Post EU Referendum


Seriously, I’m not having-a-go at anyone here, genuinely;- I’m trying to make a serious point. When Brits lose their EU Citizenship post 2019, the reversion from Citizen back to subject status results in the danger of loss of some very precious Rights gained within the EU. Presently, all we have is a series of intended promises and vague mutterings about transfer of Rights into UK law and a subsequent British (please note, not UK) Bill of Rights.
But they can’t deliver on it; - it matters not whether The Virgin May or O Jeremy Corbyn is at the helm. The UK Govt. can’t deliver because there’s no integrated modern Constitution much less a protective Court to implement those promises, just a ramshackle series of conflicting documents written on vellum that even the lawyers can’t agree on, forming the ‘unwritten constitution’.
It matters not what Parliament moves, motions, acts or debates – there is NO safeguard, because you’re subjects of the crown, which can hardly be said to be exactly open or transparent.
Would you board a cruise liner if you saw it listing with the lifeboats swung out?
A smoking car on the hard shoulder advertised at a bargain price marked good-runner??
That’s exactly what’s going on here imo, and nobody seems to want to mention it, only flaky ‘trade-deals & immigration stats…. Wake up!!!
Maybe it's past your bedtime Golden Years... Huh?

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Loads of good beer comes from the results of their think-tanks.
Which the UK - embroiled once again in Party bleeding Politics instead of stepping up to face the biggest potential disaster since someone stole the Jules Rimet trophy - is still sadly lacking.




Seriously, I’m not having-a-go at anyone here, genuinely;- I’m trying to make a serious point. When Brits lose their EU Citizenship post 2019, the reversion from Citizen back to subject status results in the danger of loss of some very precious Rights gained within the EU. Presently, all we have is a series of intended promises and vague mutterings about transfer of Rights into UK law and a subsequent British (please note, not UK) Bill of Rights.
But they can’t deliver on it; - it matters not whether The Virgin May or O Jeremy Corbyn is at the helm. The UK Govt. can’t deliver because there’s no integrated modern Constitution much less a protective Court to implement those promises, just a ramshackle series of conflicting documents written on vellum that even the lawyers can’t agree on, forming the ‘unwritten constitution’.
It matters not what Parliament moves, motions, acts or debates – there is NO safeguard, because you’re subjects of the crown, which can hardly be said to be exactly open or transparent.
Would you board a cruise liner if you saw it listing with the lifeboats swung out?
A smoking car on the hard shoulder advertised at a bargain price marked good-runner??
That’s exactly what’s going on here imo, and nobody seems to want to mention it, only flaky ‘trade-deals & immigration stats…. Wake up!!!
Maybe it's past your bedtime Golden Years... Huh?



Aside from the petty stuff I question some of the statements that are made as truth when they aren't or when they make assumptions about the future which are by no means guaranteed.
It's not my fault if people leap to the wrong conclusions about my own thoughts on any of those matters.
For example, simply questioning whether Brexit will lead to fewer foreign-sourced workers doing low-skilled work such as in agriculture doesn't indicate any opinion on the matter other than me questioning whether it will happen. And if it doesn't look likely, why is it being used as such a handy example? Are they even immigrants or just seasonal workers anyway?
I also questioned in the last couple of days, in the light of a newspaper article on the subject, whether car wash workers are in fact likely to be claiming all those in-work benefits they're accused of draining the country of. That one didn't get a response either.
I also questioned whether the UK would be showing any signs of what some claim we can be looking forward to in years to come but by and large that seemed to get brushed aside in favour of saying that the years of EU membership had loused up any chance of that.
I voted to remain. In the hypothetical circumstance of there being a 2nd referendum on the same question, I'd do so again.

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Employment contracts & paid leave for agency workers,
Working time directive/ maximum working hours protection,
Road safety via restrictions on lorry drivers' hours,
Courts having to comply with The European Court (not ECHR)
Maternity & Paternity leave,
and my own personal favourite, the EU legislation requiring employers' to pay for employees eye-tests (every 3 years?). I personally saw one case where someone's sight was saved by that.
Plus, anything under
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) Citizens and Residents into EU law. You'll note the word Citizens (I imagine you'll foam at the mouth), and we haven't even got near Residents yet either....




... Well Your Immensity, far be it from a serf to make suggestions - unlike others here I openly admit being unqualified, but a useful start for your Opinions may be -
Employment contracts & paid leave for agency workers,
Working time directive/ maximum working hours protection,
Road safety via restrictions on lorry drivers' hours,
Courts having to comply with The European Court (not ECHR)
Maternity & Paternity leave,
and my own personal favourite, the EU legislation requiring employers' to pay for employees eye-tests (every 3 years?). I personally saw one case where someone's sight was saved by that.
Plus, anything under
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) Citizens and Residents into EU law. You'll note the word Citizens (I imagine you'll foam at the mouth), and we haven't even got near Residents yet either....
Employment contracts & paid leave for agency workers,
Working time directive/ maximum working hours protection,
Road safety via restrictions on lorry drivers' hours,
Courts having to comply with The European Court (not ECHR)
Maternity & Paternity leave,
and my own personal favourite, the EU legislation requiring employers' to pay for employees eye-tests (every 3 years?). I personally saw one case where someone's sight was saved by that.
Plus, anything under
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) Citizens and Residents into EU law. You'll note the word Citizens (I imagine you'll foam at the mouth), and we haven't even got near Residents yet either....
I politely asked what the precious rights were that you were talking about regarding your "Subject" Vs "Citizen" point.
Do you think a UK government will say "sod it, truck drivers can now drive 20 hours a day, we don't care"?
Or that the HSE legislation in the UK which has always been ahead of most EU countries will now be dropped by a Labour government?
What Fundamental Rights from the charter do you see the UK doing away with?


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From Wikipedia,
"The British Nationality Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the status of "Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies" (CUKC) as the national citizenship of the United Kingdom and its colonies."
Well I still think it was the 1948 act that changed the status to "citizen" so lets just agree to differ.
"The British Nationality Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the status of "Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies" (CUKC) as the national citizenship of the United Kingdom and its colonies."
Well I still think it was the 1948 act that changed the status to "citizen" so lets just agree to differ.

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... Well Your Immensity, far be it from a serf to make suggestions - unlike others here I openly admit being unqualified, but a useful start for your Opinions may be -
Employment contracts & paid leave for agency workers,
Working time directive/ maximum working hours protection,
Road safety via restrictions on lorry drivers' hours,
Courts having to comply with The European Court (not ECHR)
Maternity & Paternity leave,
and my own personal favourite, the EU legislation requiring employers' to pay for employees eye-tests (every 3 years?). I personally saw one case where someone's sight was saved by that.
Plus, anything under
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) Citizens and Residents into EU law. You'll note the word Citizens (I imagine you'll foam at the mouth), and we haven't even got near Residents yet either....
Employment contracts & paid leave for agency workers,
Working time directive/ maximum working hours protection,
Road safety via restrictions on lorry drivers' hours,
Courts having to comply with The European Court (not ECHR)
Maternity & Paternity leave,
and my own personal favourite, the EU legislation requiring employers' to pay for employees eye-tests (every 3 years?). I personally saw one case where someone's sight was saved by that.
Plus, anything under
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) Citizens and Residents into EU law. You'll note the word Citizens (I imagine you'll foam at the mouth), and we haven't even got near Residents yet either....

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