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Old 08-28-2019, 09:43 AM   #220
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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame View Post
What a complete load of crap.

1. It was an advisory referendum, not a binding vote.
2. The two separate leave campaigns were found to have broken electoral law during the referendum campaign.
3. The leave campaigns were based on and widely promulgated outright lies that are now shown to be demonstrable lies.
4. The UK is a representative parliamentary democracy and this action is undemocratic and the modus operandi of a tinpot dictatorship.
5. None of this is good news.

Edit: 6. Those most affected by this idiotic decision got no say over it because they were disenfranchised frozen m the referendum vote.
What a complete load of crap.

You can spin the results and call the vote whatever you want, having the vote then ignoring the results would lose all faith in the democratic process. We just did something similar with the olympic decision. City hall didn’t have to listen to that vote either but they did.
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