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Originally Posted by Mick
And you need to be kept being told when you keep bringing this incorrect assertion, that you need to stop bringing in people who were not eligible to vote or could not be arsed to vote, in your percentage calculations, it’s a false narrative.
The EU referendum vote was one of the largest Democratic processes in modern political history, the result is the will of the people, 52% to be precise, any other figure by you, is clutching at straws and is incorrect!
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Fake News! Nothing incorrect here .. Brexit was decided by 37% of the electorate. The Will of (Some Of The) People
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Originally Posted by jonbxx
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Yikes indeed. A brutal assessment of the Brexit shambles by the US diplomats.
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Originally Posted by Damien
I think there is a valid point about young people who've had this decision which will impact them made by older generations but I guess this is true of all elections and it's rarely a demographic that the electorate seems to care about so it's not unusual.
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You have highlighted the important aspect of this vote that sets it apart from the others. The older generation voted for their vision of the UK's future, a future that a lot of them will not see. They decided, which is their right, the future of their grandchildren but here's the rub: the people who will inherit their decision, overwhelmingly, did not want it.
It highlights a paradox: normally, throughout human evolution, parents & grandparents make decisions that will better, financially, socially, etc. their offspring. In a lot of situations, the older generations have gone without so that their offspring will have a better chance in life. In this case, the older generation have determined that the future they want (but a lot will not see) is the opposite of that the younger generation desire.