tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post6465707883140008731..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Leadership responsibilitiesJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-66551737663030256272018-01-17T09:12:02.033+00:002018-01-17T09:12:02.033+00:00For sure we can change our minds ... the hard part...For sure we can change our minds ... the hard part is getting others to change their minds, especially those others we may well have rather recently offended (in this instance the EU 27).<br /><br />'Think before you act' used to be quite a common expression in former times. Perhaps it's time for a come back! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-45051675870375935612018-01-16T16:45:59.629+00:002018-01-16T16:45:59.629+00:00Perhaps you missed this one earlier today? And th...Perhaps you missed <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-donald-tusk-stop-reversed-eu-donald-tusk-2018-a8161321.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a> earlier today? And there's still time, as things stand, to stop the process - although I'd agree that if we simply let it happen and then re-apply, there may well be consequences.<br /><br /><i>"No, we have to live with the consequences of our decisions, no matter how distasteful."</i> If people make a decision and stick to it, then that is, of course, true. But if people make a decision, and then come to regret it in a timescale which allows a rethink, are you really saying that there should never, ever, be any possibility of a change of mind? It's a strange black and white view of a technicolour reality.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-9909488455162404632018-01-16T16:06:17.910+00:002018-01-16T16:06:17.910+00:00Stupidity beyond words.
A second referendum might...Stupidity beyond words.<br /><br />A second referendum might well offer us the opportunity to declare ourselves once more loyal to the concept of the EU. But so what? Unless the EU 27 want us back in we can't go back in. It's the same with Scotland. Leave the union by all means. But don't expect to be allowed to re-join at a later date. Or not without consequences.<br /><br />Why, if it was so easy we'd all vote for an independent Wales secure in the knowledge that England would take us back if we subsequently had a change of heart.<br /><br />No, we have to live with the consequences of our decisions, no matter how distasteful. It's been a jolly a good lesson!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com