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Most democracies have a mandate of 60-70% for significant constitutional change, specifically to allow for the occasional bout of hysteria from the electorate. The U.K. doesn't do referenda very often, so fucks it up.
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Most democracies have a mandate of 60-70% for significant constitutional change, specifically to allow for the occasional bout of hysteria from the electorate.
I was recently surprised to find out this is true. Probably a good idea :-/
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The failure of Parliament, let alone the government, in performing a decent job in debating and legislating the Referendum Act borders on incompetence.
miro_o
NotThamesWater
50%+1
It's called democracy, lots of us lost, lots didn't bother voting.