Britain's own Trump

[GMDino]

(07-26-2019, 04:26 PM)GMDino Wrote: It was non-binding?  I was told it was presented as the final word and there would be no going back.

Sidenote:  Do this board NOT have a member from the UK on it?  Just thinking I've never heard from one on this subject one way or the other.

(07-26-2019, 04:28 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Who the hell told you that?

(07-26-2019, 02:04 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: 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you don't like is to ensure the will of the voters isn't carried out long enough for you to say the original result is no longer valid?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.



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.

I bet I'm in trouble now because it says "a final word" and not "the final word".  

Nonetheless if it was NOT "the final word" then they should have options to get out from under it moving forward, IMHO.