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pampango

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3. It can but it shouldn't and won't. It would be suicidal and empower the right in the long run.
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 08:36 AM
Jun 2016

Imagine the uproar from the right, if the "ELITES ignored the referendum voted on by the common people". It would be a right wing bonanza in the long run.

A Conservative prime minister and government granted the referendum and right wing populist went with it and won democratically.

Those who supported Remain need to accept that the right won the referendum and move on expeditiously to implement it.

If things work out for the UK, then the Right was right, so to speak. If things go badly, perhaps in 10 years or a generation they can revisit this. Some of the older supporters of Leave will have died off and the younger supporters of Remain will still be around - unless they change their minds as they age.

To ignore the referendum or hold a re-vote right away, while I sympathize with the sentiment behind the ideas, would only serve to make the right even stronger.

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