Current Affairs EU In or Out

In or Out

  • In

    Votes: 688 67.9%
  • Out

    Votes: 325 32.1%

  • Total voters
    1,013
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If a general election result isn't what someone hoped for, then they know in 5 years time they get another vote. This isn't the case with a referendum so I don't see how they are comparable in terms of how 'democratic' they are.

The referendum decision was now over 2 years ago. How is it not democratic to ask people whether they are for or against what is going to happen now that they actually have some idea what will happen?
Surely you have to implement the result of the first vote before you ask again.A bit like in a General Election
 
Name three....
Everyone that I've posted in here :

But currently : Old Hookey ; anything from the Purple Moose Brewery ; and ditto from the Big Bog Brewery.
 
Surely you have to implement the result of the first vote before you ask again.A bit like in a General Election
Again, I don't see how the two are comparable. The process for forming a Government following a general election is well defined over many years. The process of implementing a referendum result isn't so defined. That's the point I was making - a GE and the referendum can't really be compared, yet people keep doing so.
 
Again, I don't see how the two are comparable. The process for forming a Government following a general election is well defined over many years. The process of implementing a referendum result isn't so defined. That's the point I was making - a GE and the referendum can't really be compared, yet people keep doing so.
Welcome to the brexiteers banging their heads on a wall thread ....... The remainers earn a living on here....... lol
Brexit means Brexit but they think it means remain which possibly may happen.......3 years of negotiations indicative votes a crap deal on the table no one likes..... yet Remainers want it put to the people?..........
 
Welcome to the brexiteers banging their heads on a wall thread ....... The remainers earn a living on here....... lol
Brexit means Brexit but they think it means remain which possibly may happen.......3 years of negotiations indicative votes a crap deal on the table no one likes..... yet Remainers want it put to the people?..........
I think everyone is banging their heads against the wall Joey.
 
Again, I don't see how the two are comparable. The process for forming a Government following a general election is well defined over many years. The process of implementing a referendum result isn't so defined. That's the point I was making - a GE and the referendum can't really be compared, yet people keep doing so.
Surely the democratic process should be the same for both.selective democracy is not democracy
 
Surely the democratic process should be the same for both.selective democracy is not democracy
Why should it be the same? Are you suggesting there should have been constituencies for the referendum? It wasn't the same from the outset - as others have pointed out it was an advisory vote. As I have said repeatedly, my view is they can't really be compared.
 
Surely you have to implement the result of the first vote before you ask again.A bit like in a General Election
No. Referendums can be advisory or mandatory, with mandatory referendums Government have to implement the referendum decision. An advisory referendum, like the Brexit referendum, which serves as a guide to help government decide on the path chosen.
 
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