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The government will respond to calls for a second EU referendum

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1 points by TheArtOfGear 10 years ago · 6 comments

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datalist 10 years ago

> less than 60% based a turnout less than 75%

Conveniently matching the current figures. Either they should have declared that before the result (which they did not as it seems) or have left them out completely, simply stating they want a second vote.

I agree the figures are very close, but still it's the majority. Would they have also called for a second vote if it was reversed?

mtgx 10 years ago

"Democracy! Unless we get the result we don't like, then you people have to the right way, understood?"

  • ColinWright 10 years ago

    So have you seen the people admitting that they voted "Leave" to prevent the "Remain" vote from being too overwhelming? Some are now shocked and worried that the option they voted for actually succeeded.

    Here: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eu-referendum-man_uk_5...

    Then there's this, from Larry Elliott in The Guardian:

        "The result speaks volumes about the state of
         modern Britain. For the better off, a vote to
         remain was the obvious thing to do.  For the
         less well-off, a vote to leave was their chance
         to protest about badly paid jobs, zero-hour
         contracts, bullying employers, and a sense that
         they had been forgotten.
    
        "These economic problems are deep-seated and of
         long-standing. Most of them have little to do
         with Europe.  But the referendum has given
         millions of unhappy people a chance to protest.
         This is a country divided by wealth, geography
         and class." '
    
    Finally, there's this:

        "... people of the UK voted to leave the
         European Union with a majority of 52 percent
         - and according to Google, they don't really
         know why."
    
         -- http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/brexit-google-search-trends-tech/
    
    It's clear we are in a post-facts "democracy" - the "Leave" campaign are already saying that the things they promised, the things they campaigned on, won't happen.

    To the Americans here - good luck with Trump in your elections.

TheArtOfGearOP 10 years ago

The government will respond to calls for a second EU referendum next week after more than 100,000 people signed a petition. That is despite the entire parliament.petition.uk website crashing regularly throughout the morning due to high demand.

DanBC 10 years ago

UK Government has forced some different rules on unions around voting for strike action.

That's probably a good thing. A union probably shouldn't be able to strike with 51% of a 22% turnout.

So it would have been nice to see similar standards for the referendum.

cjbenedikt 10 years ago

Why not demand 100% voter participation and at least 75% any which way? Ridiculous: vote as long as it takes to get the result you want= Demo-crack-sy

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