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It's Representative Democracy (via a Constitutional Monarchy) in action, that's wildly more complicated than taking profound action on the basis of a simple maj
by d_t_w 10y ago
It's Representative Democracy (via a Constitutional Monarchy) in action, that's wildly more complicated than taking profound action on the basis of a simple majority referendum.
Regardless of your political beliefs and opinion, this is best described as an absolute aberration with respect to the normal democratic process of the U.K.
- skylan_q 10y agoThere was a referendum and a parliamentary vote. What else would need to be done to not make it an aberration?
- d_t_w 10y agoWhat part of the brexit process do you think is not best described as an aberration with respect to the normal democratic process of the U.K? I'll give you one clue. It's extremely rare to hold a referendum of such huge consequence. Heck, I'll give you a second clue. It's even more rare for politicians to then behave as if the result of a non-binding referendum is binding. I could enumerate for you the remaining peculiarities, but if you're curious you'll find plenty for yourself. I do understand that people often like to point to simple cases like this and say "That's Democracy!", inevitably those people don't have a great understanding of the meaning.
- Boothroid 10y ago'The people have spoken - the bastards!'
- skwirl 10y agoGo with the outcome d_t_w preferred.
- d_t_w 10y agoWhat outcome did I prefer?
- graeme 10y agoNormally, in a parliamentary system, when the government loses a vote of confidence in parliament, the government resigns and a new election is held. This referendum was more or less a confidence vote on the government. If British democracy were functioning properly, the government would have resigned, and the people would have had a chance to elect pro-brexit representatives. But Britain adopted fixed election dates, copying the American electoral system. And referendums, for that matter, aren't very parliamentary.
- catdog 10y agoIt's most likely representatives driven by the fear of voting against the outcome of that simple referendum. Sure it's absolutely OK technically but the whole brexit thing is still a major fuckup as nobody was remotely aware of the implications of that simple question, not even those who asked as it seems.
- louthy 10y ago"This is a British Democracy" [1] [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOvEwtDycs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOvEwtDycs