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Originally Posted by papa smurf
did you have a craving for borscht after voting
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Da tovarishch!
Oh I said that out loud didn’t I?
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Originally Posted by Taf
When it was announced that we would have a vote on leaving the EU, I, and I suspect, most people already knew which way they would vote. No amount of campaigning would change our minds. So the majority of us voted to leave, but the Remoaners won't accept that, especially the politicians who wanted a fat salary on the EU gravy train.
Anyway, Burnham now says that the Russians didn't interfere, so the gaslighting from Labour continues.
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I think it was far less a case of ‘leave’ winning, than ‘remain’ losing, and especially complete failure to explain their case. Rather than massively emphasising the benefits of staying a member of the EU, it tended to be negative - x million job depend on membership and they will all go the day after we leave; the UK will be a third-world country within months of leaving. And this was patently and obviously not going to happen.
Of course it wasn’t all on the same side, remind me again how much extra we could spend on the NHS if we weren’t ‘giving handouts’ to the rest of the EU?
I would be astonished if the Russians didn't try to influence the vote, they would be stupid not to. But Russian bot farms didn’t have a vote, at best they can spread misinformation, but if people believe it then so be it.
Think of it like this, if the CBI urges people to vote Conservative because... or a Trade Union urges people to vote Labour because....are they ‘influencing’ the vote?