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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @05:55PM (#19373461)
That analogy requires a strong reason to see being kept in the EU as a punishment rather than being ejected from it as one, because if you reverse the scenario between guilty and not guilty, well, a new trial based on signficant new information is actually an accepted thing in the US.
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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by SiVal on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:46PM (#19373866)
The "confusion" was about why anyone would object to just having another vote. The majority of voters voted for "let us out", which is a strong reason why--to those voters--being forced to stay where they don't want to stay is a far better analogy than fear of being forced out.
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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by menckenjr on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:02PM (#19382297)
What happens if, on a re-vote, more of the "Leave" voters changed to "Remain"?
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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by repolfx on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @07:10AM (#19377580)
There are strong reasons to see it that way, the Leave campaign was built on them.
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