In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:
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.

In which other UK elections is this taken into account? People knew
what the rules were.

Which other UK election is as important as this one?

Parliament saw fit to impose a greater than simple majority rule on a vote
to change the fixed term parliament. Saw fit to vote on how union strike
ballots etc are conducted. Now either a simple majority of those who can
be bothered to vote is jut fine for everything - or it's not.

So write to your MP about it.
--
bert