• M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Not sure where you get vitriol and the idea anything is fair. I am also not extra happy Scotland did not leave the UK but as there was a vote (just 2 years too soon) and last time I checked things still work that way so I like most people have to live with it.

    Hold a referendum on the issue then again (I am sure it will also be a mess). Its insane that people now think you can somehow ignore a majority vote because you don’t like the result. Was this a bad idea? yes. Is the UK filled with “a bunch of idiot yokels and old people”? also yes.

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      It was barely a majority vote and anyway it wasn’t legally binding so the government could have totally ignored it at the time and been fine the vote was utterly pointless.

      The problem is the morons held the vote then decided to uphold the decision of the vote even though It was essentially only getting soundings.

      It was a trade relationship why was it a matter of public consultation?

      The people of the UK have been extremely hurt by this and it’s just irritating to see that apparently there would be resistance in the EU to fixing a mistake. Why is there resistance I don’t get it?

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        Why is there resistance I don’t get it?

        The history of British whining and cherrypicking. They never behaved like regular members, but more like “special snowflakes”. I understand the fear that they might start this nonsense again, once back in the the union.

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        It was barely a majority vote and anyway it wasn’t legally binding so the government could have totally ignored it

        The problem is the morons held the vote then decided to uphold the decision of the vote

        Do you see the problem with this approach?

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      Its insane that people now think you can somehow ignore a majority vote because you don’t like the result.

      Making a bad decision doesn’t mean you can never, ever rethink that decision and have to stick with it no matter what.

      If the majority doesn’t like the result, then what’s the point of not reconsidering things?

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        1 year ago

        Never said otherwise. But retroactively arguing the issue without a new referendum is an issue.