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The current UK government was also elected by democratic vote, so they have a mandate that postdates the referendum. You can argue their mandate is invalid due
by nayroclade 18d ago
The current UK government was also elected by democratic vote, so they have a mandate that postdates the referendum.
You can argue their mandate is invalid due to the first-past-the-post system, but in that case the original decision to hold a referendum, and all subsequent governments that negotiated the terms of the EU exit are also invalid, since they all derived from first-past-the-post elections.
- bArray 18d agoThe current UK government have a mandate with regards to running the UK more generally, but leaving the EU was its own very clear message. There was a vote in 1975 to continue EU membership, and again in 2016 [1]. It very much feels likely something that should only be undone on another vote. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_King...