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by Angostura 3383 days ago
Basically, politicians are locked in. If they try to stall or halt the exit process they get accused of being anti-democratic, going against the will of the people. Therefore though many of them knows it will likely be disastrous they are nonetheless doing what the people told them to do.
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naaaaak 3383 days ago
> they are nonetheless doing what the people told them to do

We call that a functioning democracy. The EU is the opposite of that.

EU: "You have to accept our way, even if you don't want it and it's bad for your country. It's for the good of our global group."

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lovich 3382 days ago
If you keep following that logic then the UK isn't being democratic either. Its bad for our province, its bad for our neighborhood, its bad for our street, its bad for our house, its bad for me, but you still have to follow it. The line has to be drawn somewhere when there is a government.

Drawing the line at a country level as opposed to an international level is a perfectly valid opinion to have, but I don't think its right to call the UK a functioning democracy and the EU the opposite

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Angostura 3382 days ago
To me it just sounds like you don't like the Commission much. When you say 'the EU' most of the direction is set by the elected ministers of the member states.
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Flimm 3383 days ago
Where are you getting that quote?
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ionised 3382 days ago
A functioning democracy also requires an educated and well-informed populace.

The UK absolutely does not hve that.

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mathw 3383 days ago
"The people" did not tell them to do this. It's not like it was unanimous.

48% of those who voted voted to Remain 52% of those who voted voted to Leave 28% of the electorate didn't bother to vote

But "the will of the people", "the people have spoken". A good few million didn't bother to say anything at all (I do not find myself thinking generously of this at all, it was the most important vote most of us will ever see), and the gap between leave and remain is a hardly-unanimous 4%. If this was representative, nearly half the MPs should be arguing against leaving the EU.

But as you say, few MPs want to say it because they're terrified they're going to lose their jobs next election.

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