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The UK's democracy isn't direct, and direct democracy is only one type of democratic process which isn't clearly superior to others. Equating the brexit vote wi
by ubercow13 7y ago
The UK's democracy isn't direct, and direct democracy is only one type of democratic process which isn't clearly superior to others. Equating the brexit vote with democracy itself is a fallacy. Our democracy is parliamentary and those 'obstructive' MPs were democratically elected representatives of the population.
- rvz 7y agoWell regardless of how you have misinterpreted my comment, No-one said the UK's democracy is direct you're just further stating a matter of facts rather than an argument. A referendum is an tool of direct democracy given to the people from the elected members of parliament. The newly formed UK government of the 2019 general election made it clear about respecting that referendum result. There is no where I said that a single referendum was the 'UK's democracy'. It's just one part of the democratic process in the UK.
- ubercow13 7y agoI was just commenting on your suggesting that MPs obstructing the result 'didn't like democracy'.