Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
That is the basic function of a political party. Unfortunately, a great mass of the electorate hold ill-informed views that would destroy a country. I am afraid they have to be ignored sometimes.

Probably not on this occasion, admittedly. Britain was fine while we ignored the views or you and your ilk. It has fallen to pieces since we gave you a voice.

Democracy is a pain in the arse.
Britain is a classic example of the fact that the political class cannot simply ignore issues because they don't like them and hope to get away with it. Sooner or later, they'll come back to bite you on the arse. A classic example would Blair's craven and cynical failure to offer the promised referendum on Lisbon. That led directly to Brexit. That referendum could have been the pressure valve needed to keep us in the EU (not least by arresting some of the most unpopular aspects of the modern EU). Instead, he bottled it and resentment grew. The result was Brexit.

The attempt by political elites to ignore or suppress public sentiment on key issues only ever results in a more extreme version of the thing they feared in the first place. This is a lesson history teaches us over and over again. And yet short-sighted politicians and their lackeys (ie you) ignore it over and over again.