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Originally Posted by Dezzy

If we were to go by the typical rules of elections and political votes, the result of Brexit wouldn't be enough to declare a majority. It's fair to question the democracy of it all when almost half of the voters voted against the result.

The rules of the referendum were clear before the vote though, one can't shout that's not fair afterwards - and I was a remain supporter.

The same logic could be applied to Scotlands independence referendum. Not enough people voted to remain in the UK to not justify independence .... When the rules are clear, its up to the voters to get the results they want for victory

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

The rules of the referendum were clear before the vote though, one can't shout that's not fair afterwards - and I was a remain supporter.

The same logic could be applied to Scotlands independence referendum. Not enough people voted to remain in the UK to not justify independence .... When the rules are clear, its up to the voters to get the results they want for victory

Was it really made clear though? You can't blame people for not being happy about a major decision being made when a majority wasn't reached for either option.

It's a flawed referendum regardless of the winner. Future referendums should be based on majorities. It's not really a victory for either option if the vote is basically split down the middle.

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Originally Posted by Dezzy

Was it really made clear though? You can't blame people for not being happy about a major decision being made when a majority wasn't reached for either option.

It's a flawed referendum regardless of the winner. Future referendums should be based on majorities. It's not really a victory for either option if the vote is basically split down the middle.

i'm still of the opinion that its all a load of bluster. In or out, we still have to trade with people, we still want to go to european countries to live and work, so we have to reciprocate. That's what life in the big world is, i think many are in for a shock. We can't turn the clock back 40 years independent of the rest of the world.