Hilarious April 2019 story out of England, via the BBC:
Judge asked to be relieved of jury duty – because he was the judge in the case.
But it gets worse! The Jury Central Summoning Bureau first told him, no, you’ll have to serve. Ha ha ha. Read the story:
So, a one-time 52 to 48 percent [Brexit, Wikipedia article] popular vote is a solid basis for making massive economic, political, and social changes to the governance of the Not So United Kingdom and the larger European Union of 28 (at the moment) member states. Huh? Ain’t Democracy grand?!
Even tennis, baseball, soccer and basketball teams get to play more than one game to determine who wins.
We have much to learn from what happens next (and after that, and after that, …) and there will be an awful lot of discussion, hand-wringing, foreboding, fear, panic, etc. (Just like the lead up to our November 2016 elections!)
Just Google these words: brexit not legally binding
The voting takes place on Thursday, June 23, 2016.
See also “Neil Walker: The Brexit Vote: The Wrong Question for Britain and Europe,“ linked to from the UK Current Awareness Blog.
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