I think some of those votes were sold as advisory -- this was sold as binding, in that it would "bind" the PM to take action
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@mtracey Overturning a referendum dangerous. But Parliament is not "rebuked elite" in any democracy. It's a means of governing -
The referendum was presented as an opportunity for the people to determine how they are governed without elite mediation.
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A vote in parliament would lead to an even greater revolt. Slow but steady bureaucratic stymieing would be wiser.
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This should have never been a referendum in the first place. Leave voters will soon realise they've just made their own lives worse
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Too late now. All sides understood what was at stake
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@mtracey 1. As well, the invocation of "elites" "elites" by some on Left awfully close to an unthinking dog whistleThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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maybe if EUC beauracrats were elected to begin with the referendum wouldn't have ever happened
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2. Possible to hold two thoughts. Britain is dangerously riven by class & Wealthy blind. And Brexit troubling nativist tinged
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I see it as tightening economic control thru beauracracy & fear mongering used as wedge/distraction
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#NeverBrexiters are the transatlantic cousins of the#NeverTrumpers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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wait, let's hear what the supearldelegates have to say
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