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Originally Posted by Damien
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.
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.
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Of course it is, but the dissent adds to the impression of uncertainty in a situation like this. It's the same during times of national crisis - sometimes party politics has to be put to one side for the greater good and I can't see how continuing in this ridiculous manner is serving anyone any good. This problem can become self fulfilling if we allow it to.