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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Fri Nov 1, 2019, 07:13 AM Nov 2019

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Maybe it is inevitable that our democracy is going through such a crisis. After all we are the... [View all]

...oldest modern democracy around, and with age can come intransigence, stubbornness, an expectation of respect (potentially without earning it) and spiders running around the attic.

Brexit has led to a national breakdown of mental health and well being. A national breakdown that has been witnessed around the world...

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Maybe it is inevitable that our democracy is going through such a crisis. After all we are the... [View all] Soph0571 Nov 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Centerfielder Nov 2019 #1

maybe that national breakdown of mental health led to brexit? rampartc Nov 2019 #2

What came first - the chicken or the egg? n/t Soph0571 Nov 2019 #5

I was going to reply something similar. Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author padfun Nov 2019 #3

This is posted in the UK group Soph0571 Nov 2019 #4

I'd dispute that we counted as a democracy before 1832 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2019 #6

I would strongly agree with you T_i_B Nov 2019 #8

Demographics play a large part here T_i_B Nov 2019 #9

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