Thursday, January 30, 2020

Brexiteers Don’t Want Democracy; 
They Want Freedom And by George, they’ve got it: 
The UK leaves the EU this weekend.

by  January 30, 2020, 11:14 AM


"When the United Kingdom exits the European Union late on Friday, Brexit will be hailed as a victory for British democracy. 

Three times Britons voted to leave the EU and “take back control”: 

in June 2016, when the Leave campaign won at the EU referendum; 

in the general election the following June, when the vast majority of voters cast ballots for parties promising to fulfill the referendum will of the people (even though the Conservative party itself only achieved a minority government); 

and finally in December 2019 — the second general election in as many years — after months and months of Remainer parliamentary obstruction, Britons overwhelming elected Boris Johnson on the pledge to “get Brexit done.” Third time’s the charm.

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