Dolan wrote:Le Dragon wrote:Cameron gave voters the option to decide on Britain's fate in the EU. He didn't interfere with the voting process or knowingly manipulate public opinion. In 'simplistic causation terms', the outcome of the referendum would not have happened if he had not called it in the first place. But blaming him for the outcome is like blaming the iceberg for sinking the titanic.
Well, to quote Putin, why would a leader ever call a referendum he knew he would lose... Anyway, Cameron had other choices, but I think he just wanted to stick more to power and not lose many seats in the House of Commons to populistic parties. So he gave them the referendum choice, to appease them and not lose votes to UKIP & Co.
"The people" who decided the outcome were not the most informed about the consequences. A knee-jerk reaction of 52% of participant voters to the migration problem decided the future of Britain for decades to come. Sounds like the right way of deciding the future of your country for the long term.
All good points, but none of them reasons why Cameron should be blamed.