Dear Forumers,
After the EU Referendum result in the UK in 2016 David Cameron just buggered off basically, and he did nothing to try to help sort things out. Even though it was his big idea to have the Referendum in the first place.
He claimed it was about giving people a democratic choice, which was just nonsense of course. He was scared of rebellion within his party, and of UKIP winning all of his party's seats. And he assumed that it would be a vote for Remain. But his Project Fear backfired.
A large majority of MPs were actually against Brexit, so you must wonder why they ever agreed to have the Referendum when public opinion was so divided and the result uncertain. But like Cameron, they also assumed they could scare the public into voting Remain.
So Cameron may deserve to be punished for quitting and disappearing like that straight after the result. Even though he is now the Foreign Secretary he could be walked through the streets, perhaps naked, and show his penance to the nation. Then be flogged in a prominent place, such as Trafalgar Square, or in the garden space in front of Parliament.
And let us face it, in the Middle Ages he would probably have been hanged, drawn and quartered as well.
Veronika Oleksychenko
I don't see how any country that purports itself to be developed should stoop to behavior this low. Treating opposing politicians in this way, no matter the side, would create a dangerous precedent and normalize political violence.