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Originally Posted by denphone
But we all knew before we voted in the referendum that all that was needed was a straight democratic majority one way or other so to complain about it afterwards is basically tantamount to sour grapes.
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I guess I must have missed the invitation sent to each voter to comment on how the referendum process should be structured.
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Originally Posted by Chris
If you don’t vote, you choose not to be heard. So please stop trying to ‘hear’ those who abstained from the vote.
The referendum was not flawed. Every eligible person had a vote and was able to do so without hindrance. There are a great many countries where they would laugh in your face for suggesting any vote held in the U.K. in the last century might be described as “flawed”.
I sincerely doubt you would be making this argument if the result had been the exact reverse.
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Again, not addressing the legitimacy of changing the country's structural & economic future based on a simple arithmetic majority with no minimum turnout.
If asked before the vote, I would have requested a supermajority based referendum but, surprise, no one asked .. I wonder why?