>You're happy to join in trying to close down the thread by dumping on the losers, why would you stop at arguing about it? Because a few of the arguments basic

>You're happy to join in trying to close down the thread by dumping on the losers, why would you stop at arguing about it? Because a few of the arguments basically devolve to things that would affect me as explained above? I did get carried away... >are these things not devaluing what it means to live in a democracy, for you? Ultimately a democracy can contain single persons having a lot of unearned wealth and occasional meetings with the PM. If not, there are way bigger fish to fry (in the UK case: Murdoch for example). It would have been fine if the UK wanted a supermajority, but I wonder if membership was a politically survivable possibility if vote went the same way. >Hang on, why aren't you blaming the... I was describing the sequence of events. The Tories locked themselves into supporting Brexit once Cameron resigned, so the only possible alternative path came from the opposition. There were several opportunities to change course, but the opposition bungled it up over and over even when the had the votes. In my country, it's obvious that when parliament has the votes for an alternative coalition, your duty is to compromise to get the government out, not hold on for PM post.