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This is not that simple. It wasn’t a first past the post election in any area. It was based on overall majority for the whole. As it happens a majority of peop
by Lio 7y ago
This is not that simple. It wasn’t a first past the post election in any area. It was based on overall majority for the whole.
As it happens a majority of people in Wales voted for leave but that's not the same as "Wales voted leave".
The 38% who voted leave in Scotland count just the same as the 47% who voted remain in England.
If more people had voted remain in Scotland (38-62) or Northern Ireland (44-56) we wouldn’t be in this situation today.
(The same is obviously also true for people in England and Wales).