StephenZA
Well-known member
I don't disagree but close to 50% of the population where not happy with the current state of affairs with EU (wrongly or rightly) many are still not. None of the main parties wanted to leave the EU, it was never a real option for the public to decide. UKIP is vile and forced the referendum but that does not mean the referendum was a bad thing. For all those wanting to leave it was good. The problem came in with the misinformation and lack of proper respect given to the public to talk about their very real concerns. Much like many elections nowadays it comes down to marketing and soundbites rather than informed decisions. Or else we just don't give a chance for people to make a decision at all.I completely agree that democracy is the best of the options but don't really see that as an argument in favour of needless referendums, because we already have democratically elected politicians making the decisions. And frankly I would trust a politician, whatever their colour of politics, to make a more reasoned judgement on decisions than 95% of the electorate for a wide variety of reasons.