[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jonbxx

Is it fair to presume that at the last general election, like the referendum, people knew exactly what they were voting for? If yes, then the general population must be culpable at least to some extent as the current government is only in place due to the will of the people?

There's a certain irony to what you've written.

I can see where you're coming from and it's a worthwhile point. As I understand you, if the Leavers are saying that their Referendum voters knew what they were voting for the same is true of voters when voting at the General Election.

In this comparison, however, there are different forces.

The Referendum was a binary question.

The election was a different kind of question with different boundaries.

What they both had in common after the event was that the electorate didn't expect the guvmin to screw up so miserably on both fronts.