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The 1975 referendum was not decided by a 2% margin (the result was ~68% in favour). To get it from the horse’s mouth, “in a 52-48 referendum this would be unfin
by kergonath 5y ago
The 1975 referendum was not decided by a 2% margin (the result was ~68% in favour). To get it from the horse’s mouth, “in a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way”. Of course Farage thought he would lose when he said that, but the “we won by 1.8%, just suck it up” talking point is pure hypocrisy.
- blibble 5y agoit's hard to argue against the position that the state of the EEC in 1975 was anything other than legitimate given it was directly approved by the electorate the same cannot be said for the subsequent treaty changes, especially if one considers the 2016 referendum to be an illegitimate basis for reversing the changes (and the EEC of 1975 was very, very different to the EU of 2016)