well ...

what would be the "social" and other consequences of having a vote and then essentially refusing to act on it? It seems to me that that would be a very dangerous thing to do - because it would completely undermine people's faith in the political system - and when that happens, you often see all sorts of unpleasant consequences. So he would say that actually the "ideologues" are on the other side - they're the ones who want to stop it despite the outcome of the vote.

Posted By: paulg on May 3rd 2018 at 11:08:51

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It's a bleakly amusing irony (General Chat) - paulg, May 3, 10:23:51
- Seems odd though, considering he was, apparently, a remainer (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, May 3, 10:25:50
  - nah, he described himself as a 'reluctant remainer' (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 3, 10:47:48
  - it's not odd (General Chat) - paulg, May 3, 10:42:18
    - Would be interesting to see how many of those 17m would have a different view now. (General Chat) - avenging canary, May 3, 11:08:15
      - having the first referendum (General Chat) - paulg, May 3, 11:10:05
        
        Voting on the deal isn’t a different result (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 3, 14:32:05
        
        Umm.... (General Chat) - Clairvoyant Creosote, May 3, 11:42:04
        
        Agreed on the first point. (General Chat) - avenging canary, May 3, 11:23:25
    - What regardless of the Social and economic (General Chat) - Chopper, May 3, 11:00:48
      - Couldn't agree more. Everyone should have the chance to consider the real issues (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 3, 16:14:06
      - well ... (General Chat) - paulg, May 3, 11:08:51
        
        Umm.... (General Chat) - Clairvoyant Creosote, May 3, 11:44:43
        
        But surely if you have another vote, with a different outcome, (General Chat) - megson, May 3, 11:30:14
        
        The problem is... (General Chat) - avenging canary, May 3, 11:29:36
        
        yeah, it'd be like advocating a hard brexit, calling a general election based on it (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 3, 11:14:12
        
        since the Labour party advocated the same thing ... (General Chat) - paulg, May 3, 11:19:02
        
        rofl, yeah right - and in that Leave/Remain referendum it was clear that meant leaving the (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 3, 11:28:25
        
        Weren't you talking about the election though? (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 3, 18:06:53

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