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Originally Posted by Pierre
That is a statistical phallus.
It’s like saying. 6 billion of the world didn’t vote fot Brexit, yes because they were either ineligible or didn’t bother. The only numbers that count are the ones that did. And won.
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Well no, how many of the 6bn are entitled to vote in a general election in the United Kingdom?
The people who chose to abstain didn’t choose to be prohibited from voting in all future general elections, and rightfully are not. Equally if the question were to be put to the people again they may be inclined to vote.
Their decision to abstain applies to that referendum only, for as long as that
advisory vote is valid.
You can’t really predict the impact of a reversal on a general election, especially if both main parties broadly support the decision. Even more so if the Tories remove May and she takes the fall for it, putting country before herself and the party.