Brexit happened because the conservatives couldn’t be arsed sorting out their own affairs so made it everyone else’s problem.
We should not have a referendum on changing the election system. They should just change it, there’s no reasonable person that would have a problem with it, but there’s plenty of unreasonable people and uninformed people that would vote against their own interests if it was put to a referendum.
Brexit happened because the conservatives couldn’t be arsed sorting out their own affairs so made it everyone else’s problem.
The reasons for Brexit are complex, but I’d say if the populace were educated and raised to know how to inform themselves when needed, they would’ve realized the importance of the vote, participated, and voted to stay in the EU. There are a cascading amount of issues and while politicians play a big role, the population plays an equally big (or even bigger) role.
We should not have a referendum on changing the election system. They should just change it
Your concern is understandable. My only wish is that the change will be proposed and that there is enough political will to change it.
Well there’s a continuum isn’t there between asking everyone about everything and asking nobody about anything. So where are we on that continuum, because if the government just hold referendums every time they change any policy then they may as well not exist, and we might as well just have direct democracy (Which never works).
So why should we hold a referendum for this, but not hold a referendum for example increasing the pay of railway workers?
Brexit happened because the conservatives couldn’t be arsed sorting out their own affairs so made it everyone else’s problem.
We should not have a referendum on changing the election system. They should just change it, there’s no reasonable person that would have a problem with it, but there’s plenty of unreasonable people and uninformed people that would vote against their own interests if it was put to a referendum.
The reasons for Brexit are complex, but I’d say if the populace were educated and raised to know how to inform themselves when needed, they would’ve realized the importance of the vote, participated, and voted to stay in the EU. There are a cascading amount of issues and while politicians play a big role, the population plays an equally big (or even bigger) role.
Your concern is understandable. My only wish is that the change will be proposed and that there is enough political will to change it.
I think getting rid of the house of lords makes sense.
However let’s not vote because no reasonable person would disagree with me is a completely shit argument.
Well there’s a continuum isn’t there between asking everyone about everything and asking nobody about anything. So where are we on that continuum, because if the government just hold referendums every time they change any policy then they may as well not exist, and we might as well just have direct democracy (Which never works).
So why should we hold a referendum for this, but not hold a referendum for example increasing the pay of railway workers?