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Thread #162855   Message #3906717
Posted By: Steve Shaw
19-Feb-18 - 12:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Subject: RE: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Happy to clarify, Nigel, as if I should need to. While I don't have the precise numbers, it's a pretty good bet that most people who voted Labour in the election also voted in the referendum. That supposition is strengthened by the fact that the turnout in the referendum was higher than in the election. Of course, there will have been a minority who voted in one but not the other. Ho hum. A minority. So, according to polls, a pretty sizeable majority of people who voted Labour in the election voted remain the year before. It's what pollsters ask people, Nigel. If you have a problem with that I'd suggest that you are being downright unreasonable. As for Labour Party members, I'd suggest (again, I haven't got the numbers, but do read on) that almost all the people committed enough to join the party, the vast bulk being pretty new members, not long-time sleepers, would have voted in the referendum. Polls taken since have suggested that 88-90% voted remain. Keep carping about this if you must, but I think I'll move on. Your only contribution to this discussion appears to be that you think brexit is "good news," though, naturally, you can't really expand on that, can you?