EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
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Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#2Links seems to be dead :
Maybe point on https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50205603 instead.
Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#3It's a crisis of democracy when the people voted so clearly and they're not given what they voted for. They're being slowly ignored by the political class.
Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#4As a UK citizen, I wonder if we should just switch to PAYG EU membership contract until we work out what new phone we want. /s
Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#5It's a crisis of democracy when the people voted so clearly and they're not given what they voted for. They're being slowly ignored by the political class.
In what world is 51.89%/48.11% "so clear"? You make it sound like it was 90%.
Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#6It's a crisis of democracy when the people voted so clearly and they're not given what they voted for. They're being slowly ignored by the political class.
Which variation of Brexit did 51.9% of the people that voted in the referendum so clearly vote for?
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#7It's a crisis of democracy when the people voted so clearly and they're not given what they voted for. They're being slowly ignored by the political class.
"Leave won by 1 million. No of EU citizens who couldn't vote 3 million. No of British abroad who couldn't vote 700,000. Citizens of 53 Commonwealth countries were able to vote just by being UK residents. Will of "the people"- depends on who you asked #BrexitExtension"
https://twitter.com/KatarinaKeys/status/1188785762436816896
But it is indeed a crisis of democracy: the elected leaders should be able to prevent self-harm scenarios like this.
Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#8It's a crisis of democracy when the people voted so clearly and they're not given what they voted for. They're being slowly ignored by the political class.
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Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#9It's a crisis of democracy when the people voted so clearly and they're not given what they voted for. They're being slowly ignored by the political class.
In what world is 51.89%/48.11% "so clear"? You make it sound like it was 90%.
It's baffling to me that Parliament requires a 2/3 vote to call an early election, but something earthshaking like leaving the EU somehow is 50% + 1.
Re: EU agrees Brexit extension to 31 January
#10The next extension might as well be to February 31st.