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Re: Outrage as neo-Nazi elected town council leader in Germany
Riiight....and you believe that there should be as many elections as necessary until "enough people think the same" and Remain. I got it.
A referendum was brought to the people. Bypassing Parliament and all their do what they want not what the people they represent want.
It is beyond condescending to claim that the people didn't know what they wanted when they voted. Were all the intricacies spelled out? No, but that's why the government is there, to work that out for them.
Don't need parliament, you have the people. That's how it was agreed to be decided, that's how it went. If it would have went the other way you and the rest would be saying "THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!!!! REMAIN!!!!" 3 cheers, down a yard or two, pat each other on the backs, and then went home for a plate of pudding and spotted dick. You know it, I know it. Cut through it.
The problem is that such an important decision made simply on one day doesn't mean everyone still supports this decision. Three years and more have passed, do you believe everyone thinks the same?
We know when it comes to General Elections that people vote DIFFERENTLY a few years later. Take 2015 and 2017 as an example. Two years in between and a different result.
In order to make such a decision in the US you need 2/3rd of one house, 2/3rds of the other house and 2/3rds of the states.
In the UK you have only half of the countries voting to leave, you have nowhere near 2/3rd of Parliament, you have a very, very small majority of the voters.
Riiight....and you believe that there should be as many elections as necessary until "enough people think the same" and Remain. I got it.
A referendum was brought to the people. Bypassing Parliament and all their do what they want not what the people they represent want.
It is beyond condescending to claim that the people didn't know what they wanted when they voted. Were all the intricacies spelled out? No, but that's why the government is there, to work that out for them.
Don't need parliament, you have the people. That's how it was agreed to be decided, that's how it went. If it would have went the other way you and the rest would be saying "THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!!!! REMAIN!!!!" 3 cheers, down a yard or two, pat each other on the backs, and then went home for a plate of pudding and spotted dick. You know it, I know it. Cut through it.