Democracy is people saying what they want.Referenda are flawed but they have value. They are divisive and also unfamiliar. In a close vote, do not really settle things.Elections of "representatives" also have value, but they, are unrepresentative, gerrymandered and entrench majoritarian views (the last time a party got more than 50% of the vote was almost 70 years ago)What we have now is a disagreement between a single issue referendum and the views of our elected representatives.Given that even Aaron Banks (who donated £8m+ to Leave, the biggest donation ever) has now changed his mind, and despite the lies, resolving this disagreement seems, according to leavers, something that the people are not permitted to resolve, as the "decision has been made".Because of this narrow vote, we will now end up with a pigs Brexit. We will be a rule taker, and not at the table, because we prefer the fiction of "sovereignty" instead of being grown ups and realising that sharing toys inside the pram (with the associated compromises) is better than throwing not just a bunch of the toys, but also ourselves out of the pram.It makes no sense.
Christopher Gillie ● 2478d