I have some sympathy for the 'what about the 48% of the British population' argument.

Still, I don't think you can conduct a negotiation using proportional representation. Business isn't done that way.

We are a 'first past the post' society so I don't see any sensible argument for remainers to reflect policy when they lost.

On a separate but related point weren't you were arguing against democracy in a previou0s post...oh sorry yes...apparently you like democracy but don't like referendums.

So we shouldn't really have joined the common market in the first place....and if we had a government who doesn't agree with the EU we should just leave...and then join back when a EU supporting government comes in....Are you seeing the problem with legitimacy here? Unless you ask the people a direct question you any government can claim a mandate.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

er, no, I can't see any sense it what you are saying because where did I ever 'argue against democracy and don't like referendums'? Please post up where I said that.

So would you agree with that same mentality for changing government in elections as that's also a major change?

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Codswallop.

Wage stagnation is largely due to immigration. You can mostly blame Mr Blair for that.

Terror attacks? Mr Blair can take a fair chunk of blame for the environment we are now in. It is funny that you blame the Tories for the actions of Islamists. Very funny.

There is no dismantling of the NHS. That is age old lefty spin. There is only a recognition that it can't continue as it is. Mr Blair did plenty to damage the NHS.

And Cabinet infighting? At least the Tories broadly support that own leader. Had Corbyn not polled better than expected he would have been publicly vilified by most of his party by now.

Surely Manchester and London Bridge were Fascist acts too.

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

Clearly you never had the misfortune of working as part of a consortium. Oddly this is how a lot of government and defence business is conducted. I've worked with as many as five different businesses as 'partners' to a single client body. I wouldn't recommend it.

Whilst I agree, that the ultimately we must have an exit from the EU - I wouldn't say we're a first past the post system per se. We elect to the European Parliament on proportional representation, have a constitutional system in which the narrow divide of this referendum wouldn't have been sufficient to return a majority.

I don't think we necessarily have to have MPs who voted for an exit, because we'd be stuffed (given hardly any of the Conservatives, Liberals or Labour MPs were pro-exit). I don't think you could have MPs who stood in the general election as being for a second referendum or reversal of an exit mind.

Yes, we should have joined the Common Market, because people voted for that, and I think ultimately a bit of membership to a greater body makes sense, and can serve to keep things 'honest'. However we never voted for a European Parliament or the encroachment of a EU over a trade body.

I think the problem for the Conservatives is that they don't have a democratic mandate to pursue their proposed exit. They can only form a government with the assistance of a NI Nationalist Party, who's interests in supporting the Conservative are purely regional.

They didn't get a mandate for a 'hard brexit' from the UK, only a majority at election that wasn't sufficient to return a government, let alone an endorsement of a policy.

Particularly given that the Conservatives effectively called the election to establish that mandate.

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