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you are right, although i would point out that when you use the word “government” you’re mostly referring to a series of conservative party governments.

at the same time. two things can be true. everything you mentioned plays a large part in why we’re in a bit of a mess as a country.

this is being exacerbated by big tech firms, especially social media ones. the fact that a lie from some tech bro with a large soapbox can travel all the way around the world in less than a second makes it very hard to have a reasoned discussion or debate about the problem.

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"The government" in British politics (as with most parliamentary systems) is a term of art which in a policy context refers specifically to present executive authority as embodied in the Prime Minister and his or her cabinet.

"The government" at the time, embodied by David Cameron, were not pushing for Brexit. It, and Cameron, pushed for a vote, but with the expectation that the referendum would be defeated.

> "The government" in British politics (as with most parliamentary systems) is a term of art which in a policy context refers specifically to present executive authority as embodied in the Prime Minister and his or her cabinet.

Fair. Although that particular term of art obfuscates some specific nuance. Namely that there were like 10 different conservative "the governments" that were referred to throughout spwa4's comment (i can't remember exactly how many different govts there were now and i cba to remember).

> "The government" at the time, embodied by David Cameron, were not pushing for Brexit.

Yes, although elements of the conservative party, some of which were part of David Cameron's government, were pushing for a referendum.

Regards your final 'graph, as I've also pointed out: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613291>.