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A thought experiment... The democratically elected government says diesel cars are bad, but put under pressure by lobbying groups a referendum is created that says "Do you want Britain to move to entirely Diesel cars" [ X ]  Yes [     ]  No The politicians and unelected bureaucrats like Nigel Farage run a campaign that says with diesel we can have cleaner air. Don't you want cleaner air? The slogan MAKE BRITAIN CLEAN AGAIN is everywhere. People vote YES to diesel. There is nothing in the referendum to promise that diesel will make the air cleaner. The government now has a problem, it either says this is a terrible idea and puts a stop to it, or supports the will of the people knowing it will cost billions of £ and in the end you will not have clean air, in fact probably dirtier air. What's the democratic thing to do? Diesel Cars You are supporting the "will of the people" but you are not operating in their best interest. No Diesel Cars You

So I've just been reading the "Tony Abbott: How to save Brexit" article in the Spectator. https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/10/tony-abbott-how-to-save-brexit/ I'm quite concerned, there seems to be a huge number of false facts and assumptions here that could potentially sway public opinion on Brexit. Democracy is based on information, and therefore this is potentially very undemocratic. I'll take them one at a time... the text from the original article is in italics . When David Cameron tried to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership, he was sent packing because Brussels judged (rightly) that he’d never actually back leaving. Well no he asked for fundamental changes to the EU that couldn't be implemented, and if they didn't want to change because he'd never back leaving then surely they back them now as we are leaving. It's not that case and why it's not happening. The EU’s palpable desire to punish Britain for leaving vindicates the Brex