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Old 03-01-2017, 23:57   #3653
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Those who could vote were British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens who lived in the UK, along with Britons who have lived abroad for less than 15 years.
I can imagine Irish nationals would vote Remain. Many Commonwealth nationals voted leave as they felt that if immigration was reduced from the EU, it would increase from Commonwealth countries.
Crucially, no other EU nationals apart from Ireland could vote...and these significantly comprise its foreign population.
As you correctly pointed out both Irish and Commonwealth citizens voted. Which is over 3 million in London alone... You say that the majority from the commonwealth voted to stay in, I beg to differ.
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