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Originally Posted by Osem
Only time will tell whether threats actually work in influencing voters but there's no doubt in my mind that such tactics will give further ammunition to the out campaign since it's just that sort of 'big brother' behaviour which they claim is at the heart of what's wrong with the EU.
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They may resent it but when casting the vote are they going to go for the status-quo or the option to leave if the latter has an uncertainty about it? Hopefully they learn to moderate it so there isn't a post-referendum backlash like there was in Scotland but 'the deal', however much it may be a political exercise, might help there.
The Out campaign will have to address the 'uncertainty' issue but rebutting the 'threats' with convincing facts. If they go down the 'bullying' route they'll lose. Labour tried the 'nasty Tories' angle when faced with the fear-mongering of the Tory campaign but they still lost convincingly partly because the threats worked.