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Originally Posted by Ammi

...this is not a football match or any such similar...there are no winning or losing sides...if we lose, then we all lose and if there are any 'wins' then we all win/no matter which way we voted...and there are no sour grapes either because if the grapes turn sour then they turn sour for all of us and all of our children...this referendum hasn't produced a result/a voice of a country, all it's produced is a divide of a country and how can a divide ever take us into something better.../divided we fall...

That is absolutely spot on.

The only thing I will add to this debate is that marches and protests are in fact a democratic right in a democratic Nation and it is odd how they are dismissed and stated as wrong because they are against what others think and get.

Any march or protest from legitimate citizens and voters should be newsworthy, no matter what it is about.

For sure I dare bet all I had, that if this had been a 3.8% majority vote to 'remain', there would have been protests and marches for a 2nd referendum from the 'leave' side, who have actually been moaning now for over 20 years at least.

I have had abuse off here for voting remain,that is fine, however if anyone gets really nasty I will take it to the Police.
To ignore this very narrow result indeed and 2 Nations of the UK voting to remain as well as 2 voting to leave,then at the same time to ignore the really bad divisions this referendum has created across the Nation, would be very unwise to say the very least.

All opinion should be newsworthy and when people feel strongly enough to march in the streets too, that should be reported.
Had there been any trouble or smashing of windows, you can bet your life there would have been reporting of it then, and then we'd get the opinionated hardliners jumping in saying they were 'all' thugs.

Funny how some only see democratic rights for people, when it is on issues they agree with.
I would have for sure expected to see marches calling for a 2nd referendum had this been 3.8% the other way,indeed Nigel Farage himself stated there would be a great call for another referendum in that event.
I maybe wouldn't have agreed with the idea but would have certainly defended their right to do the march and also that it should be considered a news item too.

The media is there to report what goes on in the Country and World,it should not be selective as to events and the odd couple of minutes on the news is hardly time consuming.
Especially when you look at some items included which are called news, which are far from being so.