XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.d-i-y, uk.radio.amateur
From: incubus9536612@gmail.com
On 2019-10-14, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article ,
> Incubus wrote:
>> On 2019-10-14, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>> > In article ,
>> > Incubus wrote:
>> >> On 2019-10-13, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> >> > Groundhog day again then. We have been heare before. Do we really nee
>> >> > three years of stupidity? I mean, it was the falwed referendum and
>> >> > all the lies of the campaigners that got us into this mess in the
>> >> > first place.
>> >
>> >> The only "flaw" with the referendum is that it returned the result you
>> >> didn't want. You wouldn't be whining about "flaws" and "lies" if the
>> >> result had been to remain in the EU. You'd have no time for any
>> >> arguments in favour of a second referendum or ignoring the result then.
>> >
>> > Would a vote to remain have stopped Farage and the anti-EU press
>> > constantly calling for another referendum, then? We know the answer as
>> > regards Farage, since he said it on live TV.
>
>> He said it wouldn't be the end of the matter. He didn't say he and all
>> his supporters would have tantrums and do their level best to interfere
>> with the democratic process. Personally, I would have accepted the
>> result until further information or material change came to light that
>> justified the issue being reopened.
>
> Have you a short memory? After the referendum, we had a general election.
> With May asking the country for a decent majority to carry out Brexit. And
> she ended up with no real working majority. And UKIP decimated.
>
> Why do you think that was, if 'the will of the people' was a nice clean
> quick Brexit?
You're an idiot if you think the General Election was only about leaving the
EU. You're an even worse idiot if you think that a growing distrust for a
PM
who ran with an absolutely terrible manifesto and succeeded in making
herself
look worse as time went on can be framed in terms of "will of the people".
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