Greater vakolicci haven wrote:Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:
Does not work, since some people who wanted Brexit might have changed their position, and the central thesis of democracy is that decisions can be altered if the people desire such. Any referendum that only includes Brexit options would be a democratic farce, since 49% couldn't contribute to such a referendum meaningfully.
I want a second AV referendum, and can I have a second independence referendum as well? Also, labour lied to me, I want the general election to be re-run.
It doesn't work like that. You make a decision, maybe it can be changed after a generation, such as was stated during the Scottish referendum campaign (which, even as a supporter of independence, I support.) You can't change it before you've even inacted the result of the first referendum.
Sure you can. Especially with decisions of this magnitude, maybe thinking twice is not such a bad idea.
Sure. Campaign for a second referendum, then. Campaign for new referendums. Start a political party, petition your MP.
You do realise that elections are re-run every five years at least, right? At least, because the the election of 2015 and 2017 were less apart than a referendum on Brexit now would be from the first one. Nobody is talking about a re-run. But since the decision was based on the result of a single referendum, and that was two and a half years ago, and a lot of shit has happened since then, maybe it's unwise to chain yourself to a decision that was made in almost complete ignorance of the facts.
Hey, maybe more people became Brexiteers. But I think that your opposition is mainly due to you knowing that people have become reluctant to leave the EU over the past years.