Both the European Union and the United Kingdom now face uncertain futures, so everyone reading 'The Third' is cordially invited to the European premiere of A United Kingdom to open the 60th BFI London Film Festival. If you cannot make it in person, there will be a live cinecast from the London event and simultaneous screenings taking place at cinemas across the world promptly at 19:00 (BST) on Wednesday 5 October 2016. Join us!
As for a United Kingdom, I sense that much like a European Union, its days are numbered! A United Kingdom tells the true story of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1947 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. As for the true story of the United Kingdom, I sense that it is about to end.
Both the European Union and the United Kingdom now face uncertain futures, so everyone reading 'The Third' is cordially invited to the European premiere of A United Kingdom to open the 60th BFI London Film Festival. If you cannot make it in person, there will be a live cinecast from the London event and simultaneous screenings taking place at cinemas across the world promptly at 19:00 (BST) on Wednesday 5 October 2016. Join us!
As for a United Kingdom, I sense that much like a European Union, its days are numbered! A United Kingdom tells the true story of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1947 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. As for the true story of the United Kingdom, I sense that it is about to end.
You've said that last bit twice, but it is correct twice, I fear!
The referendum need never have been called in the first place, the manner in which it was handled by many on both sides was a disgrace and I question its constitutionality.
It is surely noteworthy that Parliament has actually accepted a petition entitled EU Referendum Rules triggering a 2nd EU Referendum and which runs
"We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum".
I would not have expected it to do this in the first place had it been based upon a wholly invalid premise. It is clearly being taken seriously; at last glance, it was steadily approaching three quarters of a million signatures; this tally appears at the moment to be rising by some 15,000 every 10 minutes and has been achieved over a mere 24 hours or so. Should that momentum be maintained, I estimate that, by some time later today, the number of signatories might come to exceed the difference between the number of those who voted Leave and the number of those who voted Remain, which would seem to create something of a perplexing question mark in itself; it must surely be an indicator of widespread public discontent and a map that can be viewed on the aforementioned website dispays that the sigatories are from every constituency in the country.
What if anything might arise as a consequence I do not know, but it will be interesting to see whether it does ultimately have some practical impact, perhaps including the encouragement of specialist lawyers to protest that the manner in which so serious a referendum was held might be judged unconstitutional.