Thread by @atatimelikethis

Lots of suggestions that "the people" wouldn't forgive a second referendum having given their "instruction".

Reminding us all the first referendum was undemocratic

Rigged
Gerrymandered
No manifesto
Advisory

And now to add insult to injury, it's the will of the dead.

If I recall Theresa May didn't want to investigate the rigging of the first referendum because it was advisory.

It was over to Parliament to address the next steps.

Since Parliament has failed to address the next steps is it not fair to hand it back to the people?

The Venice Convention, of which we're a fully paid up member, is very clear what should have happened to the 2016 referendum. It should have been declared null and void.

The Government used a legal loophole to get around this "it was only advisory"

venice.coe.int/WebForms/pages…

Trouble is. If even the Government admits it was "only advisory" in order to avoid anulling it following the rigging of the vote then it's hardly the democratic will of the people is it?

But let's move onto other matters and look at these people.

The people is a concept used by Fascists to justify all sorts of horrors.

In our case "the people" who voted for brexit are a minority of the population, excluding the ex pats directly affected by their vote.

Granny loses her pension and can't do anything about it.

But even worst "the people" were so old and nostalgic for a second empire that they literally voted to take a future they would never see away from the young.

Since then so many have died that leave has a majority only if you count the dead.

Brexit: will of the dead

Finally some worry that if we voted again people might vote for leave again.

Currently were pursuing a rigged vote on a gerrymandered electorate maintained by dead people.

How exactly would a 2nd referedum make us worse off?