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Originally Posted by Brillopad

That in my book would make it undemocratic - because some will have given in to the constant fear-mongering by many. That is not an informed decision.

Then every vote is undemocratic, because this goes on before every vote or election and has done since the very beginnings of democracy... it's always been there and you either believe it's a system that people can see through / work around, or you don't. You surely can't claim that voters were immune to being swayed by fear before the original referrendum and the result was legitimate... but THIS time, all of a sudden the very same voters ARE going to be swayed by fear, making a second vote undemocratic?

Either both of the results are fair and democratic... or neither of them are.


[Note: I'm actually on the fence about where I stand on the above statement. I agree that these votes are manipulated by interested parties and the media... I think the results very rarely reflect "the real truth of the matter"... but that's not a new thing starting with Brexit, it's been going on with the GE since voting became fully open to the general public - 100 years ago this year.]