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Originally Posted by Carth
point (1) . . mandate or not, it's getting closer to it every day 
point (2) . . doesn't matter how 'close' the vote was, one side won, one lost.
If a horse wins a race by 10 mm they don't ask for a re-run because it was too close to be a result. If you avoid a car crash by 6 inches, nobody suggests having another try  |
For me a mandate = a majority of those who can vote. Not a majority of those who did vote.
Anything else is no more than slightly larger percentage of those who voted chose one particular option over another. Not a resounding approval of any one option.
This is, and always has been the problem with a binary vote referendum with a non binary answer.
Please tell me who, of either leave or remain, chose the option to leave with an open ended agreement with the EU?