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Old 02-12-2018, 19:43   #4148
jfman
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Re: Brexit

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Originally Posted by Pierre View Post
But you offer no argument that the mechanics of the point are invalid.
Your point is totally invalid. Everyone elects a party on their manifesto (generally, there will be some hardworking local MPs, and local issues). Sometimes parties fail to deliver. The public get to revisit that in (a maximum of) five years, and indeed can elect a party willing to undo any changes made in the previous five years has the right to put it in a manifesto.

You are proposing that democracy be revoked for certain issues, which is ironic really, for a democrat.

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