Simon Flett on Nostr: npub1pu6zu…au9fd Don't agree. Mature democratic nations, for example the Republic ...
npub1pu6zualylf5ut8hz9el6kzmng946wty843g7qyn6d8mc999pmrkqwau9fd (npub1pu6…u9fd) Don't agree. Mature democratic nations, for example the Republic of Ireland, hold confirmatory/review referendums on similar issues.
There was nothing instrinsically 'bruising' about the 2016 referendum. What was 'bruising' was the manner a result, billed as 'advisory,' was rammed down the throats of the dissenting 48% including 2 nations, on an approval margin of 4%, by the Tory Party under May, then in minority Government, by bribing the DUP with a (yet unpaid?) £Bn for NI.
There was nothing instrinsically 'bruising' about the 2016 referendum. What was 'bruising' was the manner a result, billed as 'advisory,' was rammed down the throats of the dissenting 48% including 2 nations, on an approval margin of 4%, by the Tory Party under May, then in minority Government, by bribing the DUP with a (yet unpaid?) £Bn for NI.