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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam11/17/2018 5:01:43 am PST

re: #67 Curious Lifeform

RE the referendum; legally it’s not binding, but it would be a terrible betrayal of promises to simply ignore it because it didn’t go as expected.

I had gathered that immediately after the results had come in, most of the voters had a “WTF did we just do?” reaction, as if (1) they never expected the leave side to win and (2) they never expected the government would take the vote seriously. At that point, Cameron’s government would have risked being thrown out, but it could have just told everyone, “Thanks, but we were only kidding. This vote does not force us to follow through.” Cameron knew he’d created a shambolic mess, so he cut and run, leaving the Tories no choice but to follow through. Now, there they are, with May’s shambolic answer to the shambolic mess Cameron left her with.

Judging from afar, my advice would have been to ignore the vote, or at least postpone acting on it until everyone had a clearer idea what Brexit would actually mean. Dragging their feet, which politicians normally do when faced with intractable problems, seems like it would have been the best, and perhaps only sane response.