Sheep magazine Archive 2: issues 10-17

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From acres of newsprint here is a balanced
argument to stay...
The daily scare tactics
beggar belief –
they’re not working
Delia Smith in The Guardian
Friday 27 May 2016
One of the best expressions of sheer
frustration that’s stuck with me over the
years came from the comedian Tony
Hancock, who in moments of extreme
disquiet repeated the words oh dear, oh
dear, oh dear. Now the mere mention of the
dreaded referendum and those words are
what spring to mind. Oh dear indeed.
The Guardian view on the Leave campaign:
show some respect for truth
First, why is the entire nation being put
under this unnecessary pressure? We
already get to vote for a democratic system,
where all the big decisions are meant to be
made on our behalf. Instead, faced with this
very grave decision which has such serious
implications, we find ourselves pawns in a
game of dubious political manoeuvring.
The prime minister, seeking to outwit the
troublemakers on the right of his party, has
instead managed to add massive fuel to
their fire. And, in doing so, he has simply
cleared the way for one of their own to seize
the moment. So a leave vote could give you
the prospect of a brand new prime minister
and a remain vote gives you the same old,
same old, and off we go, back to square
one.
Meanwhile we, the long-suffering British
voters, are subjected to what Jon Snow
on Channel 4 News rightly described as
a “positively poisonous” campaign. The
much-maligned European Union, which in
essence is a group of democratic countries
attempting to work alongside each other,
has now become a fierce battleground
in the direct line of fire of some vicious
rhetoric. The most abhorrent and offensive
of all was the EU being compared to,
of all things, Hitler and nazism. Hang
on a minute, isn’t there a crossed wire
here somewhere? Was it not within that
horrendous regime that the very idea of
egotistical, xenophobic and isolationist
sovereignty was originally conceived?
The now daily dose of scare tactics simply
beggars belief, and do you know what? It
so isn’t working. Because at this stage, I’m
sure you agree, we voters are just reduced
to having a laugh. What else can you do
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