Originally Posted by
Bjauck
Ok fair enough. "Your democracy" is very specific. Elections based (only?) on "facts" and elimination of hate crimes are aspirational. How many countries achieve that? "Unruly mobs" although in the UK they were emboldened by the Brexit vote, are not confined to Brexit UK and certainly would become a problem if the police and courts did nothing to curtail them.
It does depend on the specificity of your standards....but does the post-Brexit rise in hate crime indicate the "so-called majority" in the UK no longer believe in the UK liberal constitutional democracy with rule of law? I am not sure that connection can be drawn. Brexit may be an outcome we do not like but even if we presume a majority of the voters for Brexit wanted a curb on immigration, I am not sure if it would be safe to assume that even a majority of those voters would be comfortable with a constitutional democracy that did not protect minority rights, the rule of law and a free press.