Meep wrote:The phrase "will of the people" is used incorrectly by Brexit supporters. Leaving is not and has never been the will of the people. The majority of the public have always been for remaining, as evidenced by the fact that nearly twice as many non-voters in the referendum appeared to endorse staying in the EU. If they used "will of the voters" they might be more accurate. Leave edged it on the day of the referendum because fewer remain supporters bothered turning out. The reason the polls had it for remain before hand was because it's easier to respond to a poll than drag yourself out to actually vote after work (the fact that the leave side had many more retirees on their side was a big boon for them).
Of course, some might argue that if you can't be bothered to vote then your opinion doesn't count and honestly, although in this instance it goes against the outcome I wanted, I am quite sympathetic to that argument. I'm not arguing that the result was invalid. I am just pointing out that the majority of the population, from all available evidence, wants to remain in the EU and has always done so.
Then they should have voted.
Like I said - the zeal and desire was in the side of the Leave vote.
I talked to remain supporters who didn’t vote in the days and weeks after and wanted to shake them.
We (collectively) didn’t do enough.
It’s a cop out to blame only the Leave voters or the slogans and bullshit and the politicians.
We are all responsible in varying degrees.