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Originally Posted by Teppler
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This begs the question, why was this even allowed to be a vote in the first place? If the elites behind the UK have no intention of following through on what was voted, as they are clearly showing, what was even the purpose of having a vote? The illusion of democracy?
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Prime Minister David Cameron promised a referendum on the EU in the 2015 general election campaign, he didn't think he'd win - he thought he'd end up with another Con-LibDem coalition and so could get rid of the referendum commitment during the coalition negoatiations. As it happened, he did win an outright majority and so it would have been difficult for him to back out of that promise.
Also, referendums are quite rare in UK politics, but since 2010 Cameron had given us two; on changing the voting system to AV and on Scottish independence. Cameron won them both, so probably thought that he could win the third one and secure his legacy as the PM who put the European issue to bed once and for all.