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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷3/01/2018 5:35:13 am PST

re: #73 freetoken

Former minister John Major came out saying there should be another vote, and Brexiteers are labeling him a traitor.

Well, there is a case to be made (and the UK Parliament made it when they were petitioned for a re-vote) that a democracy doesn’t work by continuing to hold election after election until you get the result you like.

My understanding of the Brexit vote was that it was more of an opinion poll. The Conservative Party, after getting the results, could have ignored the results or explained “We can’t leave the EU for reasons a, b, and c.”

That however would have taken the courage to face their constituents to explain why it’s a bad idea. As we’ve seen in the USA with conservatives, when faced with admitting a bad idea was a poor position to take, they avoid their constituents instead.

So rather than admit holding the referendum was wrong, or admitting the results would be bad, they’d rather destroy their economy to maintain their grip on power.