(10-16-2023, 12:33 AM)PaulP date Wrote:I think the "times are tough" argument is pretty weak.Actually, the resistance to change is a characteristic of society under duress, it happens in the lead up to and during war. Under social duress the population opts for the status quo.
But, I'd assert that even under different circumstances the referendum would still have failed, because the question didn't offer the answer the wider general public wanted. The question was about as valid as Howard's Republic Referendum.
Was the question disingenuous?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"