Brexit

[supergee]

Let me see if I’ve got this Brexit thing right:

1. The majority does a Votey McVoteface.

2. The Tories go into decapitated chicken mode because they were unprepared for the success of what they were advocating.

3. Labour says, “Everybody else is being stupid; we gotta catch up,” and tries to fire their competent leader.

Comments

[wild_irises]

My favorite tweet about this was "It's like they hit unsubscribe, and then went, wait, what do you mean I can't post?"

[matgb]

tries to fire theire incompetent, lying, duplicitous, deceitful leader.

Corrected for accuracy there. Seriously, he's a a bit to right wing for my personal taste, and nowhere near radical enough, but his policies don't bother me, it's the screaming incompetence and tying himself an open and avowed Stalinist that bothers me.

But beyond that, yeah, pretty much.

[necturus]

The morons decided to call a referendum. The British version of Tea Partiers resorted to the same sort of lies and distortions their American counterparts use in their pursuit of power, with the result that the referendum passed.

What I don't understand is why Parliament won't repudiate it. A slim majority, deceived by propaganda, should not be allowed to mortgage the future of the younger folks, the vast majority of whom voted to Remain. From where I sit, you don't drive the bus over the cliff just because 52% of the passengers think they'll go straight to heaven.

I'm not British, though, even if some of my ancestors were.