Thread: Post-Brexit Thread
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:05   #3332
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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 ..
If the people who didn't vote wanted to stay in the EU, then they should have voted. You have no basis to believe that all those who didn't vote were remainers anyway.

In any case, Brexit is good for the country. The EU is suffocating us and taking away our ability to shape the direction of travel for the UK. We have asked the people and they have answered. Now we need to get on with delivery.

As far as the unions are concerned, you are missing the elephant in the room. That is that only a proportion, often a small proportion, of employees who are also members of a trade union. So a company of 1,000 employees and only 100 trade union members need only 40 votes to strike. Looks a bit different when put like that, doesn't it?
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