re: [Update] The UK votes to leave the EU
Referendums are not a problem if both sides in them act and conduct themselves intelligently and provide solid information on all the options. What we have had is akin to a schoolyard fight with childish remarks and stunts from both sides that have shown more about the lack of any real political professionalism then the issue being voted on. Most of it is deliberate in my opinion both sides know most of what they have is hyperbole and no real substance to back any of the claims, people citing the BoE, IMF and CBI and other institutions don't have the solid footing they should from those institutions due to the monumental screwups they have all made with previous recent predictions.
Neither side has given any real substance out for undecided people to help them make an informed choice and on the remain side it's deliberate as typically people who can't find sufficient information to form a personal opinion vote for the status quo. Leave really should have had this in the bag by now but the calibre of representative has probably put more people off then it has helped choose leave. As for David Cameron his position whatever the vote to me is untenable his behaviour given his position has been appealing bordering on desperate and has damaged this country internationally.
If we the British public take nothing else from this debacle i hope the low standards of politicians has becoming glaringly obvious and we start expecting and demanding more in our representatives because in or out if this is the politically best this country has we are in serious trouble.
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