[Info-vax] The changing world

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/4/2022 4:25 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <62c08d1c$0$698$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> On 7/2/2022 6:19 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> :                                        My main criticism of Brexit is
>>> that it was not decided in a proper democratic way in any sense of the
>>> term.
>>
>> 17410742 votes to leave
>> 16141241 votes to remain
>> turnout 72.21%
> 
> Yes, but it was announced as a non-binding referendum and it is clear
> that many would have voted differently if it had been declared as
> binding.

I don't know how clear that is.

It seems pretty weird to me to vote to leave if they wanted
to stay because they assumed that the referendum result would
be ignored.

> Of course, one is not forbidden to implement the result of a
> non-binding referenendum,

I would say that it is expected to implement the result of
such a referendum.

Otherwise there is no point.

>                        but if it is a) non-binding and b) close, as
> in this case, then common sense dictates that there should have been a
> binding referendum after, say, 6 months of debate.

There were a referendum. People voted. The politicians followed
the majority's opinion.

Maybe some people voted crazy, but they made their choice. And now
they have to live with the result.

If the politicians had ignored the result or ordered a new referendum
hoping or a better result I could see a democratic problem.

Arne