In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Handsome Jack wrote:
If a second referendum is permitted, then some members of the political
elite have to take the decision as to whether it is going to happen, and
that decision will be influenced by those person's political views. This
defeats the object of the referendum, which is to guide policy by the
people's political views, not those of an elite.

If the establishment is going to disallow referendum outcomes with which
they disagree there is no point in having a referendum at all.

I can't understand how this isn't completely obvious to anyone.

Because the referendum didn't have a majority of those eligible to vote.
Just a rather small majority of those who did.

The rules were set by parliament before the referendum.
You don't get the choice of paying a council tax bill etc. So why is
something so important as this voluntary?

Different subject altogether.
--
bert