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The UK has a mandate from the people to leave the EU. Attempting to block the brexit over technicalities in Unionist agreements is a weak position for any polit

The UK has a mandate from the people to leave the EU. Attempting to block the brexit over technicalities in Unionist agreements is a weak position for any politician to take. If the SNP believes they can successfully build a new mandate from the Scottish people to leave the UK, that would be a position of strength and they should work with that.

alkonaut 10y ago
> The UK has a mandate from the people to leave the EU. The question no one seems to have thought to answer until now, is whether Boris or any other politician has a mandate to dissolve the UK in order to do so. Does anyone believe that if the vote had been "Should England leave the UK and the EU" it would have won majority?
learnstats2 10y ago
Politics is a game of chess - the suggestion of blocking Brexit is a tactic that the SNP can use to help get a second referendum on their terms.
tallanvor 10y ago
The referendum was non-binding. While a majority of those who voted said leave, the role of the government is to do what's best for their country and their people, and that's not always going to correspond to what a majority says should be done.
- coldtea 10y ago
  It was also no joke.
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ck425 10y ago
The First Minister also has a mandate to represent the Scottish people, who voted to stay in the EU, and most whose elected officials are pro-EU. Not to say I disagree with you, but Nicola Sturgeon (her own political goals aside) is only being competent by exploring these possibilities. Views aside it's nice to see there's at least one British political leader that actually has plans and is publicly engaging in a conversation on what should be next.
wastedhours 10y ago
Agree it's a mandate and we have to respect it - however I'm still shocked it was a decision made on a direct majority as opposed to some level of supermajority for such a potential dramatic change.

alkonaut 10y ago

> The UK has a mandate from the people to leave the EU. The question no one seems to have thought to answer until now, is whether Boris or any other politician has a mandate to dissolve the UK in order to do so. Does anyone believe that if the vote had been "Should England leave the UK and the EU" it would have won majority?

learnstats2 10y ago

Politics is a game of chess - the suggestion of blocking Brexit is a tactic that the SNP can use to help get a second referendum on their terms.

tallanvor 10y ago

The referendum was non-binding. While a majority of those who voted said leave, the role of the government is to do what's best for their country and their people, and that's not always going to correspond to what a majority says should be done.

coldtea 10y ago
It was also no joke.
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ck425 10y ago

The First Minister also has a mandate to represent the Scottish people, who voted to stay in the EU, and most whose elected officials are pro-EU. Not to say I disagree with you, but Nicola Sturgeon (her own political goals aside) is only being competent by exploring these possibilities. Views aside it's nice to see there's at least one British political leader that actually has plans and is publicly engaging in a conversation on what should be next.

wastedhours 10y ago

Agree it's a mandate and we have to respect it - however I'm still shocked it was a decision made on a direct majority as opposed to some level of supermajority for such a potential dramatic change.