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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by 7952 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @05:30PM (#18916206)
After brexit the people became a transcendent idea. An idea that nationalists want to have presidence over everything, including the democratic process and the rule of law. And at this point the people is just a proxy for the righteous authority of the nation.
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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by tim333 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:13PM (#18916612)
The idea of enemies of the people as mentioned in The Mail has a rather inglorious history involving Nero, Stalin, Hitler and the like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_of_the_people#Origins_of...

On the other hand I'm ok with a people's vote.

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