05-12-16, 05:19 PM
Julia Hartley-Brewer owned the Libdem.
All she was doing was highlighting the 'zombie democracy' era we have entered, where potentially any vote could be contested for genuine or spurious reasons. Sarah Olney won with the backing of quarter of the electorate. We once accepted that, although now there seems to be a noisy minority who whine this isn't a true democratic mandate, as they have done with the EURef, despite it breaking turnout records. Potentially every vote could result in a legal challenge in the future. You can't have your cake and eat it.
All she was doing was highlighting the 'zombie democracy' era we have entered, where potentially any vote could be contested for genuine or spurious reasons. Sarah Olney won with the backing of quarter of the electorate. We once accepted that, although now there seems to be a noisy minority who whine this isn't a true democratic mandate, as they have done with the EURef, despite it breaking turnout records. Potentially every vote could result in a legal challenge in the future. You can't have your cake and eat it.