The strikingly undemocratic result of Britain’s big Brexit vote

Referendums might be the closest we can get to a pure democracy, giving the voting public a direct say in how their country is governed. But they can also present problems when they butt up against the more established representative democracy found often in the Western world. This can be seen right now in what […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/07/11/the-strikingly-undemocratic-result-of-britains-big-brexit-vote/