Brexit Bungle

[Dill]

(12-10-2018, 08:27 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I suppose you could keep calling for votes until you get the decision you want. Not sure that's Democracy in action though. 

You still can't get "the decision you want" unless you win the votes. 

I.e., still democracy.

In this case it's quite possible that many/most people voted the first time around with a less clear idea of the consequences, and intending merely to send a message to British politicians. 

Referendums can't go on forever, but there is nothing inherently anti-democratic about a running a second one two or three years later if the public's mood changes--as it certainly could as the break and its consequences become more concretely imagined. Remember, this break was not something could have been implemented in a month. Silly to remain locked into a position which may no longer have majority support.