HANNA ZIADY: Another vote on Brexit would be real democracy
Citizens should be allowed to change their minds — or not — based on complete information
UK citizens should be allowed to vote again on the country’s EU membership. While it may heighten tension in a country that is deeply divided on the issue, it would allow for the most democratic outcome — that is, one where voters are allowed to change their minds. In general elections, that bedrock of democracy, citizens are not given only one chance to choose their political representatives, but multiple opportunities over their lifetimes. It makes no sense then that a democratic country should force its citizens to live with a decision they once made if today they would choose differently — particularly if their initial decision was based on false or incomplete information. Take northeast England. Virtually the entire region, with the exception of Newcastle, overwhelmingly voted for Brexit in the June 2016 referendum. Last week a report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK’s leading business lobby group, found that the northeast could be among the regions most...
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