Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
Democratic politics is always conducted independently of the wishes of the electorate- as I said, that is pretty much the purpose of a political party. Elections are fought between two different versions of the same view and all views that sit outside of that are ignored.

Which is why it is quite amusing to see someone like you get so high and mighty about it the minute it happens to exclude you.

Look at you and Sir C ****ting your pants about Corbyn. The sheer terror that seizes you the minute the prospect of a genuine left wing government becomes even remotely realistic is tremendous fun.

Whichever way you cut it, Brexit happened by accident. Cameron's gamble only happened because of a delicate electoral balance which was NOT just about UKIP. Not even mainly about it. It is a strange argument to suggest that an accident after a 40 year wait is democracy in action.

Once this is done and dusted the political class will be back in total control and wil be ignoring all of us for decades to come. And you won't complain about it.
No. You are demonstrably wrong. Democratic politics can happen contrary to the wishes of the demos, but that can only create an unstable status quo. This country's Parliamentary history is littered with examples where ground has been given to public sentiment in order to avoid a more cataclysmic backlash. The mistake in recent years has been to assume that such concessions are no longer necessary because consensus - or at least equilibrium - has been achieved. This thinking led to the 'there is no alternative' mindset of which EU membership has been such a key aspect. This complacency is why Brexit has come as such a nasty shock. It has shown that everything is far from settled and that there are monumental political battles still to be fought. The status quo ante is not coming back.