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Bruce[_28_]

In article >,
says...
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On 6/26/2016 7:06 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>> That would require another referendum on independence. They had one
> >> >>> less than two years ago and they voted to stay in the UK. That was
> >> >>> democracy in action. The practical application on democracy is that
> >> >>> an
> >> >>> issue is discussed and all the lobbying is done and then the vote is
> >> >>> held and the results are theoretically binding. Then they go on to
> >> >>> other business. You cannot keep having referendums on independence
> >> >>> every time something else happens.
> >> >>
> >> >> Brexit is a big deal, though. If it causes such a shift in public
> >> >> opinion that a second referendum might have a different outcome from
> >> >> the
> >> >> first one, why not?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Why not two out of three? Then, if you don't like the results try
> >> > three
> >> > out of five. They had a vote, the people spoke. Move on.
> >>
> >> The EU has made other countries do that until they got the result it
> >> wanted.
> >> I am sure they would try it here if they could.
> >
> > The EU wants to make the UK get out quickly, so political and financial
> > calm and stability can be restored. They wouldn't act like that if they
> > were trying to keep the _UK_, would they?
>
> It's early days. I am ruling nothing out.

True, it only happened a couple of days ago

And, apparently, caught
everybody by surprise.