"and ask Jim if the same criteria, in his estimation, applies. "
That is not true. I'm sure if the brexit party won a general election, Jim would accept that was a democratic result.
You ask'd me to ask him, then told me not to, because you told me what you think he thinks. Can i not just ask jim?
Jim said : "If the Lib Dems win a democratic election then their policies will have been endorsed by the people, democratically. Which makes it democratic."
And i have to say that is bang on, and true.
if the lib dems won a democratic election, it would be democratic.