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Thread #164605   Message #3965683
Posted By: Steve Shaw
09-Dec-18 - 07:11 PM
Thread Name: Brexit #2
Subject: RE: Brexit #2
"Obviously a skewed system."

Somewhat ironic, this, from a brexiteer. Nothing could have been more "skewed" than the original referendum. The electorate was given a choice between leaving, an irreversible decision (once enacted) that would affect generations to come, and remain, a decision that could be challenged again and again at frequent intervals for about ten million quid a time. Yet the bar was set at fifty-fifty. When an irrevocable change in a nation's fortunes is called for, you might expect the bar to be set high. I'd have said a minimum of a two-thirds majority on a minimum 75% turnout, but hey. Expediency rules OK!