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minus-square@JacktheladlinkEnglish-2•1 day agoBut what would be the point of having a referendum, getting the results and then just saying “oh right, that’s interesting” and doing nothing?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•18 hours agoWhat would be the point of having a referendum and deciding that 51% was enough to burn it all without a plan?
minus-square@JacktheladlinkEnglish-1•14 hours agoThe stupidity of politicians is not a reason to ignore what people vote for.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•13 hours agoI didn’t say ignore the vote. Your reading comprehension is atrocious.
minus-square@FelixCresslink1•18 hours agoLet me think… Possibly because it was based on lies, manipulation and the significant part of the UK residents were disenfranchised?
minus-square@JacktheladlinkEnglish-4•14 hours agoWho was disenfranchised? It was the biggest democratic vote in the UK’s history, if I recall correctly.
minus-square@FelixCresslink1•14 hours agoJust three million of EU citizens in the UK and hundreds of thousands of UK citizens in the EU.
minus-square@FelixCresslink1•edit-211 hours agoYour point is? They live in the UK, pay taxes here - and by the way, they were able to vote in Scottish Independence referendum. I would like to see Tories if SNP were to exclude English voters from the independence vote.
minus-square@JacktheladlinkEnglish-1•11 hours ago I would like to see Tories if SNP were to exclude English voters from the independence vote. That would be denying UK citizens a right to vote in a UK referendum, so that’s not even close to the same thing.
I wish Brexit was a symbolic vote.
It was…
Then it wasn’t.
But what would be the point of having a referendum, getting the results and then just saying “oh right, that’s interesting” and doing nothing?
What would be the point of having a referendum and deciding that 51% was enough to burn it all without a plan?
The stupidity of politicians is not a reason to ignore what people vote for.
I didn’t say ignore the vote. Your reading comprehension is atrocious.
Let me think… Possibly because it was based on lies, manipulation and the significant part of the UK residents were disenfranchised?
Who was disenfranchised? It was the biggest democratic vote in the UK’s history, if I recall correctly.
Just three million of EU citizens in the UK and hundreds of thousands of UK citizens in the EU.
They can’t vote in general elections either.
Your point is? They live in the UK, pay taxes here - and by the way, they were able to vote in Scottish Independence referendum.
I would like to see Tories if SNP were to exclude English voters from the independence vote.
That would be denying UK citizens a right to vote in a UK referendum, so that’s not even close to the same thing.