LETTER: Second Brexit referendum needed
Britain's House of Commons presents a global display of the ineffectiveness of politicians in an old democracy
If ever there was a global display of the ineffectiveness of politicians in an old established democracy it has been in the British House of Commons about Brexit. The most democratic step that could be undertaken after more than two years of stumbling in the political desert is a second referendum now that MPs and the British people finally have some understanding of what Brexit is really all about. Labour’s rethink on a second referendum and the defection of Tory and Labour MPs are hopefully signs of common sense returning to the house. The only world leaders welcoming a possible British exit from the EU are Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. I cannot imagine anything more undemocratic than people voting for something they did not fully understand and were misled about, and then being forced to accept the outcome more than two years later after the truth has emerged, just to “uphold democracy”! British politics is in disarray and Prime Minister Theresa May sounds increasingly like an...
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