Top Cats Hat Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Fair play to John Major. He may be a Tory but he is one of the few public figures in the last 18 months to say that the majority of people in the UK did NOT vote for Brexit! "The country voted for Brexit!!!" No we didn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Fair play to John Major. He may be a Tory but he is one of the few public figures in the last 18 months to say that the majority of people in the UK did NOT vote for Brexit! "The country voted for Brexit!!!" No we didn't! Err... I think that, on a high turnout of 72.2 per cent, the majority of voters DID in fact vote to leave the EU. At a more local level, 58 per cent of people living in Yorkshire and the Humber voted resoundingly to leave the EU monster club. Fair play to them, they weren't frightened into voting the way Goldman Sachs and the majority of the Westminster elite wanted them to. Anyone who voted Leave is a hero in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil752 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Fair play to John Major. He may be a Tory but he is one of the few public figures in the last 18 months to say that the majority of people in the UK did NOT vote for Brexit! "The country voted for Brexit!!!" No we didn't! is he still-grey or gone blue? ---------- Post added 28-02-2018 at 23:19 ---------- Why can’t some people still not understand that the EU is a collection of 28 countries, not some standalone nefarious multi-headed hydra. It is 27 we votes out ,out ,out ,out ,out ,out ,out , get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Cats Hat Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I think that, on a high turnout of 72.2 per cent, the majority of voters DID in fact vote to leave the EU. book. Adult population of UK about 51 million. Those who voted for Brexit 17 million. Those who didn't vote for Brexit 33\51 x 100 =64.7% I say again, they MAJORITY of adults in the UK (64.7%) did NOT vote for Brexit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil752 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Adult population of UK about 51 million. Those who voted for Brexit 17 million. Those who didn't vote for Brexit 33\51 x 100 =64.7% I say again, they MAJORITY of adults in the UK (64.7%) did NOT vote for Brexit! we votes out ,out ,out ,out ,out ,out ,out , get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Adult population of UK about 51 million. Those who voted for Brexit 17 million. Those who didn't vote for Brexit 33\51 x 100 =64.7% I say again, they MAJORITY of adults in the UK (64.7%) did NOT vote for Brexit! You fail to understand that its not about the POPULATION but about those in the population that are REGISTERED to vote as it only those that count. See my signature as to be correct that only works out at 34.7%. As in any election those that are registered to vote but don't vote are classed as abstaining and do not get factored in as figures are based on turnout. Registered Voters = 45,766,000 Leave voters = 17,410,742 Remain voters = 16,141,241 Abstaining = 12,214,017 Edited March 1, 2018 by apelike Additional info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Adult population of UK about 51 million. Those who voted for Brexit 17 million. Those who didn't vote for Brexit 33\51 x 100 =64.7% I say again, they MAJORITY of adults in the UK (64.7%) did NOT vote for Brexit! They should have got off their arses and voted then instead not voting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 You fail to understand that its not about the POPULATION but about those in the population that are REGISTERED to vote as it only those that count. See my signature as to be correct that only works out at 34.7%. As in any election those that are registered to vote but don't vote are classed as abstaining and do not get factored in as figures are based on turnout. Registered Voters = 45,766,000 Leave voters = 17,410,742 Remain voters = 16,141,241 Abstaining = 12,214,017 That is not a compelling case for fundamental and permanent change to the country. It looks like utter madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Remainders are inadvertently making hard brexit more likely= https://semipartisansam.com/2016/12/10/hysterical-remainers-are-inadvertently-making-hard-brexit-more-likely/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) That is not a compelling case for fundamental and permanent change to the country. It looks like utter madness. Err... You don't think that asking the electorate to decide on a major issue with a national vote is a compelling case for change? Do you feel the same way about general elections? Do you support democracy or fear it? ---------- Post added 01-03-2018 at 08:09 ---------- Fair play to John Major. He may be a Tory but he is one of the few public figures in the last 18 months to say that the majority of people in the UK did NOT vote for Brexit! "The country voted for Brexit!!!" No we didn't! "I know of no precedent for any Government enacting a policy that will make both our country and our people poorer." John Major, speaking about Brexit. But he lied. For his government enacted a policy for Britain to join the Exchange Rate Mechanism and it was pursued, disastrously and extremely expensively, because of a Europhile dogmatic attachment to the EU. John Major is responsible for Black Wednesday. He made the country and the people poorer - because the EU demanded it. Edited March 1, 2018 by Car Boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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