Tim Martin | Cambridge Union
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2022
- 11th May, 6pm | The Chamber
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Tim Martin
Tim Martin was born on 28th April 1955 and attended 11 schools, including Westlake in Auckland, New Zealand and Campbell College in Belfast, before transferring to Nottingham University and graduating in 1977. Tim is a qualified barrister after attending the Inns of Court School of Law in 1978/9. He founded his first Wetherspoon pub in Muswell Hill, London aged 24. Wetherspoon floated on the London Stock Market with 44 pubs in 1992. Today, there are 849 Wetherspoon pubs across the country with 57 of them
being hotels. Tim is married to Felicity and has 4 children.
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Love Tim. His ethos and attitude. I cannot tell you the countless times I’ve seen some lonely souls be in good company for hours on end with the best reasonably priced ale/lager or free top up coffees/teas.
Long May the Wetherspoons ethos continue.
You've got to give him credit for actually restoring buildings and helping support local brewers of cask ale. He could have just created a bog standard franchise system.
A gentleman at heart. Free shares, brilliant standards and the occasional strong dark beer. Long live spoons and good leadership
Fair point re. music and football in pubs.
The Uk had so many extra deals to their membership that I am glad they have left on that account! and what did this man just say there 1. the EU has an unelected president 2. its got MEP´s who cannot initiate legislation and 3. its got a court which is not subject to democratic control. IS THIS TRUE THOUGH!?????
1. The President of the European Council is elected by the European Council by a qualified majority. The EU council consists of the democratically elected head of state of each membership state!!!
He is elected for a 2.5 year term, which is renewable once. In accordance with established practice, the rotating presidency is in charge of the coordination of the election process. During the European Council, which discusses the election of the President, it is the Head of State or Government representing the presidency that chairs this part of the meeting.
The President may not hold a national office at the same time.
2. the directly democratically elected parliament has 3 roles: It debates legislation. It can pass or reject laws, and it can also make amendments (but not in all cases). Laws must also be passed by the Council of the EU in order to become law.
Apportionment of seats with a relative influence of voters from different EU member based on population should not give any member state country e.g. Germany an unfair advantage in parliament seats. Hence the Council needs to agree on new laws as well in the name of democracy
3. The Court of Justice consists of 27 Judges who are assisted by 11 Advocates-General. The Judges and Advocates-General are appointed by common accord of the governments of the member states[7] and hold office for a renewable term of six years. The treaties require that they are chosen from legal experts whose independence is "beyond doubt" and who possess the qualifications required for appointment to the highest judicial offices in their respective countries or who are of recognised competence.[7] In practice, each member state nominates a judge whose nomination is then ratified by all other member states.[8]
Hence I cannot find any truth in any of the statements - but it is catching admittedly and not only did this man express his opinion as he should in the name of freedom of speech he also campaigned on it through his pubs. So I would like to express my opinion here and hope that he and his pubs will fail big time!
And what is the so precious democracy in the UK really - there is not even a written constitution. The UK has an unelected head of state and a house of lords which can delay or stop legislation and still today has hereditary members and members who just buy their membership or are appointed by PMs????? Hail to the upper class and on top of everything the new soon to be "English" PM has little regard to other union members like e.g. Scotland - as they are "only attention seekers" OMG
ps.and as to the cousins in America 🙂
LARGEST ANCESTRY GROUPS IN US
German
Black/African American
Irish
Mexican
English
American
Italian
Polish
French (ex. Basque)
Scottish
Scotch-Irish
Dutch
Puerto Rican
Norwegian
Swedish
Chinese (ex. Taiwanese)
Filipino
Asian Indian
Russian
French Canadian
Welsh
Bottom line - we have got so much more in common than divides us - why does anyone have to be superior
Bring back the Sunday Roast and luxury chicken tikka masala on Thursdays!
Is this The Beauty and The Beast?
Why is it that Cambridge never seem to be able to get the Audio right on these vids. Tim Martin-audio is fine. "Oliver" quite clearly has a lapel mic on that isn't working. Some vids, Ive stopped watching the Audio isnt "working". Cambridge even made "Brian Blessed" quiet for the 1st time ever. This has been going on yrs. Oxford.. Far better production.
What is wrong with the guys head? Was he sired by a bulldog?
Tim Martin...wonderful! Long live spoons is right!!
Ironically, the people that have probably been most adversely effected by Brexit are the core Spoons customers and I’m fairly sure they would have all taken TM’s lead and voted Brexit. TM’s democracy leave arguments don’t impact Spoons customers lives, but the rising cost of living does.
Only Remoaners are whining about imagined problems...it's funny
@@cyberhermit1222 Interesting that you believe the cost of living crisis to be only imaginary. Let’s hope you can still afford your Fish Fridays.
Like a typical Wetherspoon's Customer. Hold onto your jacket for dear life so one of the regulars doesn't "nick" it :-)
I feel sorry for the village that is missing a resident.
He should have been shipout of the UK as part of the Brexit deal.
Mr. Martin, the brilliant mind who doesn't participate in the EU democratic system (which clearly exists and works as illustrated by his own UKIP illustration), complains about the fact that the 'chairmen', called presidents, of the EU are appointed by elected representatives, rather then directly elected. Mr Martin therefore does not understand anything, not even his own logic, when it comes to EU democratic systems. Tell us Mr. Martin: do the people of the UK vote for a PM or does he or she get appointed by the elected representatives? The man simply doesn't get it. Same goes for his EU currency logic. It's all quite frustrating.
Franky
One thing that most remainers and leavers agreed upon before and during the 2016 referendum was that there was a “democratic deficit” in the EU system. Broadly speaking , remainers thought the solution was “reform from within the EU”, whereas leavers thought things wouldn’t change, so best leave. The EU is a presidential system, which, unlike the US, for example, does not allow a vote by universal suffrage to appoint the president. Also MEPs cannot initiate legislation, a significant democratic failing. And the top EU court , the ECJ, is not subject to democratic or parliamentary control. The UK system is somewhat different but there are regular elections when voters choose between a number of parties , each of which has a leader. All UK prime ministers, even if there is a change between elections, have been elected by their constituents during a General Election - in contrast, the public never got to vote for Ursula Von der Leyen.
@@John-zg1fe Thank you for your reply. First of all let me illustrate that the EU is an organisation, not a nation. It is a group of individual, sovereign nations. The chairmen of this organisation are therefore no "heads of state" like a US or French president. The three presidents are each chairmen of their institution, each with their responsibilities. They should therefore be compared to other chairmen of organisations like Stoltenberg (Nato), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (WTO), or someone like Guterres (UN). Their political appointment differs somewhat depending on the institution: the council, the parliament, the comission. I suggest you read up on the matter if you're interested. You'll find that, through a system of democratic representation, presidents do get 'elected', just not directly but through representation. In any case: your previous assumption is incorrect on a few levels.
I understand your confusion since you don't seem to understand how democracy works on a national level in the UK either. The PM does NEVER get elected by constituents in a general election. here's a quote from the uk parliament's website: Can I vote for a new Prime Minister?
You can only vote to elect your local MP in a general election. You cannot vote for a new Prime Minister. If you live in the constituency represented by the current Prime Minister you are still only voting for them as your local MP in the next Parliament. This is the same if you live in the constituency of the leader of another political party. You will only be voting for them as your local MP.
(here's some easy reading which explains how it works: www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/. MP's (members of parliament) do get elected but even they can only become MP's when their candidacy is approved by the party's nominating officer.
On the legislative matter there's just an extra step: the comission. MEP, working with the comission, can most certainly introduce a proposal for a ‘legislative text’. The legislative procedure is however more complex. Again, if you're interested you can read all about it here:www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en/powers-and-procedures/legislative-powers.
Hope this helps. I'm happy to respond to any remarks.
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Franky
There’s no point in splitting hairs. You say that “EU presidents do get “elected”, just not directly”. That is indeed my point. Direct elections by universal suffrage are a crucial element of democracy. As I said above, which is incontrovertibly true, “all UK Prime Ministers have been elected by their constituents”, unlike Ursula, who has not been subject to this democratic process. As I also said , which you tacitly acknowledge, MEPs cannot initiate legislation. Legislation is initiated by unelected commissioners. MEPs can ask commissioners, of course, but that’s evidently not the same thing. Whether or not you describe the EU as a state, it makes laws, has a currency, is dedicated to an ever closer union and plans to have an army. If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck ……
@@John-zg1fe clearly you haven't read or understood the provided information on the subject.
@@John-zg1fe It's true that MEPs can't initiate legislation without the EC's approval. Similarly, UKMPs can't initiate without the Government's approval (unless they pursue a private member's bill, which is exceedingly difficult), and US Congresspeople can't initiate without the approval of the House Speaker or the Senate Majority Leader. Also, a good judiciary is not subject to democratic or parliamentary control: it's independent, accountable only to the law.
guy at 40 mins blaming tim martin for government policy
It did make me chuckle. Instead of being pissed off with the pointless lockdowns, he's pissed off at pubs who didn't bend over.