tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post2334027731620317572..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : A second referendum looks very unlikely - No Deal does too but is not impossibleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-16359585189521762872019-02-04T14:23:49.061+02:002019-02-04T14:23:49.061+02:00OK, let me simplify my question. You (and Theresa ...OK, let me simplify my question. You (and Theresa May) say: "if Remain were to win (in second referendum), trust in democracy would be ended". Why?<br /><br />In your comment you say (I believe it is not ironical): "Referendums are genuine democracy. Let's have many more." OK, but they must be on different issues? You cannot ask twice the same question, because trust in democracy would be ended?<br /><br />Thanks, I just try to understand the logic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-3762229471276609612019-01-31T10:09:43.629+02:002019-01-31T10:09:43.629+02:00“What they said is, look, we voted remain, but we’...“What they said is, look, we voted remain, but we’ve had a vote: get on with it. And I think that probably does capture a large swathe of opinion in the country. That’s how I feel about this amendment. I feel that it may look to people as if we’re trying to somehow remove the earlier decision, which was to Brexit."Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-81303891052602023892019-01-30T23:42:06.623+02:002019-01-30T23:42:06.623+02:00Referendums are genuine democracy.
Sort of. They ...<em>Referendums are genuine democracy.</em><br /><br />Sort of. They have all the disadvantages of any kind of democracy. They're easily manipulated. It's easy to create a mood of hysteria, or to manufacture an emotional enthusiasm. Even in elections people vote stupidly based on emotion. <br /><br />There's no such thing as public opinion. It changes depending on how you phrase the question, or based on the latest media scare story.<br /><br />Of course the alternative is EU-style rule by unelected unaccountable hostile elites.<br /><br />Monarchy is the only viable system of government. Real monarchy, not the absurd British pretend monarchy.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-6903215367326679292019-01-30T13:31:12.846+02:002019-01-30T13:31:12.846+02:00But not as much as you!But not as much as you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-54285067652220070522019-01-30T13:00:57.787+02:002019-01-30T13:00:57.787+02:00Dear old Appenzell Innerrhoden which kept refusing...Dear old Appenzell Innerrhoden which kept refusing to let women vote until they were forced by a judge to do so. Margaret Thatcher was wrong about very much. Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-10416210457436237612019-01-30T11:56:50.398+02:002019-01-30T11:56:50.398+02:00They might be appropriate in Appenzell Innerrhoden...They might be appropriate in Appenzell Innerrhoden but as Margaret Thatcher so succinctly put it, referendums are a device of dictators and demagogues. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-62782891611473412832019-01-30T00:15:24.956+02:002019-01-30T00:15:24.956+02:00And if Remain were to win, trust in democracy woul...And if Remain were to win, trust in democracy would be ended, the legitimacy of our political system would cease upon the midnight.<br /><br />Please explain, I do not get a logic of this, especially in context of your other comment: Referendums are genuine democracy. Let's have many more.<br /><br />If you voted for something once, you cannot change your opinion when you get new information - in British democracy I mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-32925971451152471582019-01-29T23:32:12.883+02:002019-01-29T23:32:12.883+02:00Referendums are genuine democracy. Let's have ...Referendums are genuine democracy. Let's have many more. Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-9676375178737603292019-01-29T02:54:02.224+02:002019-01-29T02:54:02.224+02:00And if Remain were somehow narrowly to win, trust ...<em>And if Remain were somehow narrowly to win, trust in democracy would be ended, the legitimacy of our political system would cease upon the midnight</em><br /><br />That might not be a bad thing. British democracy has always been a sham. It's time people realised it.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com