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Originally Posted by Dave42
the people voted for a vast majority remain parliament after the referendum though
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I don't think the last election tells us anything to do with Brexit. Voters had moved on from the issue and most of the campaign was about domestic politics.
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Originally Posted by jfman
And you can vote them out if you change your mind/they don’t live up to expectations.
I love the fact we continually have general elections than get stuck with a mistake based on one vote on one specific day.
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The problem with this is referendums are designed to settle longer-term issues that require fundamental changes. It's not so easy to keep flipping back and forth on if we're in the EU or if Scotland is independent.
I think there needs to be a real change in circumstances and real public support to hold another referendum. I don't really support one on the EU.
That said I think Brexit shows why the last one was a problem. The country is split, 52-48, on a huge change which ideally would require a lot of public support and tenacity to push though. The Government is struggling in part because of that spilt but also IMO because they know they'll be held responsible for any problems after the vote. The public is rarely willing to accept their responsibility problems that happen.