Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government
by nailer on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @10:31AM
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> I'm not sure what we're arguing about at this point.
It seems you think people didn't believe the government was going to implement what the people decided.
The people were told the government was going to implement what the people decided.
If you agree with the latter then let's move on with our day.
Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government
by QuesnayJr on Thursday September 05, 2019 @03:13PM
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If we are going to go by what the people thought, the people didn't think they were going to get a no-deal Brexit. Leave told a whole bunch of lies. Now that the reality of no-deal Brexit has set in, the position has proven unpopular.
All I am saying is that now that we know that is the reality on offer, that the British people should get to vote on it. Since no-deal Brexit will lose at the ballot box, I can understand why its supporters want to avoid such a vote.
I'm not sure what we're arguing about at this point. The referendum was advisory, that's the legal status of any decision made in it - the government chose to implement the result, but it was at full liberty not to as well. That's irrelevant at this point because things didn't go down that path 3 years ago.