The usually impressive Yanis Varoufakis doesn’t hold up well in the comments section beneath.
Respecting a public verdict does not mean you remove future public verdicts. That’s disempowerment. And he is also plain wrong about mechanisms.
I encourage him to talk to us also.
Respecting a public verdict does not mean you remove future public verdicts. That’s disempowerment. And he is also plain wrong about mechanisms.
I encourage him to talk to us also.
I also am a democrat who respected the result.
In my case, that meant writing plans for UK-EU science post-Brexit (published academically & shared with Govt).
However, I also always maintained that if public don’t like where Brexit is going, they retain right to pull the plug.
In my case, that meant writing plans for UK-EU science post-Brexit (published academically & shared with Govt).
However, I also always maintained that if public don’t like where Brexit is going, they retain right to pull the plug.
Furthermore, the notion of a referendum on the deal is not logically indefensible.
In fact, for many years Rees-Mogg, John Redwood & even the Vote Leave campaign pushed the idea of a “double referendum” - one to initiate direction, one to pass verdict on any deal negotiated.
In fact, for many years Rees-Mogg, John Redwood & even the Vote Leave campaign pushed the idea of a “double referendum” - one to initiate direction, one to pass verdict on any deal negotiated.
It is fairly standard in life to be able to cancel projects that are going wrong.
Whether it be a business project, a house purchase or, say in science - a clinical trial.
If the initiators of a project decide it is now too dangerous, or just unwanted - they retain the right.
Whether it be a business project, a house purchase or, say in science - a clinical trial.
If the initiators of a project decide it is now too dangerous, or just unwanted - they retain the right.
Would a People’s Vote which saw public opt to ditch Brexit leave many Leavers feeling cheated? Yes — and we mustn’t be flippant about that.
But that direction would have had its fair chance (2.5 years) and simply lost the battle in the public mind.
But that direction would have had its fair chance (2.5 years) and simply lost the battle in the public mind.
The notion that this would leave some people unwilling to engage in politics again... is something I object to.
I didn’t get my way in public votes of 2015, 2016 & 2017 - and I’ll still vote in future. I know how to lose and stay involved. That’s what democratic citizens do.
I didn’t get my way in public votes of 2015, 2016 & 2017 - and I’ll still vote in future. I know how to lose and stay involved. That’s what democratic citizens do.
So I refuse to be emotionally blackmailed on that... what about what the whole country wants?
We should always go forward as a country democratically renewing our vision of where the country needs to go now.
If the public choice is to ditch Brexit, who is to stop them?
We should always go forward as a country democratically renewing our vision of where the country needs to go now.
If the public choice is to ditch Brexit, who is to stop them?
