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Originally Posted by kirklancaster
 And your NEXT joke is?
A WIN is a WIN - no matter by 1% or 90%. You of all people should know this - being a betting shop manager.
There will be riots in this country should 'Leave' win by 1% and the Government announced that the margin was so small they are ignoring the result and remaining.
If ALL 46.5 million voters actually voted, and Leave won by 51% to 49% - that would equate to 930,000 more people voting to leave. |
The point is that all 46.5 million voters will
not vote, and therefore a 1% margin is not enough to comprehensively indicate that the majority of people actually want such drastic change. As has been pointed out - this isn't an election, it's essentially a massive official opinion poll. The result is not binding. Any large margin would, as I said, have massive implications for democracy if it was ignored but a 51-49% outcome is entirely inconclusive.
In my opinion - as tiresom as it would be - I personally think a result with a small margin like that should automatically trigger another referrendum in, say, 2 or 3 years time.