(February 9, 2017 at 1:43 am)Bella Morte Wrote: Unlikely to ever happen, even if they did block any bills to do with Brexit.
Yes, the Lords' patriotic duty is to block Brexit. In a representative democracy, Parliament can take advice from constituents but they are then charged, constitutionally, to act in their best interests, irrespective of majority or populist concerns. That's why we only have advisory referrenda; the people don't always know what's best for them. Brexit is being driven by a super-vocal minority and is not in our best interests, according to almost every measure of interest. There are a lot of threats made by Leavers, if they don't get what they want and no arguments of substance to back their view that Brexit is worth it. It's an ideological position, entirely and backed by zero pragmatism. Since the vote, people have been leaving the Leave camp in droves as reality sets in and they understand the lies and consequences. I very much doubt that if it was blocked, there would be any backlash at all.
What needs to be gleaned from this however, is the huge amount of political disenfranchisement on all sides. That's how the political extremists and neoliberals have manipulated people in to voting against their own best interests in order to serve their selfish super-capitalist agendas.
Sum ergo sum
