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Old 05-12-2018, 15:29   #4413
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Re: Brexit

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
The need for a general election to allow effective Government will override public opinion on the matter.

I don’t know how you can come to the conclusion a minority government is more likely than not - whatever polling suggests today it can radically change during a campaign like in 2017.
But was the opinion polling before the 2017 election right in the first place with the Conservatives supposedly leading by 20 plus percentage points as l somehow doubt that it was.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
The need for a general election to allow effective Government will override public opinion on the matter.

I don’t know how you can come to the conclusion a minority government is more likely than not - whatever polling suggests today it can radically change during a campaign like in 2017.
Apart from the Blair years parties since 1992 have struggled to get a very comfortable majority on their own unless they were in a coalition.
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