@nooneinparticular Said
And apparently 'the majority' don't care. It may seem callous to say this, but clearly, they don't care about that or it's implications. Since the UK is a democracy, the minority view, for all intents and purposes, does not matter.
I hear what you say but alas the word "democracy" is misplaced in this context. Democracy is an ideal that in my opinion is worth striving for but is in fact unreachable.
The beginning of the Brexit fiasco was the calling of a Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, Leave or Remain. The Referendum was called by Dave Cameron, then leader of the Tory Party - called in the hope of stopping the haemorrhaging of Tory votes to UKIP (the UK Independence Party) He obviously presumed that the UK would vote to Remain.
The rest is history. Once Leave won, all talk of "soft brexits", mooted in various way during the Campaign, were taken off the table, and the mantra "Leave MEANS Leave" was the soundbite of the day.
The above demonstrates why Referendums are not an integral part of our UK Constitution, which in fact is centered upon the pre-eminence of Parliament. Referendums are "advisory only".
All attempts to uphold a deeper democracy were cast aside by those who now insisted that democracy began and ended on 23/06/2016. To implement the result of the Referendum was the sole criteria of judging. My posts on various Comments Sections were met with derision......" you lost, get over it" perhaps the most eloquent. To argue that democracy involves citizens genuinely seeking to educate themselves, giving deep consideration to all relevant issues, this all on-going and self-generating, were the words of a "poor loser."
Sadly, my view is not that of the minority. Such is the end result of "democracy" being reduced to implementing one Referendum result.
Now just 39% think Brexit is a "good idea". In the last General Election more people voted for Parties offering renegotiation with the EU and/or a second Referendum. But our FPTP electoral system, basically corrupt, gave the Tories an 80 seat majority. So Brexit goes ahead, full steam.
And this must be added, though spoken of before. The facts are so hideous as to need repeating.....
Boris Johnson signed and sealed the Withdrawal Deal. He negotiated it. He then closed down Parliament (the true heart of UK democracy) illegally - declared so by the UK Law Lords - seeking to avoid scrutiny of its terms, then went to the nation selling it as the "Oven Ready Deal" that he would "get out at Christmas" to finalise things, won an 80 seat majority on such a platform, sacked 21 of his own Party for voting against the Deal........ now the man has the temerity to speak of it being "rushed through" and prepares to break International Law, tearing up the very terms he negotiated and sold to the nation.
Do people care? The sad thing is, those still in favour of Brexit seem happy to turn a blind eye. Which history shows is one step towards the destruction of genuine freedom for all.