en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/17539444 Comments by politicalemu http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/michael-burrage-the-evidence-supports-mays-decision-to-leave-the-single-market.html#IDComment1041029453 I would go away and check your figures, A typical remoaners false accounting. We PAY £10 BILLION PLUS (NETT) yearly just to be in the club.That is after our rebate and what we get back in the form of grants with strings attached. That equates to around a 7% tariff With WTO tariffs we would be paying around half of that, but as a nett importer of EU goods we would receive about 3/4 of the nett back in tariffs.So we not only get our nett payment back but we gain from WTO tariffs Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:26:55 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/michael-burrage-the-evidence-supports-mays-decision-to-leave-the-single-market.html#IDComment1041029453 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/terror-at-westminster-yes-we-must-honour-the-dead-and-praise-the-brave-but-we-should-also-keep-our-sense-of-proportion.html#IDComment1041026612 It would be cheering were the death of Palmer, and the other policemen who died yesterday, plus the heroics of Ellwood, to spark a public reappraisal of our politicians and police. We do not need such a public reappraisal. Where we do need it is a reappraisal, of the Muslim religion in this country, its teachings and its objectives. Allied to that a reappraisal of multiculturism and its effects on daily life. Plus an assessment of immigration and who we let into this Country. Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:18:27 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/terror-at-westminster-yes-we-must-honour-the-dead-and-praise-the-brave-but-we-should-also-keep-our-sense-of-proportion.html#IDComment1041026612 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/garvan-walshe-martin-mcguinness-a-terrorist-who-plotted-attacks-on-parliament.html#IDComment1041021535 I believe you are totally wrong. Many of them are radicalised within their mosques Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:31:47 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/garvan-walshe-martin-mcguinness-a-terrorist-who-plotted-attacks-on-parliament.html#IDComment1041021535 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/michael-burrage-the-evidence-supports-mays-decision-to-leave-the-single-market.html#IDComment1041018915 How dare you write such an article. I foresee much gnashing of teeth and wailing from the Remoaners this morning. An attack on their precious and sacrosanct single market will be too much for them. Despite the fact that some of us have long known, that not only is the single market of little benefit to us, but it actually costs us more than WTO tariffs to be part of it. Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:21:40 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/michael-burrage-the-evidence-supports-mays-decision-to-leave-the-single-market.html#IDComment1041018915 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/garvan-walshe-martin-mcguinness-a-terrorist-who-plotted-attacks-on-parliament.html#IDComment1041018614 A terrorist is a person or group who wish to change the status quo, by force. They wish to impose their views by violence, not by rational argument or at the ballot box. Unfortunately most terrorism occurs when a group is accepted and usually a small section of that group resort to violence.Also it is also almost always connected to religion or race. The big question is should those groups be accepted or banned and would banning solve the problem Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:13:41 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/garvan-walshe-martin-mcguinness-a-terrorist-who-plotted-attacks-on-parliament.html#IDComment1041018614 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/alex-morton-may-needs-expert-ministers-who-are-also-storytellers.html#IDComment1040980078 Agreed, a totally incorrect usage of the word Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:46:50 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/alex-morton-may-needs-expert-ministers-who-are-also-storytellers.html#IDComment1040980078 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/alex-morton-may-needs-expert-ministers-who-are-also-storytellers.html#IDComment1040980056 Regrettably most of them canvassed for Remain Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:46:13 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/alex-morton-may-needs-expert-ministers-who-are-also-storytellers.html#IDComment1040980056 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/alex-morton-may-needs-expert-ministers-who-are-also-storytellers.html#IDComment1040969523 1. A narrative a spoken or written account of connected events; a story. What a load of old waffle. We do not need narratives.We need policies.i.e intentions that are perceived as good for the individual, the family and the country. We do not need stories, we need facts as to why policies are good and correct. Governments have problems when their policies are not seen to benefit certain groups or hurt certain groups. They also have problems when they tell stories that are perceived to be incorrect or downright lies. Stories are what any party needs less off Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:45:12 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/alex-morton-may-needs-expert-ministers-who-are-also-storytellers.html#IDComment1040969523 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/dont-blame-generation-snowflake-for-censoring-free-speech.html#IDComment1040966919 What are we becoming? A nation that dare not speak its mind,a nation of mindless idiots who seek to control thoughts. A nation that does not like history and believes we should apologise for every past sin committed allegedly by our forebears, A nation that seeks to wipe out that offensive history,and the young seek to destroy all that made us great by imposing their views rather than learning and seeking to change. A nation that dare not speak for fear of being accused of hate crime. Thank god there is still a majority who prefer not to be PC Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:49:22 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/dont-blame-generation-snowflake-for-censoring-free-speech.html#IDComment1040966919 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/martin-mcguinness-terrorist-godfather-and-the-queens-minister.html#IDComment1040907391 I would never wish anyone dead, and indeed he appeared in later life a reformed terrorist who believed in the ballot box not the gun. That is my tribute to him. May peace remain Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:11:09 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/martin-mcguinness-terrorist-godfather-and-the-queens-minister.html#IDComment1040907391 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/christopher-howarth-sturgeons-vanishing-independence-options-no-automatic-eu-membership-for-scotland-and-no-automatic-eea-membership-either.html#IDComment1040907253 Sturgeon is up the creek without a paddle. This last effort to get a referendum is probably the needle to burst the SNP bubble. From all accounts Scotland is being badly run and the SNP support is slowly falling. They are living in a dream world that does not exist in reality Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:07:34 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/christopher-howarth-sturgeons-vanishing-independence-options-no-automatic-eu-membership-for-scotland-and-no-automatic-eea-membership-either.html#IDComment1040907253 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/nadhim-zahawi-theresa-may-is-right-now-is-not-the-time-for-another-scottish-referendum.html#IDComment1040855473 The Scots should definitely have their referendum if the devolved parliament votes for it, which I am sure it will. Mrs May has not ruled it out , merely the timing of it. There is no way it can occur whilst Brexit negotiations are on going, or what are the Scots voting on, without the information of what a post Brexit Britain involves? I disagree with the author though, once the negotiations are complete there is enough information on the table to base a decision on. Politics is always fluid and on going so a further wait can not be justified. Any referendum Bill should stipulate that this is the final referendum before a future date,and the cost should be at the expense of Scotland Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:27:06 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2017/03/nadhim-zahawi-theresa-may-is-right-now-is-not-the-time-for-another-scottish-referendum.html#IDComment1040855473 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/coming-soon-at-least-seven-brexit-bills-perhaps-as-many-as-15-leaving-the-eu-will-define-mays-government-a-fate-she-might-as-well-embrace.html#IDComment1040845312 Yes Brexit poses many questions and probably as suggested Bills to get through Parliament. The big advantage is that much needless legislation that governments seem to put in place to justify there being can be dropped. It will not be before time that our elected parliament has to govern for Britain instead of being subservient to the EU. I do wonder though if this article is the start of a suggestion we need an early General Election to give the government the mandate of the British people Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:39:47 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/coming-soon-at-least-seven-brexit-bills-perhaps-as-many-as-15-leaving-the-eu-will-define-mays-government-a-fate-she-might-as-well-embrace.html#IDComment1040845312 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/the-eu-referendums-winners-and-losers-are-still-struggling-to-adapt-to-their-role-reversal.html#IDComment1040818767 I am right behind Mrs May. I believe she is doing an excellent job. I am total Brexit.There is no need for such vile comments as "Momentum" :) Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:59:18 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/the-eu-referendums-winners-and-losers-are-still-struggling-to-adapt-to-their-role-reversal.html#IDComment1040818767 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/the-eu-referendums-winners-and-losers-are-still-struggling-to-adapt-to-their-role-reversal.html#IDComment1040800122 I'm getting on and voted Conservative all my life until about eight years ago. Staunchly right wing anti EU and then the Conservative Party in their wisdom elected a Liberal, a Blair clone in Cameron. He clearly loved the coalition and being in bed with the Liberals. He was everything I detested in the leader of a party I loved. Gay marriage was the final straw and for the first time in my life I joined a Party. UKIP. A party which espoused views that I believed in. Infact it espoused views that were true Conservative views and was led by a charismatic leader who spoke the truth and answered direct questions without evasion. It was also the ONLY party speaking out against Britain being a member of the EU. I had not drifted away from the Conservative Party ,it had drifted away from me. After the referendum, I do not believe Cameron could accept what he had done. That is why he dishonoured his word and did not invoke Article 50 immediately but chose to resign. Mrs May was clearly the best choice of leader for the Party and though I support all she has done and is doing, I will not return to the Conservative Party. I do not trust many still within the Party, who clearly still hope to thwart a proper Brexit. They need to be contested and stopped. Sun, 19 Mar 2017 10:34:56 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/the-eu-referendums-winners-and-losers-are-still-struggling-to-adapt-to-their-role-reversal.html#IDComment1040800122 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/tim-bale-the-conservatives-who-threatened-to-vote-ukip-all-mouth-and-no-trousers.html#IDComment1040798872 Leaving it to a Remain Conservative party Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:58:11 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/tim-bale-the-conservatives-who-threatened-to-vote-ukip-all-mouth-and-no-trousers.html#IDComment1040798872 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/richard-ali-environmental-payments-a-safety-net-and-a-sovereign-fund-how-to-build-a-post-brexit-future-for-farming.html#IDComment1040797495 Is the steel industry currently funded by the EU from British payments? Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:23:44 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/richard-ali-environmental-payments-a-safety-net-and-a-sovereign-fund-how-to-build-a-post-brexit-future-for-farming.html#IDComment1040797495 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/tim-bale-the-conservatives-who-threatened-to-vote-ukip-all-mouth-and-no-trousers.html#IDComment1040797413 This article completely misses the point. In 2013 much of the electorate wanted a referendum on the EU. Only Farage and UKIP we offering that option. Many UKIP members were ex Tories for that very reason, and it was a growing strengthening party as proven by the EU elections. Cameron clearly panicked so offered the one thing that could stall the UKIP rise and that was a manifesto pledge to offer a referendum. He also took the line that only a vote for the Tories could secure that referendum. I believe he thought that would burst the bubble and he would save seats that would go but not give him outright victory. That scenario would mean another coalition and he could blame the Liberals for denying him his need to give the referendum. It completely backfired when the electorate agreed, voted Conservative and gave him the overall victory When I canvassed for Leave many Conservative voters were still saying, if we lose this referendum we will vote UKIP at the next opportunity. The Leadership of Mrs May is clearly aware of this Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:21:43 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/tim-bale-the-conservatives-who-threatened-to-vote-ukip-all-mouth-and-no-trousers.html#IDComment1040797413 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/students-shouldnt-be-counted-in-the-immigration-figures-but-well-have-to-wait-for-that-to-change.html#IDComment1040747385 Of course students should be included within immigration figures. All immigrants should be counted otherwise how do we know who and how many newcomers come to Britain each year.Not only do all immigrants need counting in, they need counting out. Brexit was not about stopping immigration ,it was about controlling the numbers and knowing those numbers. Students clearly add to the education budget, but what if they drop out and disappear into the wilderness. We need to know they are here and be able to ensure they leave the UK. No different to short term workers like fruit pickers and farm workers.They need counting in and counting out. Sat, 18 Mar 2017 08:03:38 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/03/students-shouldnt-be-counted-in-the-immigration-figures-but-well-have-to-wait-for-that-to-change.html#IDComment1040747385 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/richard-ali-environmental-payments-a-safety-net-and-a-sovereign-fund-how-to-build-a-post-brexit-future-for-farming.html#IDComment1040747109 There should be funds available for farming at leat equal to that that currently comes from the EU. After all we already pay that money into the EU and CAP not including the nett funding. What needs to happen is less bureaucracy freeing up even more. I am sure our farmers and environment can be funded even better once we have our own control Sat, 18 Mar 2017 07:54:44 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2017/03/richard-ali-environmental-payments-a-safety-net-and-a-sovereign-fund-how-to-build-a-post-brexit-future-for-farming.html#IDComment1040747109