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by beninvalencia 3650 days ago
Yeah, the damage to the EU is also a huge issue. It's terrible it's come to this.

There is precedent for a second referendum - Ireland did so in 2009 on accepting the 28th Amendment. I admit, this is a lot bigger.

I think the context here which may help this to make more sense to those outside: a lot of British people voted for leave on false claims. Ok, lots of elections have false claims. But these were enormously misleading and widely spread. It seems like there are a lot who regret their decision, though I'm not sure what % they represent. If there is a general election called early with a party that explicitly backs EU membership winning, then there's no way we can leave without another referendum. And if we vote to stay, I think there would be grounds for the EU to get us to accept a lot of things which we might not have before.

But yes, it's a totally miserable situation for everyone.. you know what, I'd even say it's miserable for the politicians who 'won'.
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gonvaled 3650 days ago
Indeed. I am not even sure that Boris Johnson expected, or even wanted to win. Is he awol?
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beninvalencia 3650 days ago
Crazy isn't it.. again, I'm just ashamed my country can come to this point. The leave side didn't even have a plan as to what to do. Johnson doesn't look like he wants to go through with it. He looks like he just woke up and found that he got some girl pregnant that he doesn't even like.
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jeszicawii 3649 days ago
The leave campaign did just that, campaigned. It is up to the people in charge to have a plan on what to do in the event of a leave or remain.
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gonvaled 3648 days ago
But did they campaign on facts? Did they have a plan? Are they going to use this plan for brexit? Where is the plan?

I understand that the plan is maybe not detailed, but I assume they have some kind of detailed roadmap on how to proceed? The Scotland independence referendum had a very detailed plan, hundreds of pages long.

The other issue is the British government: that Cameron did in fact not prepare for losing is his biggest blunder, and history will judge him for that.

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