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More a case of UK politicians not doing their job. What do I expect them to do? Act solely in the interests of their pay packet and party. What should they do?
by NeedMoreTea 8y ago
More a case of UK politicians not doing their job.
What do I expect them to do? Act solely in the interests of their pay packet and party. What should they do? Act in the interests of the nation. That was once supposed to be the point.
They could have sought concessions or adjustments from the EU as precursor to a second referendum. The few times another EU nation has rejected a treaty or some aspect of the Union there's been something of a renegotiation and a second referendum.
Since the ridiculous Fixed Parliaments Act there needs to be a super-majority to call a UK election early. Why not with a referendum for a change of such consequence?
Were the EU not such a divisive issue, for the whole 40 years of our EU membership, within the Tory party, they might have approached the issue with a little more honesty. It could all have SO easily been avoided.
- jcranmer 8y ago> They could have sought concessions or adjustments from the EU as precursor to a second referendum. Do people really forget David Cameron's renegotiation prior to the referendum that quickly?
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoNot forget, more deem not worth mentioning. Promise the earth and moon, deliver nothing of note. He came out of that looking the fool and if anything actually helped the leave campaign.
- jcranmer 8y agoAnd what makes you think anyone else would do better? I mean, Cameron isn't exactly at Trump-level of negotiation.
- yardstick 8y agoLook at how quickly Cameron resigned after the vote. He wasn’t truly interested in finding a good deal, he was relying on the fact that people would vote remain regardless. I’m guessing due to the remain result in the Scottish independence referendum not long before.
- michaelt 8y agoOr he resigned because he believed the leave decision could better be implemented by a leave campaigner, who would approach the matter more earnestly and enthusiastically.
- AstralStorm 8y agoOr more specifically, leave EU is a political and economic disaster and mess he wanted to not take part in. Even if you succeed you will be covered in dirt. Just look at May now and imagine Cameron in her shoes. No politician wants this. Allowing the referendum was an interesting but silly motion already, a gross miscalculation.
- pjc50 8y agoIndeed - and in my opinion he'd completely misinterpreted that as a great success rather than what it was, a very narrow victory that burned a lot of political capital.