Sorry to be that guy but it’s not true that “a little over half the population were really into #Brexit for a while” (Ahir on #OGWN) - at its peak, around a third tops of the population flirted with the notion for a variety of reasons, often nothing to do with the EU & everything to do with giving Cameron a kicking. Let’s bust this pernicious myth.
@ottocrat Never forget that had the referendum been mandatory it would have been annulled because of electoral fraud. Our political elite treated it as mandatory, but exploited the loophole of it being advisory. Mafia lawyers exploit legal loopholes, democratic governments must not. (Nick Reeves)
@H4Heights @ottocrat They treated it as advisory when the First Minister asked for a "quadruple lock" provision to prevent any country from being taken out of the EU against its will. Lidington refused on those grounds, that it was "advisory, and makes no provision for what happens next." Only when it won did they instantly change their language and call it a mandate and "the will of the people." Absolute bait-and-switch: one of many reasons it was an unsafe result and should have been set aside.
