Comment on Biden ditches trade deal talks with Britain

• KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It was a non-binding vote that barely passed. It should never have been acted on. What other foreign treaties have been presented to the general public for a vote? People literally have never voted on something like this before. That’s why we elect representatives.

  If big issues are just going to be presented directly to voters, wtf are the representatives there for?

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I agree.

    Tbf we voted our way into the EU. but a generation had passed and nobody had any clue what the EU was.

    Corbyn should have just campaigned on and pulled a second refurrendum, which would have almost certainly returned “remain”, also perhaps teaming up with the lib Dems. Instead he sat on the fence on the main issue.

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There would have been some amusing riots, a vote of no confidence in the government and probably a UKIP lead government in that case.

    And yes, I was a Remainer who marched fir a second vote

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