Merry Christmas

Should Brexit get done?

Was Boris's "Get Brexit Done" position endorsed by the British people in this election?

Well, it was a Brexit-dominated election, and 52% of the votes were for pro-Remain parties and 48% for pro-Leave parties (according to John Curtice), the reverse of the result of the original referendum, regarding which:

Cameron promised to be bound by the original referendum result, but he immediately resigned upon hearing what it was. And that referendum was, in many ways, flawed, even as a measure of the will of the British people which is all that it was in itself. The winning margin was small and the winning side was found to have cheated a little. Furthermore, many of the votes for Brexit were votes by racists, for what they took to be a racist policy.

Should cheating, and the wishes of racists, have been allowed to determine our country's future after the person who promised to be bound by the result had resigned? Well, it was his decision, and then it was the will of parliament, via their decision about who would replace him.

Interestingly, Jeremy and Jo are now resigning, having lost the election, but their parties got 32.2% and 11.6% of the votes, which add up to 43.8%, which is slightly more than Boris's party's 43.6%.

Another interesting statistic (via The Outside) is: 2005 — Labour party vote share in England, 35%
               Labour seats in England, 286
2019 — Labour party vote share in England, 34%
               Labour seats in England, 180