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>>amarch+(OP)
Isn't UK a democracy? Why then have the people not rejected the initiative? Ah, right - they haven't even been asked.

>>la_mez+1U1
Tony Blair's biggest legacy was to take power out of Parliament and spread it wafer-thin over a byzantine network of quangos, courts, public sector bodies and Whitehall bureaucracies to ensure that no matter who you vote for, nothing ever changes.

>>arrows+1j3
This is often not understood by many people who simply say "well you should vote harder" or "we need <X> system of voting".

The government structure seems to be setup in such a way that any meaningful change is rejected.

>>extrai+Sk3
This was the Brexiteers' biggest folly, I think. They blamed the EU for the fact that power had become completely unaccountable to the public. But the call was coming from inside the house: in theory we reclaimed our sovereignty, in practice your vote still doesn't matter and your opinion still isn't wanted.

Now the same crowd is turning their attention to the ECHR. It won't help.

>>arrows+tl3
I don't think remaining in the EU would have helped matters considering they are enacting their own spooky internet/tech legislation. I don't know enough about the ECHR to comment.

I think it is a combination of many things. To make meaningful change each one of these entities (quangos) will have to be examined, reformed or reviewed.

I am not sure it is even possible for that to happen without a collapse and/or crisis at this point.

I listened to a podcast with Dominic Cummings last night and he is of the opinion that the UK government is extremely weak at the moment and if there was another black swan event that they would crumble. I don't know if that is true, but it seems plausible.