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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by asabjorn on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:11AM (#18920497)
The problem is if the people of England is correct in the assertion that it has given away too much Democratic power to unelected political bodies, and I am not the one to answer that. I am just saying dismissing their concerns seem a bit unproductive.
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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by mirimir on Thursday January 17, 2019 @06:00AM (#18929854)
Well, the EU government isn't really "unelected". It's just indirectly elected. Before 1913, for example, US state legislatures elected their state's senators. As I understand it, the original goal was to insulate senators somewhat from populist influence.

But yes, I get that this was a concern for Brexit supporters. I'm just arguing that Russia exploited it.

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