Cameron himself didn’t want Brexit to happen. He thought a referendum would finally silence opponents who felt otherwise, including many in his own Conservative Party. Yet he also sympathized with British citizens who “resent the interference in our national life by what they see as unnecessary rules and regulation” and tried to leverage that resentment in negotiations for a better deal with the EU. When the referendum was held in 2016 and Leave won with 52 percent of the vote, Cameron resigned the next day in disgrace. The UK spent the next four years negotiating the terms of its divorce with continental Europe. In 2020, they reached an agreement, and Brexit became official reality.

The UK cycled through three prime ministers during those seven tumultuous years. But the Bank of England had just one governor that whole time, whose tenure from 2013 to 2020 overlapped this cautionary tale with eerie precision: Mark Carney.

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[–] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

Perhaps we could take lessons from some other countries on how to handle this starting with the involuntarily removal and imprisonment of a provincial premier for treason.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    Meanwhile, there are 9 other referendum questions quietly smouldering on the same ballot, 5 of which target immigrants, so Alberta can contribute even harder to demographic collapse, and the remaining 4 taste faintly of bitter almond.

    Dream up a simple question that could proactively help a regular person, then read and compare the actual ballot questions, and it becomes instantly clear how severely Alberta is drowning.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    As I much I was I don't want to hand it Danielle Smith. It seems Danielle Smith learned from the UK's disastrous Brexit vote orchestrated by David Cameron.

    Having a vote to decide if you should vote to leave is a good political decision. If Danielle Smith wants to stay Alberta to stay in Canada, she can go "See, people don't want a vote to leave" or "the vote to leave was way too close. I would prefer a clear and strong super majority before initiating a vote to leave Canada."

    If the vote to vote leave is clearly to vote to leave. Danielle Smith can gain leverage to extract more from the Federal Government.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    He can always change his mind in December after they are finally finished hand counting the ballots from October.

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