07-26-2019, 02:04 PM
(07-26-2019, 01:13 PM)treee Wrote: A second referendum 3 years later is hardly anti-democratic. What if a lot of people's minds have changed after learning new information?
It most certainly is. So, the answer to a vote going the way you don't like is to ensure the will of the voters isn't carried out long enough for you to say the original result is no longer valid? That seems like the antithesis of democracy to me. It also smacks of the "leave voters will be dead soon and their vote shouldn't count" argument.
Quote:One non-binding resolution that was pretty much evenly split is should not be interpreted as a mandate to completely change the economy. How is anyone supposed to have consistency in their government if you can completely do a 180 every time a wedge issue goes back and forth by one percent?
It wasn't "pretty much evenly split". Leave got well over a million more votes than remain. Brexit was also advanced as a final word on the subject prior to the vote occurring. Not getting the result you want is not sufficient grounds for calling for a new vote. It's the same thing with the EC, we've had it for centuries, but now lets get rid of it because we don't like the result it gave. If the rules don't favor you then change the rules. If Brexit doesn't happen it will be a massive betrayal of the democratic system and yet more proof of Europe sliding away from the principles of western democracy.
