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| This is the view of those who argue the priority of direct democracy, that see the referendum as the highest expression of the will of the sovereign people. | This is the view of those who argue the priority of direct democracy, that see the referendum as the highest expression of the will of the sovereign people. | ||
| - | I have, however, a different view. The referendum has been won by the Brexit side for a purely conjunctural reason and, at the end, fortuitous: who has the led of the Brexit campaign, the people who were there at that time, has been more talented of those who were found to drive the campaign of Remain. | + | I have, however, a different view. The referendum has been won by the Brexit side for a purely conjunctural reason and, at the end, fortuitous: who had the led of the Brexit campaign, the people who were there at that time, has been more talented of those who were found to drive the campaign of Remain. |
| They were better at grasping the feelings of the electorate. They won for the heart, partly helped by the not exactly idyllic feeling that the population (not just the British one) has in this historic period for the political representatives. | They were better at grasping the feelings of the electorate. They won for the heart, partly helped by the not exactly idyllic feeling that the population (not just the British one) has in this historic period for the political representatives. | ||
