= Сообщение: 8107 из 12550 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 17 Jan 19 16:04:25 Кому : Kees van Eeten 17 Jan 19 16:04:25 Тема : Brexit FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5c409974 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5003.4+5c3f6449 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:41:42 Kees van Eeten -> David Rance wrote:
KvE> I have a relative living in the UK for over 50 years now. I usually visit KvE> her once a year. I was amazed fierce some of her friends were against the KvE> EU.
Yes, feelings run high on both sides of the argument.
KvE> I am also amazed of the number of lorries thar cross from France to the UK. KvE> It will be a nightmare if these lorries all have to have their goods KvE> checked against jet unknown regulations.
I see them regularly at Portsmouth and Caen/Ouistreham on my monthly trips to France. And even at Ouistreham, let alone Calais, there are groups of people trying to hitch a lift on lorries into the UK as illegal immigrants. The problem has not gone away. It's just spreading further down the coast. And this is what people see as they go across the Channel which has made them anti-EU.
DR>> We in the UK have always fought against having referenda. The Members of DR>> Parliament have been elected to make the decisions for the people. The DR>> problems come when the elected representatives start voting according to DR>> their personal whim, or simply to get up the ladder into the DR>>> government by DR>> kowtowing to their superiors.
KvE> Well your prime Minister seems to have a mind of her own. I wonder KvE> what drives KvE> her. Is it eternal fame?
I don't think so. I think she really is genuinely trying to do the best she can for the country. Her problem is that she is not a born diplomat, not very creative, and doesn't have the personality to persuade people. In fact she is the wrong person for this kind of job, There are others who would be better but they simply aren't trusted.
DR>> This afternoon I've just had an email from my MP (he's the first one DR>> ever DR>> to communicate with voters in this way!) telling me what he plans to do DR>> next. Unfortunately he is a member of the Labour (Socialist) Party DR>> and I'm DR>> afraid I don't agree with what they want. But at least he's keeping me DR>> informed and I respect him for that.
KvE> With our multi party system it is not possible to have district KvE> representatives. But it is nice that he called you, he may want your vote KvE> in the near future.
The French do have local representatives in both the senate and the chamber of deputies, and they really do work for the interests of their own district. In the UK only the Commons (the Lower House) represent us locally.
David
-- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
