Readers' blog: Demands for Brexit rerun an affront to democracy
Two former taoisigh, Bertie Ahern and John Bruton, were interviewed on RTÉ TV’s This week in Politics last Sunday, making a joint demand for rerunning of the 2016 Brexit referendum, which is surely an affront to democracy, especially coming from these former prominent politicians.
I very much doubt that this dynamic duo would support a rerun of an inconclusive Irish general election, should some cobbled-together government need to be formed (as with the present do-nothing Dáil), just for political expediency — which sometimes can happen and which will probably happen more often in the future — against the wishes of the main body of the electorate.
