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Meh, they want to actually plan it properly for the best future for all the countries in the Union, rather than just rushing some crap onto the statute books. As long as they do it and it's fair for all involved, that's worth the wait.Originally posted by Oncle Boris View PostComment
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Nothing's gonna happen.In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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Except it is, because they've already all very publicly agreed to it, and not acting would just mean there'd end up being another referendum in about 5 years. Please stop being ridiculous, the UK is a democracy.Originally posted by Oncle Boris View PostComment
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I wish this were true. If it were, it'd be much cheaper to order products from UK based sellers.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostI make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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Considering UK's history of non-devolution?Originally posted by Oncle Boris View PostDISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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or its history of not kicking constitutional reform into the long grass.Originally posted by Colon™ View Post
oh, hang on..."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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But doesn´t a referendum need the approval of the prime minister or at least a parliamentary majority to be allowed?Originally posted by kentonio View Post
I somehow doubt that the Prime minister would give his O.K. again for a referendum (at least not in the next decades) ... and I guess hat also the parliament would be rather not supportive of a referendum, considering how close scotland came to segregating last time
(or with other words ... scotland had its chance and didn´t use it, now it is property of the UK forever )
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Well the decision to hold a referendum (or premature elections for that matter) depends on the amount of political pressure the estabishment feels it's getting.
So probably not in 5 years but in the course of time, if there is enough pressure (i.e. more of scotland becomes like the rundown parts of Glascow) there could be a referendum again.
Usually though referendums are being decided by the establishment in the most opportune time that combines two factors I think. First, when the pressure is ready to bust open the cooking pot AND when the chances of a referendum having the result the establishment wants are higher.
Watch as the UK gets various variable geometry clauses from the EU when that referendum takes place (the same as Scotland got, but won't get it, probably :shrugs: )Comment
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Which is something else than "never", right?Originally posted by C0ckney View PostDISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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1. As someone who is currently on Medicaid (hopefully not much longer, start a new job with possible long-term prospects tomorrow), I have to say, it's much better than nothing, but it ain't the greatest. For example, in several weeks I'll be paying eighty bucks to have a dentist look at my teeth, because my insurance covers nothing but extractions. Everything else dental is out-of-pocket.Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
2. The way we deal with healthcare in general is tiresome and stupid. I've never heard a clear explanation exactly of why everything sucks here--generally they just say "administrative costs," whatever that means--but it costs too damn much, and a large percentage of my healthcare decisions are not "which option is better for my health?" but "which option will the insanely draconian bureaucracy allow?" Which doctors are covered under my plan? Which treatments are covered? It's all in the fine print somewhere, but often you get bounced between three different offices who give you three different answers. And sometimes office C will just refer you back to office A.Comment
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Dental should be paid out of pocket, Elok. It's not risk and shouldn't be covered by insurance. The only reason it ever is is because of the tax exemption.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Also, the reason you face so much bureaucracy is twofold:
1. Government rules on what can and can't be covered
2. The fact that healthcare insurance choices are not made by the consumer.
Healthcare insurance is highly competitive. But the customers are not actually the patients. The customers are the employers. Employees don't directly choose their healthcare. If this changed, I guarantee health insurance companies would be more responsive overnight.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Well there is dental stuff that is conceivably insurable like if you get your teeth knocked out in a sports accident.Comment
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