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Originally Posted by Damien
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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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.
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Most voters and members of the public have moved on. I'm bored to death of the whole thing yet none of those domestic issues voted for have been addressed because the fanatics on both sides are so intransigent they cannot accept anything other than their particular hard line dogma and hang the consequences, if they really gave a toss about the will of the people or the people's vote it wouldn't have come to two years plus of nothing with a whole load more nothing kicked down the road to not be dealt with later. Never have so manys lives been put on hold because of so few and I hope it's not forgotten