The Sin Bin • Re: Brexit Anyone ? (part 3)
Sal Paradise wrote:
Whether we like it or not there was a democratic vote - lies were spouted on both sides leading up to the vote and the leave campaign provided a marginally more compelling argument.
If the vote is overturned it will have significant impact on the "democratic" process. The idea that because the politicians don't like the outcome means they can circumnavigate/manipulate the result to get their way is a dangerous situation. It makes the UK akin to the despots in Africa who refuse to accept the democratic process.
What happens when the next general election doesn't go the right way do the politicians simply ignore the result?
I take it by your comment thatb you are happy with the proposed deal ?
As a Leave voter, is it what you wanted/expected ?
Also just getting back to the democratic vote.
In a general election, if/when a party doesnt stay fairly close to their manifesto or, is found to have badly misled the electorate, there can be a vote of no confidence or, another general election.
With this situation, there is no going back, certainly not for a couple of generations (at least) and you could argue that throught the democratic process (ie Parliament), the lies and deliberate misleading of the public (remember the #350 million a week), political scrutiny has actually found holes in the srguement.
Therefore, should we trust the elected members to "do the right thing" and vote the deal down or, expect them to "carry out the will of the people" ?
Statistics: Posted by wrencat1873 — Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:10 pm