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Not being in the UK, I was surprised that the referendum was specified as being non-binding, but once the vote happened, politicians spoke as if they had a mora
by mcphage 5y ago
Not being in the UK, I was surprised that the referendum was specified as being non-binding, but once the vote happened, politicians spoke as if they had a moral obligation to implement the result. Which seemed ludicrous, given the final result was 52%/48%—and who know what it would have been had the referendum been specified as binding beforehand. I'd certainly vote differently on quite a few measures if I knew the result was supposed to matter.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoLeave even said it first: > In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way. --Nigel Farage [1] [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36306681 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-3630668...
- mcphage 5y agoAnd "unfinished business" seems like a good description for it. It's close, so some investigation needs to be done—what do people want, why do they want it, what can we get—but smashing head first into a brick wall doesn't seem the best next step.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoIt's not even that Remainers were universally happy with the EU in all aspects. No one thought it perfect. If it had gone 48-52 the other way, it wouldn't have been a remit for adoption of the Euro, entry into Schengen and full integration into an EU military.