Quote Originally Posted by wendun View Post
This is what I meant in my comment about certainty. Noone has suggested the "world will end" but it is at least a realistic possibility that we will be poorer by an unspecified percentage which will in turn have ramifications for public spending etc. I must inhabit a different universe: 90% of my friends voted to Leave and yet they all now see merit in a reconsideration. Not one feels affronted and not one is about to take to the streets if Brexit is reversed. How giving the people another say can be considered the death of democracy escapes me.

When you place your vote in a General Election & you do so as a result of a party's manifesto your choice may not win
In the 2017 election the result wasn't exactly ovewhelming was it
No arguments were put forward to run the election again even though some manifesto promises were not fulfilled
We were told in no uncertain terms in that infamous leaflet that the vote was a once in a generation decision & despite the Gov'ts biased & dishonest advice the nation voted to leave
I think that if you voted for a politcal party which won but was then told that your vote was going to be overturned I think you may quite rightly be a tad miffed would you not? That is why the greater consideration of a democratic principle is fundamental & should never be in doubt, otherwise you're on a much rockier road than the one now facing us
You cannot be democratic now & then so I honestly can't see why it is beyond you