The Brexit hangover has left UK startups drained – Are the brains next?

Re:The Brexit hangover has left UK startups drained – Are th... by rwmj on Saturday July 09, 2016 @11:51AM (#12061814)

I don't know why people are downvoting you - there certainly is a danger from far right politicians. Personally I don't see it actually happening (especially given the negative example from Brexit), but it's a possibility.

I think people only read the first sentence of most posts, and your first sentence is wrong -- everything about this referendum was dumb.

It was dumb to have the referendum in the first place. Cameron had it in order to try to resolve an internal Tory party dispute.

It was dumb to have a 50:50 threshold. A massive constitutional change should require a supermajority.

The arguments (on all sides) were largely lies.

And the outcome won't even be what anyone wants. The leavers won't get what they voted for. Almost everyone will be shafted.

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Re:The Brexit hangover has left UK startups drained – Are th... by hardlianotion on Saturday July 09, 2016 @08:50PM (#12064062)

I don't think it was dumb to have a referendum. I think a lot of the problems with the European project stem from perception that folk at the top are pulling a fast one over their populations - people should decide when the basis of their government changes. But the circumstance by which the referendum came about was farcical.

I don't disagree with the rest of what you say, but I would add that a government that puts together a referendum that is not a foregone conclusion, that does not prepare for an adverse decision, is incompetent and negligent enough to be considered criminal.

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