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Originally Posted by Osem
Yes and there'll always be clear examples on both sides of every argument. We're still left, however, with a vast array of sources whose motives and conclusions we can't be certain of one way or the other.
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We can still strive for impartial information and there are things in this world which are empirically true. Something like Brexit is too broad a question for there to be an expert to tell us categorically if it's the right or wrong decision but there are aspects to Brexit in which information helps that decision and that's where experts come in useful. Experts can also make informed predictions about the future too even if that is less precise.
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What's true, I feel, is that the Remain side have a whole lot more to gain by delaying/complicating this process and exploiting/creating uncertainties which may suit their argument and political standing even in the short term but won't help us to secure the best possible deal from the impending negotiations. They may not like the result but we have to get on with this now and endlessly bickering about who was more misleading than whom in the run up to the referendum is a dangerous game to play. If the House of Commons had immediately got fully behind the decision and decided to work together for the common god, would Sterling have fallen so far? I doubt it very much.
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Dissent and opposition is just part of democratic politics. I don't think it can be avoided especially when the country itself, who Parliament represent, are so divided on the question. The country can't get behind the government on this when we can't agree on what we want or know what they're going for. Certainly May has not been given, in my opinion, a mandate to go for whatever version of Brexit she feels is best.
Would it help if we were all united? Probably. However I think a clear idea of what we're after and what might happen would help a lot more. It's the uncertainty and not the dissent that it causing sterling to drop IMO.