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Here in the UK we have the First Past the Post system. If you live in a so-called 'safe seat', your individual vote will count for pretty much nothing much of the time.Otherwise known as democracy...
In 2016 we had a referendum on membership of the European Union. Every single vote counted and had equal importance and weight. The 'wrong' side won. Most MPs initially pledged to honour the outcome. Following re-election, many of those MPs then did everything they could to keep us in some or all of the European Union's institutions. Many pressure groups and lobbying groups also formed to try and overturn the outcome, and the action included several high profile court cases. Over four years later we still have not left the European Union.
Why am I telling this story? Because some people laud democracy, but are simply incapable of accepting the democratic outcome when they think it is 'wrong'.
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