People are allowed to change their minds every five years about the rather fundamental issue of who governs us. In the case of Blunderwoman, at even shorter intervals, at her misguided behest. Democracy is predicated on the ability of people to change their minds. What are you worried about, akenaton? Here's the problem for you brexiteers. You know that you won by a very slim margin. You know that you won on a low turnout of fewer than three-quarters of the electorate. You know that the non-voters far exceeded in numbers your slim majority. You know that the arguments, the posturings and the balance of power have all shifted significantly since the vote to leave. You are scared of losing another vote so you resort to specious claims that we are undemocratic. If there were to be another vote, and remain won, that would be rock solid democratic. Wouldn't it? One more thing. We've already had a second referendum and I didn't hear you complaining. It was held on 23 June last year. The first referendum was held in 1975 and we overwhelmingly voted to stay in. Sure, things changed between 1975 and 2016. But I'd say that things have changed at least as much in the last twelve months. We're supposed to be negotiating but our politicians haven't a bloody clue what they're supposed to be negotiating about. The party in power, who didn't expect to be negotiating at all, are in serious left-right disarray. The EU is hardening against us rapidly, having seen the weakness bestowed on us by the utterly feckless Theresa May. If you can't see that the call for a radical rethink is utterly democratic, then I don't know what I should be calling you. Whatever is, it won't be nice and you'll deserve it.
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