This evening the Brexit deal negotiated by Mrs May has been defeated by 432 vs 202. This whole process is making a mockery of referendums and of British democracy. After a disastrous referendum (which should never have taken place on such Manichean terms) the British Government proceeded to negotiate an agreement with the EU for the next 2 years. Through a mixture of bad negotiation, stubbornness and not listening to Parliament the Prime Minister has just wasted everybody's time. If anybody needed a demonstration of the pointlessness of government this is a prime example. Britain has spent the last 2 years navel gazing at the expense of all other Government business and yet the country has continued to function (more or less). How many times do professional politicians need to let down their country before we move to citizens assemblies?
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