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    The Independent, a so-called reliable newpaper published this article today. In the title they claim that 45% is a majority. I found this somewhat funny, so I decided to share it one here.

    (There is also the fact that the figures they are quoting show that public support for Brexit has improved from the 48% that voted against it in the referendum. The oposite of what the headline states, this makes it even more funny to me.)

    #1039219

    Clumsy headline. The polls show that more voters oppose brexit than support it.

    Is it me not reading it properly? I read it twice and didn’t see where the number supporting brexit had risen since the vote???

    I don’t trust polls, though.

     

    It’s when the proverbial hits the fan that people will hopefully know that they’ve been conned into leaving a club for which they had to pay, that they’re cutting off their right hand to punish their face.

    Or will they find another scapegoat for their problems?

    #1039225

    Is it me not reading it properly? I read it twice and didn’t see where the number supporting brexit had risen since the vote???

    48% of the electorate voted to remain

    45% of the electorate oppose brexit according to the poll

    I don’t trust polls, though.

    They aren’t at all accurate, but poll the Independent cited doesn’t even support what they are saying, lol. :wacko:

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