So far, Westminster has rejected the idea of a second Brexit referendum because the ‘will of the people’ is to leave the EU. The decision to leave the EU was democratic and, therefore, must be respected. But this argument is flawed. Here are four reasons why the first Brexit referendum was not democratic.
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Karen Bradley and the Tories’ contempt for Northern Ireland
Yesterday Karen Bradley, the Northern Ireland Secretary since January 2018, said that the deaths caused by police and the army during the Troubles were not crimes. The police and soldiers were “people acting under orders and instructions, fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way.”
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