all opinions are equal. Not all opinions are subjective. Many people express absolute ******** opinions these days under the guise of "im entitled to my opinion" and completely fail to undersrand that quite often, opinions can be shown to be wrong.
That and the fact a lot of UK media is owned by Murdoch.
The point I was making was in reply to a point about being elected to parliament as that was democracy citing farage as example. Farage wasn't elected to uk parliament.There are many ways to engage in the political process and ultimately many questions on the eu referendum were asked in PMQ's, just not by Farage. The whole EU thing has been a festering wound in our politics for decades. Any individual can ask their local MP to ask a question at PMQ's. That's what they're there for. We seem to forget, politicians work for us, not the other way around, unfortunately Farage was effective in exposing the anti EU sentiment within the political elite and the fact it wasn't being tackled by open debate and being suppressed which just fuelled the fire and distrust and ultimately led to the refurendum. Like I said before if you don't tackle things head on they just fester and come back three-fold to bite you in the backside.
And if you're citing Boris Johnson to support your argument...well that just proves you're onto a sticky wicket
Depressingly so. If ULEZ was so pivotal in that by-election it really underscores that. I live in Zone 3, i stopped driving when i moved to London. On the occasions it is required, I use ZipCar.
just as horse and carriage have had their time as the main mode of transport maybe the car is going to go the same way. but only if there are reasonable alternatives.
My bet is that the next big transition will be where most of the cars on the road will be self driving taxis, and most people won't own cars, they'll just hail them when required.
People outside of the likes of London will always need personal transport. I personally hope that hydrogen engines become practical and win out over EVs. the government will have to make life really hard for me before I give up my car.
yup this is exactly what I think will happen and thought this for a long while.. car ownership will drop hugely as "robotaxi's" flood the country when we have the infrastructure to support level 5 self-driving cars. not sure it'll be in my lifetime though, and as often seen, it may will be the young that are more open to change like not owning a car as they never experienced it so it'll be a gradual shift to self-driving taxis using whatever engine tech wins through.
There's also the other reason I don't particularly use public transport. I don't fancy hailing a pod only for the door to open and there is **** or blood up the walls.
