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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
However, she now has to deliver the will of the people and so she is turning her attention to the opportunities available outside the EU. She wouldn't last five minutes as our PM if she said she was delivering the will of the electorate by concentrating only on the disadvantages of such a move. That would surely show stubborness and inflexibility. If you want that, vote for Corbyn.
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I have got to pick you up on this repeated point that Brexit is the "will of the people". It is the will of 37% of the electorate. That's all that was required to win the referendum.
Consequently, she must take into account the impact of Brexit on the nation as a whole and not just the wishes of the minority that voted to Leave.
It is an irony that a Trades Union requires 40% of a total electorate (not merely votes cast) to trigger a strike whereas a vote to radically change the financial, cultural and political makeup of the whole country could have been decided by Bob in Essex ..