What would you do if we decided not to leave the EU?

Had to laugh out loud at Smiles. I'm get out and son at uni is a stay in. He forgot to take his poling card with him when he went back recently. I offered to send it on a next day recorded, his reply was "I can't go and vote that day anyway, I won't have time, we're having our end of year ball and I need to go get a suit to wear" I'll vote another time.

You don't need your polling card with you to actually vote.

That's right Maizie you don't.

Don't polling cards get sent to the address where you are registered to vote anyway?

Yes, they are, so he couldn't have used it anyway.

Students need to apply for a postal vote or to register where they're studying. That was how many missed out on voting in the referendum. There was a campaign for the latest election, which is possibly one reason why more 18-24 year olds voted.

Saak's obviously brought her son up well. He doesn't yet know his rights or how to use them.
Not surprised.

I imagine a lot of young people don't know if they have to have a polling card with them in order to vote.

Lots of info on Council websites though - also I think it depends on whether or not the friendship group youngsters belong to are politically minded. For the Referendum DGS friendship group obviously were as they all organised postal votes as they were travelling to Glastonbury on polling day.

Cheer loudly!!

Stillaliveandkicking. Our DS lives in Aus and could have voted on Brexit. We got a 'phone message the day of the result, wondering how we felt about the 'terrible' decision to leave the EU.

When we skyped a few days later he went on and on about how awful the result was. When I managed to get a word in edge ways I told him his dad had voted remain and I'd voted leave; he was[shocked]!! but unfortunately not rendered speechless as he then proceeded to tell me he couldn't believe I could be that stupid. I raised my hand in front of the camera, you know the 'talk to the hand' thing because I knew he'd know I wanted him to pause for breath, then I asked him if he'd voted. 'No' was his reply, 'well then' I said, 'if you didn't bother to vote I can't be bothered to listen to your opinion of mine'.

durhamjen"Saaks obviously bought her son up well. He obviously doesn't yet know his rights or how to use them. Not surprised". Surely, if Saaks' son is intelligent enough to go to Uni. he's intelligent enough to find out about his rights and how to use them. Sounded to me as if he couldn't be bothered; the ball was more important.

Having been a teller for elections, I can confirm that there are plenty of people of all ages who don't know if they have to have a polling card with them.

PS. The ball wasn't the problem. He would have had to come home to vote or apply for a postal vote.

ukandeu.ac.uk/cancelling-brexit-what-would-happen-if-we-changed-our-mind-about-leaving-the-eu/

The ball, and getting a suit to wear for it was clearly stillaliveandkicking's son's priority.

Saak doesn't know that you don't need your polling card to go and vote, so I suppose it's not surprising her son doesn't know.

I assumed his vote was at home rather than UNI as SAAK had his card presumably delivered to her address - it would be no use to him at UNI.

Baggs last November a member of the European Parliament petitions committee said

The Commission has made clear that workers employed on zero-hours contracts should have full employment rights as a result of EU law on part-time workers, and that there is a need to investigate the legality of flexi-jobs under EU law...These types of contracts are pernicious. For example, workers’ basic rights are withheld, with no maternity leave, paid holiday or redundancy given. We need to build a Europe-wide picture of precarious employment so we can understand its impact.

That said, after we leave, there's nothing to stop the government changing the law.

A lot of people (most even) think they need to take the polling card to vote - and believe it's compulsory to tell the nice people outside their number. Some even think they have to tell them which way they're voting!

Nick Clegg - latest piece

www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/22/nick-clegg-says-threat-of-wealthy-brexit-elite-and-populism-damages-uk?CMP=share_btn_link

Re the OP.....what could I do? Nothing.

NfkDumpling The people outside the polling booths are called "tellers". All they do is take down the numbers from polling cards. Most people do give their number without any fuss, although a handful decline. Some people are quite nasty about refusing. The only use which is made of the numbers is to chase up people who've said they'd vote for a particular party. If they haven't voted by early evening and it's a marginal seat, they might get a phone call from local activists.

www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Df0wFii8klNg&ved=0ahUKEwiH4_ak69PUAhXBCsAKHb69D1MQo7QBCCAwAg&usg=AFQjCNG2R6L33tunLmSUB7Dm5JbBcYqG9A

Tony Benn sums up my feelings on the EU pretty well.
Heath was economic with the truth when we joined the Common Market and politicians of every persuasion have fostered their own agenda ever since. Both Corbyn and Dennis Skinner were/are also anti Europe. Are they racist bigots who want to return the UK to some imperialist heyday?

In answer to the original post regarding what I would do. The answer is, I would do nothing. I would accept the status quo, keep my head down and live my life as best I can.

UKIP helped to bring Brexit about. For that I will always be extremely grateful.

Did nobody tell you it's foolish to count chickens before they hatch?

But she knows all about UKIP.
By the way, anyone know what's happened to it?