[Info-vax] The changing world

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <jijsrmFhh10U1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
<bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes: 

> >> There were a referendum. People voted. The politicians followed
> >> the majority's opinion.
> > 
> > See above.  Why was it declared to be non-binding.
> > 
> > Another things which I think is stupid: if there is a referendum, it
> > must fulfill several criteria, one of which is that it be binding.  But
> > the Brexit referendum was explicitly declared to be non-binding.
> > 
> >> If the politicians had ignored the result or ordered a new referendum
> >> hoping or a better result I could see a democratic problem.
> > 
> > No problem if a BINDING referendum was ordered.
> > 
> 
> If I had to interpret this I would say that it was made non-binding
> because the pro-BREXIT  people did not expect it to pass and did not
> want their hands tied.  It went the other way and the rest, as they
> say, is history.

Probably.