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There's elite in every group of people. N Korea has elites. This vote wasn't against or for specific elite people. The Brexit vote won because more people beli
by dba7dba 10y ago
There's elite in every group of people. N Korea has elites. This vote wasn't against or for specific elite people.
The Brexit vote won because more people believed the current system is bad for them.
Btw, people keep saying half of UK want to stay in, which is not true.
Roughly 1/3 of eligible voters voted for exit. 1/3 voted for staying. And 1/3 didn't care enough to vote.
So in reality about 1/3 feel strong about staying.
In a nation where 13% of the UK population is foreign born.
- curried_haskell 10y agoYou can't say this though, without also saying that in reality, only 1/3 feel strongly about leaving. 2/3 of the population did not vote to leave. It's not really relevant to make a comparison with the total population, and when 70% of the population polled, it is probably more than representative of the full picture anyway. If it's distributed randomly across the country, the remaining 30% would have voted in the same manner.
- dba7dba 10y agoThe referendum was about staying or leaving EU. Nothing else. And politicians are elected with elections, not polling for a reason.