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The last time there was a referendum on EU membership was in 1975, and the result was overwhelmingly in favour of staying in, so many of those older voters who
by DonaldFisk 10y ago
The last time there was a referendum on EU membership was in 1975, and the result was overwhelmingly in favour of staying in, so many of those older voters who voted for Brexit must have changed their minds.
- jessriedel 10y agoWell, it wasn't the EU right? It was the European Communities (EC), aka "Common market". This was a pretty different and more modest institution back in '75, I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Communities