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"Democracy! Unless we get the result we don't like, then you people have to the right way, understood?"

• ColinWright 10y ago
  So have you seen the people admitting that they voted "Leave" to prevent the "Remain" vote from being too overwhelming? Some are now shocked and worried that the option they voted for actually succeeded. Here: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eu-referendum-man_uk_576cf8e4e4b08d2c5638ee29 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eu-referendum-man_uk_5... Then there's this, from Larry Elliott in The Guardian: "The result speaks volumes about the state of modern Britain. For the better off, a vote to remain was the obvious thing to do. For the less well-off, a vote to leave was their chance to protest about badly paid jobs, zero-hour contracts, bullying employers, and a sense that they had been forgotten. "These economic problems are deep-seated and of long-standing. Most of them have little to do with Europe. But the referendum has given millions of unhappy people a chance to protest. This is a country divided by wealth, geography and class." ' Finally, there's this: "... people of the UK voted to leave the European Union with a majority of 52 percent - and according to Google, they don't really know why." -- http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/brexit-google-search-trends-tech/ It's clear we are in a post-facts "democracy" - the "Leave" campaign are already saying that the things they promised, the things they campaigned on, won't happen. To the Americans here - good luck with Trump in your elections.