Voting in the future

Pacifico

Of course its a betrayal - they lied to get elected. What else would you call it?

Here are the policies they stood on - read for yourself.

The Conservative Party Manifesto 2017

https://labour.org.uk/manifesto/

Pacifico

So had Remain won by the same margin would a binary winner takes all system been able to sucessfully deal with it?

So Remain winning would have led to some compromise? - Norway plus for example?

But Remain winning by the same amount would have been acceptable?

You dont like democracy do you?

SteakAndCake

Parliamentary Democracy, and I'm not having this argument again.

springtide

Are manifestos legally binding?  I think not, they are a more of a wish list at best.

Also like any such large project where there are lots of unknowns, the project is "Agile"

richp007

It's almost like people believe manifesto pledges are carried out to the letter, every time an election is won.....

springtide

What is with this "winning" and "loosing"?  We are not talking about the lottery, although some here seen to think it was.

SteakAndCake

Yes, because you're voting to keep things the same, there is zero risk, people know EXACTLY what that means.  A massive change like Brexit with undeclared or unknown outcomes should never be 50% 1 to pass.  It's insane.   Two thirds majority or something like this.

The two options have differing risk profiles so deserve different targets.

IronGiant

That's a Remainer's fault   Cameron put in a safety clause just in case Remain only had a small majority, and declared that the referendum would be carried by as little as one vote.  When it was carried by well over a million, he was stuffed.

SteakAndCake

Voting Labour next time because Magic Grandpa promised me a Unicorn.

SteakAndCake

I wasn't going to have the argument again, but I just noticed your profile picture was of Winston Churchill so thought you might appreciate this percipient quote explaining why MPs "Betrayed" the people.