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Originally Posted by stampsx2
I realize cp is a leftist forum. Nothing new there.
However:
People who voted to leave the eu: 17,410,742
People who voted to stay in the eu: 16,141,241
This is the part where the left comes in and questions the results, the validity of the vote etc. Democracy be dam$&@.
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So the politicians who were responsible for actually going through with the plan realized that if they did so it would destroy the UK economy, potentially lead to the collapse of the union itself and result in the return to the English economy of the 1960s/70s (do some reading, it wasn't good).
Going back to the public and saying - this is the full extent of what would happen is necessary to avoid ruin.