| If a people vote in a referendum not to ratify a treaty and then the parliamentarians go ahead and ratify it, does this constitute high treason? | ||
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| Selection | Votes | |
| Yes |  89% | 16 |
| No |  11% | 2 |
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| 18 votes total | ||
| pollcode.com free polls | ||
And some of the responses were quite gentle:
From Ian Hunter
I would consider it an honour to lead the attack on Downing Street,pitchfork in hand. The police protection squad can't have that many rounds, i may fall, but others would complete the job!
From Dave Petterson
... and the penalty for treason should be death by being hung drawn and quartered. Slowly.
It's a shame this poll isn't legally enforceable.
ReplyDeleteThe word treason seems to have fallen out of use these days, which is a shame as I can think of a whole host of useful applications. I suppose people have to retain a certain love of their homeland to consider it a crime.
ReplyDeleteSadly I think the average Joe considers all the politics surrounding the EU as impenetrable and tedious guff. The wave of apathy emanating from the populous is worrying and that's just the way the parliamentarians want to keep it.
Yes, what a gentle readership you have!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rob and Welshcakes.
ReplyDeleteIt has indeed, Wolfie.
another opportunity wasted.
ReplyDeleteif you bother to look across the channel to frog-land you will see legal action in the human rights courts. human rights of public are being broken by denial of referendum.
details are available everywhere.
cant u forget about bollocks and gonads and shagging for just a moment?
incidently, death penalty for treason abolished by blair years ago.
wtf is wrong with this blog?
btw your previous argument for dumbibg down on comments - to appeal to more - sound like same argument employed for years for dumbing down in uk edu.