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Ignitionnet · 03-10-2016, 09:41

Rather than campaigning for a 'Yes' vote the opposition there were campaigning for people to spoil ballots or just not show up.

It worked.

The turnout was 43.9% by the way, not 49%. Wasn't a closely run thing.

Amusingly there are actually so few refugees allocated to Hungary that the cost of the referendum would've paid for E31,000 worth of training, integration, language skills, etc, for each and every one of them.

I disagree with the mandatory resettlement programme but this was a big waste of time and money to cement a position in internal politics.

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Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: Unstoppable migration? Rather than campaigning for a 'Yes' vote the opposition there were campaigning for people to spoil ballots or just not show up. It worked. The turnout was 43.9% by the way, not 49%. Wasn't a closely run thing. Amusingly there are actually so few refugees allocated to Hungary that the cost of the referendum would've paid for E31,000 worth of training, integration, language skills, etc, for each and every one of them. I disagree with the mandatory resettlement programme but this was a big waste of time and money to cement a position in internal politics.