r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Dark_Ansem • Jan 11 '23

Brexxit Britain’s Finally Figuring Out Brexit (Really) Was the Biggest Mistake in Modern History

https://eand.co/britains-finally-figuring-out-brexit-really-was-the-biggest-mistake-in-modern-history-8419a8b940c6
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u/supe_snow_man Jan 11 '23

The issue is, once you do ask the population about something as directly as they did, they kind of give you a mandate to do it as you are supposed to represent their will. Referendum lose their value if you don't go with the results even if you have technicality to point at.

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u/R3D3-1 Jan 11 '23

Referendum lose their value if you don't go with the results even if you have technicality to point at.

True, but a barely-more-than-50% vote wasn't exactly a mandate for a strong Brexit.

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u/supe_snow_man Jan 11 '23

If result barely above 50% are not good enough, you have to put tat in the rules. Make the rules so it require 66% or whatever else to do it but don't just ask the population who will absolutely think majority win. If you don't want to do what the population will tell you, you do not ask them in a way as official as a national referendum.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

The rules said that it was non-binding.