A referendum is about as direct as you can get.
Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament
by daveFNbuck on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:45PM
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There won't be a referendum on any particular Brexit deal. The referendum was about an abstract ideal of a Brexit.
Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament
by alain94040 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:46AM
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Correct. The brexit vote was expressing something people don’t like. It didnt’t specify what people want.
That’s a big problem. Voting against something is easy. Agreeing on what a solution is takes a lot more work.
Note that there won't be a democratic vote on any particular Brexit deal, which is likely to be less popular than the abstract idea of a Brexit. So if a Brexit deal is brokered, there's a good chance it won't be what a majority of people want to do.