The problem here was that in this case the UK abandoned representative democracy for direct democracy (a referendum) which instantly gets out of control as oppo

The problem here was that in this case the UK abandoned representative democracy for direct democracy (a referendum) which instantly gets out of control as opportunists take it over and layer lie after lie in order to get the outcome they want. Being here in Canada I've been through a number of referendums and I've never seen one that wasn't instantly hijacked by insincere interests and the objectives twisted with utterly disingenuous arguments. In a democracy Referendums should be avoided at all costs.