**** Elections thread *****

[OngBonga]

The way I view the referendum, it was not a final answer on Brexit. It was a mandate to begin negotiating Brexit. And if the populace aren't happy with the deal we are able to negotiate, they are perfectly within their rights to want another vote.

Do you remember what the question was on the ballot? I'll remind you.

Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

There's no ambiguity. There's no "the way I view the referendum". We're making a direct democratic decision. The question was not "Do you think we should begin negotiations". It was as clear as can be. What is the point in having a referendum with this question if we are not going to follow it up?

The only ambiguity is in the fact that parliament can, technically, overrule the decision. But it doing so it destroys the democratic foundation of the nation. If we have made a terrible decision, we should pay the price by having a fucked economy, not by destroying democracy. That is far worse. Economies recover. How long does it take for faith and trust in democracy to recover?

Your analogy is awful. That's all I can be bothered to say about that.

[Poopadoop]

There's no ambiguity.

If you voted Leave in 2016 and then in 2019 suddenly learned that God does in fact exist and has decided that if we Brexit we're all going to spend eternity getting assfucked by the ghost of Tutankhamen, would you say 'oh well hurr durr i didn't know that when I voted yes but still, that was fair and square so i guess i better bend over'?

If we have made a terrible decision, we should pay the price by having a fucked economy, not by destroying democracy.

I'm not really up on Enlightenment thinking but I don't think the purpose of democracy was to make people suffer for their mistakes.