yabof@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoHalf of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@quokk.au
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkHalf of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll findswww.theguardian.comyabof@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoHalf of the UK didn’t want to fucking leave in the first place.
minus-squareFrozentea725@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYeah but will of the people and all that
minus-squaretabris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoOther countries take non voters into account for referendums, counting them as a vote for the status quo. If we did that, then only one third of the country wanted to leave.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat seems a very sensible way of doing things.
minus-squareceiphas@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThem no Referendum will ever succeed
minus-squarecristian64@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt would require the issue to be very popular to succeed, which perhaps is not a bad thing.
Half of the UK didn’t want to fucking leave in the first place.
Yeah but will of the people and all that
Other countries take non voters into account for referendums, counting them as a vote for the status quo. If we did that, then only one third of the country wanted to leave.
That seems a very sensible way of doing things.
Them no Referendum will ever succeed
It would require the issue to be very popular to succeed, which perhaps is not a bad thing.