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<blockquote data-quote="Hindsight" data-source="post: 4555752" data-attributes="member: 3169"><p>Hi, I fear this post will reap opprobrium but I must reply to your assertion that the last General Election was in effect another referendum.</p><p> </p><p>In our first past the post system the majority of voters in England really were only going to vote Labour or Conservative, both of whom stated they would honour the referendum result, all other votes were effectively wasted votes as at the day of the election the other parties had no overall chance of forming a government unless fortunate enough to end up as the 'casting vote party' which amusingly the DUP found themselves.</p><p> </p><p>So given this then it is hardly surprising 85% of people voted for 'Leave' in the General Election as the two major parties in their manifestos both supported the referendum result. </p><p></p><p>So my observation is that for the Leave side to attempt to use the General Election result as a mandate for Brexit is somewhat disingenuous.</p><p> </p><p>I thought before the referendum and still consider that over time - 10 / 20 years it will probably not matter that much whether UK is in or out of EU insofar as may things are concerned but there will be some upheaval getting to that stage. And it maybe in 20 years time we shall be able to look back and see with more clarity if leaving was the correct thing to do.</p><p> </p><p>My further observation is that the politicians supporting both sides were so obviously wrong / pessimistic in their forecasts - so no WW3 or end of the world on one side, nor a simple exiting on the other side, that really should I have faith in any of them now. </p><p> </p><p>Hey ho, long as I have my health.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hindsight, post: 4555752, member: 3169"] Hi, I fear this post will reap opprobrium but I must reply to your assertion that the last General Election was in effect another referendum. In our first past the post system the majority of voters in England really were only going to vote Labour or Conservative, both of whom stated they would honour the referendum result, all other votes were effectively wasted votes as at the day of the election the other parties had no overall chance of forming a government unless fortunate enough to end up as the 'casting vote party' which amusingly the DUP found themselves. So given this then it is hardly surprising 85% of people voted for 'Leave' in the General Election as the two major parties in their manifestos both supported the referendum result. So my observation is that for the Leave side to attempt to use the General Election result as a mandate for Brexit is somewhat disingenuous. I thought before the referendum and still consider that over time - 10 / 20 years it will probably not matter that much whether UK is in or out of EU insofar as may things are concerned but there will be some upheaval getting to that stage. And it maybe in 20 years time we shall be able to look back and see with more clarity if leaving was the correct thing to do. My further observation is that the politicians supporting both sides were so obviously wrong / pessimistic in their forecasts - so no WW3 or end of the world on one side, nor a simple exiting on the other side, that really should I have faith in any of them now. Hey ho, long as I have my health. [/QUOTE]
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