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They can’t really claim a mandate for leaving when those who wanted to stay boycotted the vote. That said, it would have been much less divisive if a proper ref
by marcosscriven 9y ago
They can’t really claim a mandate for leaving when those who wanted to stay boycotted the vote. That said, it would have been much less divisive if a proper referendum had been sanctioned.
- frobozz 9y agoThey have a better mandate than UK leaving the EU: 92% pro, from a 43% turnout = 39.56% of the electorate in favour of Catalan independence. Compare to 52% of 72% = 37.44% of the electorate in favour of Brexit.
- marcosscriven 9y agoI see I have been down voted. As someone born in Barcelona, with dual Spanish/British nationality, all I can say with certainty is that I’m deeply saddened to lose not one, but possibly now two connections to my European neighbours.
- lllllll 9y agoLooking at the silver lining, you gain a new citizenship, being Barcelona born. :)
- marcosscriven 9y agoCrazy. Even just expressing my own feelings on the matter is worthy of someone down voting. So very peculiar. Someone doesn’t agree I am deeply saddened?!
- marcosscriven 9y agoThere’s one seriously pathetic lone down voter out there.
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- megous 9y agoPolitically active get to decide. I'm not sure why expect it to be otherwise.
- ben_w 9y agoThose who wanted to stay would (I suspect) also believe that the referendum was illegal, as per the court order saying so. Why bother showing up to an illegal referendum, especially when the very fact of it being illegal means no result can be trusted as accurate?
- marcosscriven 9y agoBut people didn’t because it was not a vote recognised by their own country.