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minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAs I understand it, they didn’t have to follow through either? It was a strong suggestion vote, not an absolute.
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey didn’t, but there’d have been literal rioting in the streets and the Conservatives wouldn’t have got back in power for at least a decade or two had they gone back on it.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey could have lied their way out of it, just like everything else they lie their way out of.
As I understand it, they didn’t have to follow through either? It was a strong suggestion vote, not an absolute.
They didn’t, but there’d have been literal rioting in the streets and the Conservatives wouldn’t have got back in power for at least a decade or two had they gone back on it.
They could have lied their way out of it, just like everything else they lie their way out of.