Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by DyslexicAtheist on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:30AM
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Wouldn't it be great to have 3 more referendums for Wales, Scotland, Ireland to let them vote once more time? And then have them join the EU separately?
You mean "Northern Ireland".
Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by DyslexicAtheist on Sunday June 26, 2016 @11:47AM
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yes though I also realise Wales actually voted out so it would just be N.I. and Scotland
Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by sievebrain on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:31AM
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40% of Scots voted to leave. I wouldn't talk about it like it's a single hive mind if I were you.
Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by celticninja on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:46AM
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Which means greater majority of Scots wanted to remain compared to a much smaller majority of the whole UK that wanted to leave. If a 51% vote to leave is relevant enough to warrant the UK leaving the EU then a 60% vote to remain is relevant.
Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by sievebrain on Friday June 24, 2016 @09:05AM
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It's absolutely relevant, but it also means talking about the Scottish as if there are no eurosceptics there isn't reasonable.
Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by ianstallings on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:31AM
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Ah, so it's hitting you personally. Well as an American, I can relate. We don't always get the government we want.
Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by NetStrikeForce on Saturday June 25, 2016 @03:51PM
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You get to change government every 4 years. Scots are screwed for life against their will. Hardly the same.
Sometimes we don't get the government we want, but sometimes we get the government we explicitly rejected.
That's quite a stupid reason to be angry. I would hope that people living in UK would understand the meaning of democracy.
At a guess, they do. And democracy with 'simple majority required for huge changes' may not be the best recipe to get buy-in from those that are dragged along.
So I fully understand the anger, if it weren't for the recent Scottish referendum that would be a different situation, but that did happen and for the Scots this must be extremely bitter right now.
Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies
by omginternets on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:45AM
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"majority rules" is often conflated with democracy.
If the English want to destroy themselves they're entitled to do so, but not drag the rest of us down with them.