So are you telling me that every voter reads all the manifestos, cogitating on every point presented therein, and decides on how to vote? What do they do if they only agree with some of the issues in each of the manifestos? Oh yes, that right, they weigh up the pros and cons and vote for the best fit - if they actually read them. So your claim above is bollocks.....and, oh yes, we had a referendum specifically on this point about Brexit which clarified the matter.
Where did I ever say that every voter read every word of each manifesto. I didn't. What I said is that 'MPs gain their authority from the personal vote they receive in their constituencies and the party manifesto they stood on in that election' - and that is true, and it doesn't matter whether or not the voters have actually read the manifesto, MPs gain their authority from being elected as the candidate of a party and on a platform (i.e. the manifesto of that party).
And while we are on the topic do you think that the voters in the referendum read everything provided from each side or do you think in many cases it was just a 'gut feeling' or a hunch, or believing what it said on the side of a bus.
And the referendum hasn't clarified the matter - if it had there wouldn't be any debate about the type of Brexit. The referendum has clarified nothing and created more uncertainty and lack of clarity than we have seen in this country for decades.
