Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes

Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:21PM (#19372591)

No, what should have happened is a second plebiscite confirming the actual deal negotiated with the EU, with:

(1) Accept deal and exit,

(2) Exit with no deal,

(3) Rescind Article 50

As the options.

Or, the government should just not have used a non-binding referendum on such a complex policy matter as an electoral ploy in the first place and actually governed as elected to do rather than passing the buck.

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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by nicoburns on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:38PM (#19372767)

It occurs to me that this is exactly the question that should be offered. And people should be able to express ranked preferences with the winner needing to get over 50% to avoid the issue around vote splitting.

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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:40PM (#19372787)

I assume you mean something like IRV (single winner STV) with a winning threshold over 50%, not over 50% on first place preference.

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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by nicoburns on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:07PM (#19373563)

Yes, this.

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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by kristopolous on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:28PM (#19372656)

Sure, that works too. Anything that resolves the unspecific versus specific problem without introducing further problems suffices.

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