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Originally Posted by Mr K
There was a 72% turnout at the referendum, meaning those that voted in favour only represented 37% of the electorate. That ignores those that aren't registered to vote, mostly the young who this will affect most. If you take the UK population as a whole only 27% voted to leave. The mandate is far from convincing.
The problem for Brexiters is they are only now just waking up the economic results of their decision. However they'd have to admit they'd been duped, which no one wants to do. It isn't totally their fault, we've become so cynical about politicians/dodgy dossiers that no one believes the figures they spout at elections/referendums. However this time some of them were right.
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You can attempt to de-legitimise the result any way you like, it won't alter reality. Democracy is what it is; imperfect, but better than any other means of government we have yet devised. A result derived by a tried and tested means, with a solid turnout (love the way you try to co-opt everyone who didn't vote as a disenfranchised remainer, by the way), leading to a clear majority result.
And as a hard-line remainer who is clearly in deep denial, I don't think I'll be paying too much attention to your claims to know what those of us who voted leave are thinking or feeling right now.