Huh. Prominent Leaver complains that the vote is giving rise to events she couldn’t have foreseen. How about that.https://twitter.com/juliahb1/status/958005759371042816 …
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The democratic validity of the vote is a contentious but irrelevant point. It's the incontrovertible fact that what you were persuaded to vote for was a scam. Not possible without destroying the country and many real lives in the process. You've been well and truly exploited.
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But there wasn't a deadline on the ballot paper? Literally no-one voted for any deadline. The Govt are delivering on the vote. What you mean is not as fast as you'd like. So lobby your MP, vote for a different government. That too is democracy,
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When did you vote to leave? Why is your arbitrary date that wasn't on the ballot paper any more important than Steve Barnes of Uckfield's arbitrary date that wasn't on the ballot paper?
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It is a constant source of surprise how many people were given a ballot paper, walked into a voting booth and then made up their own questions.
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you are really not understanding this are you?
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Was there a time frame on the ballot?
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Uh, ignoring the "just leave, they'll come crawling back" nonsense, how long did you think it would take to disassemble and rebuild decades worth of intergovernmental agreements and institutions? 4.5 years still seems fairly rushed to me, but a lot more feasible than 2!
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a Government delivering on an entirely non-legally binding advisory referendum with no date specified in the question. It does beg the question...what exactly did you think you were voting for??
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What does legally binding mean? The whole legal system relies on legitimate elected representatives voting on laws. EU power is held in unelected Commission and Council. Thats whats wrong. As for referendum. Our parliament approved it. People were told it would be implemented
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MPs had a debate and voted that the referendum would be advisory only. This was repeatedly made very clear to anyone paying attention. Any promises made about that result were as legally binding as all manifesto promises, ie. Not at all
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What tosh. Nobody knew it was supposedly advisory until the establishment lost the vote
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That, is a lie. I knew. Almost everyone I know knew. LOADS of people were publically stating this, and some of them were also saying that even though it wasn’t legally binding they would stand by the result. You clearly heard what you wanted to hear.
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Fact is if government ignore result there will be riots
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that sounds like a threat... Knowing a lot more now than anyone did 18 months ago, especially latest government reports showing that NO scenario that involves us leaving will make us better off, do you still want to leave?
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I do. This is hysterical nonsense. Highly respected Economists including
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It was an advisory referendum - explicitly so, in the bill that allowed it to take place. Everything that the government has done since to implement the result, attempting at every stage to sideline Parliament, has been anything but democratic.
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We could vote to reverse the tide, but we wouldn't be able to do it.
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To be fair a chimpanzee with a significant brain injury could have foreseen the current situation
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