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Old 18-12-2016, 15:57   #3322
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread

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Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post
I have got to pick you up on this repeated point that Brexit is the "will of the people". It is the will of 37% of the electorate. That's all that was required to win the referendum.

Consequently, she must take into account the impact of Brexit on the nation as a whole and not just the wishes of the minority that voted to Leave.

It is an irony that a Trades Union requires 40% of a total electorate (not merely votes cast) to trigger a strike whereas a vote to radically change the financial, cultural and political makeup of the whole country could have been decided by Bob in Essex ..
i see your doing the include the can't be arsed to vote score to make up your figures ,that's not how it works but you already know that .

its 52% ish of those who bothered to vote .
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