• sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    David Cameron may have gambled on the referendum but he still only had one vote in it. The citizens of the UK as a whole own the results. Also, as I recall, there were two elections after the referendum in which UK citizens doubled-down on Brexit by returning the Conservatives to government with landslide victories.

    Also, anti-EU sentiment is one thing and may be common in various EU countries from time to time. However, voting for separation is quite another.

    In any case, with such sustained support for the Tories post-referendum, it’s hard to lay the blame for Brexit at anyone’s feet except the UK citizenry itself.