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If you look at the policy areas covered by QMV via the Lisbon Treaty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union
You can see social security comes under that, (loud exhale of breath) I was then merely using the example I stated as a purely hypothetical example of the UK wanting to move further left but a more right wing eu preventing that.
The crux of it being would remainers still vote remain if the UK gov moved generally left under a socialist government but at the same time the EU had moved generally right then prevents it from doing so on key policies because the UK would have to operate within the bounds of EU legislation and would have no veto on all the areas covered by QMV.
If people want precise manifestos and policies on each side then they're being rather obtuse and missing the point
I've only had one so far with the stones to answer and I can at least respect his commitment to his views.

<blockquote data-quote="pawras" data-source="post: 2595887" data-attributes="member: 66520">If you look at the policy areas covered by QMV via the Lisbon Treaty.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union</a>You can see social security comes under that, (loud exhale of breath) I was then merely using the example I stated as a purely hypothetical example of the UK wanting to move further left but a more right wing eu preventing that. The crux of it being would remainers still vote remain if the UK gov moved generally left under a socialist government but at the same time the EU had moved generally right then prevents it from doing so on key policies because the UK would have to operate within the bounds of EU legislation and would have no veto on all the areas covered by QMV.If people want precise manifestos and policies on each side then they&#039;re being rather obtuse and missing the pointI&#039;ve only had one so far with the stones to answer and I can at least respect his commitment to his views.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawras, post: 2595887, member: 66520"] If you look at the policy areas covered by QMV via the Lisbon Treaty. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union[/url] You can see social security comes under that, (loud exhale of breath) I was then merely using the example I stated as a purely hypothetical example of the UK wanting to move further left but a more right wing eu preventing that. The crux of it being would remainers still vote remain if the UK gov moved generally left under a socialist government but at the same time the EU had moved generally right then prevents it from doing so on key policies because the UK would have to operate within the bounds of EU legislation and would have no veto on all the areas covered by QMV. If people want precise manifestos and policies on each side then they're being rather obtuse and missing the point I've only had one so far with the stones to answer and I can at least respect his commitment to his views. [/QUOTE]

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