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Originally Posted by ianch99
You are still wrong I am afraid. The definition of a democratic mandate is not the absolute number that voted but rather the percentage of the available electorate that voted for the motion. The UK has a larger population than in 1975 so the electorate is larger in numeric terms.
By your simplistic definition, the USA is "more" democratic than us because more people voted a particular way in the election.
Your approach to this issue, like others, mirrors the Leave campaign and all that led up to it. Take a fact and re-spin it into an alternative "fact" and then shout it from the rooftops, endlessly, as the "truth" until enough people start thinking it really is the truth.
Again, incorrect. In 1975, we were told about the increased political union:
UK Voters knew the 1975 Referendum was about both an ‘economic & political union’ with the rest of Europe
On what grounds? |
I have a horrible feeling that the peace being part of the EU has brought over the last 40 years is part of the problem.
People seem to be itching for a fight, becoming increasingly angry over the slightest thing. Racism is growing, whilst methods of reducing it are missing the point. Silencing critique of ideas with spurious labels, rather than facing them and admitting problems. Society becoming more polarised is not helping.