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Old 08-02-2020, 20:48   #2332
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Re: [Updated] The UK’s future relationship with the EU

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
You have over-analysed the meaning of democracy. The GE proved that people having heard 3+ years of explanation, settled for Brexit.

Filtered through the first past the post constituency system the majority of electorate voted for parties that supported a confirmatory referendum, but still ended up with the minority who still support Brexit, getting their way.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
It never ceases to amuse me how remainers cite polls post-referendum as proof things have changed, when the Leave campaign effectively shut up shop and stopped making the case for Leave in 2016 (and focused instead on lobbying to ensure the results were honoured), while the Remain campaign (or, at least, most of its senior members) continued promulgation of their warnings of dire doom and gloom, imminent catastrophe, failure to get a deal, etc etc etc. The chaos they and their placemen in the Commons (until 2019) concocted quite naturally worried a lot of people. They now brazenly use the fear they have created as evidence they are right. It’s nonsense on stilts.
Quoting post-referendum polls was a demonstration that democracy is a dynamic thing, and didn't end on 23rd June 2016.

53% of the population don't want what 47% have gained for us.
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