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Re:British Government loses Article 50 court fight by dasboth on Thursday November 03, 2016 @07:22AM (#12863000)
> the 52-48 reflects a point in time

The number of people who claimed to wish they could change their vote after the result was surprising. How many referendums do we need before people decide they've voted "properly"?

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Re:British Government loses Article 50 court fight by sasvari on Thursday November 03, 2016 @07:28AM (#12863032)
The number of people who claimed to wish they could change their vote after the result was surprising. How many referendums do we need before people decide they've voted "properly"?

Maybe that's the reasons why direct democracy by means of referendums is [considered to be] not always a good idea.

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Re:British Government loses Article 50 court fight by mixedCase on Thursday November 03, 2016 @07:38AM (#12863097)
Of course, not always. It is only a good idea when you can agree with the result, of course.
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