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If we had another referendum

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Dottynan Wed 25-Sept-19 06:40:06

If we had another referendum next week would you vote the same way you did in 2016

DanniRae Wed 25-Sept-19 08:28:16

I voted remain before and I would vote remain again.

growstuff Wed 25-Sept-19 08:24:53

On the contrary gillybob You're very much in your right mind. Businesses like yours in poorer areas are exactly what leavers claim Brexit will help. Only the goldfish-brained think that it will.

MamaCaz Wed 25-Sept-19 08:20:01

'...for better or worse' not 'do ...'

MamaCaz Wed 25-Sept-19 08:18:27

I would definitely vote the same way, but this time it will be both a heart and head decision, whereas last time I admit that it was more head than heart.

Maybe there will come a time in the future when I genuinely feel that we would be better out of the EU than in, but for me, that time isn't now

-If we leave now, there is no going back. That's it, do better or worse, we are stuck with that position - and 'for worse' looks far the most likely outcome for a considerable length of time.

-If we were to revoke article 50 right now, and remain, the option of leaving at any time in the future would still be available.

The second of those options still seems overwhelmingly the best one to me at this moment in time!

DillytheGardener Wed 25-Sept-19 08:16:23

I voted leave but I would now vote remain. Both my children’s industries have left UK due to brexit and they both now emigrating to Canada and NZ respectively for jobs. I don’t know if my husband would vote leave again, he stubbornly holds the view in public and with us that brexit should still go ahead, but we have now lost both our children. Horrendous mess. Wish the referendum had never been called in the first place.

gillybob Wed 25-Sept-19 08:15:54

I would still vote Remain.

Just heard about 2 more manufacturing businesses who are closing and moving to Portugal and Denmark where they are being offered huge incentives . Can’t say I blame them, who they hell in their right mind would run a business in the U.K. or more precisely England? (Okay well I’m not in my right mind though) .

Beckett Wed 25-Sept-19 08:14:51

Yes, I would vote the same

Grandad1943 Wed 25-Sept-19 08:13:17

Yes, taking back control and having our own Justice were key planks in the referendum leave campaign.

However, as soon as that justice confirms the unlawful actions of leave persons then those same leavers wish to undermine the whole system that they once so praised.

What a total scandal this whole Johnson administration is.

growstuff Wed 25-Sept-19 08:12:21

And, yes, I would accept the result of an honest referendum without any hesitation.

growstuff Wed 25-Sept-19 08:11:40

I suspect that few people have changed their mind. Some who didn't vote last time, would vote in a second referendum; some who did vote, won't bother this time.

Crucially, over one and a half million young people will be eligible to vote and approximately the same number of people have died. I'm not in a position to predict how that would affect the result.

If there is a second referendum, I would like funding to be crystal clear with much tighter restrictions on advertising. I would have no objections to neutral, purely factual websites being set up and TV programmes with people answering questions and concerns rather than the rants which Question Time, etc have become. Hopefully, people have become more aware of the subliminal messages in spam and bots.

I would also like to see a 60% threshold before any important changes are made.

growstuff Wed 25-Sept-19 07:57:09

Yes.

Framilode Wed 25-Sept-19 07:52:21

Yes. The chaos and division that have ensued since the referendum only confirm my decision to vote Remain.

Grandad1943 Wed 25-Sept-19 07:50:28

I feel that with all the information that has been brought forward since the referendum, and all the arguments that have taken throughout the last three years that have torn this nation apart, people may well change their vote within the privacy of the polling Booth, especially Britain's younger generation(s)

No one wishes to concede that they may have made the wrong choice, but as stated, in the privacy of the polling booth no one has to admit anything to anyone.

LullyDully Wed 25-Sept-19 07:48:03

I would vote to stay again, however I think we are too far down the line to change direction ( if there is such a thing.) Another referendum could well be as acrimonious as the previous one. Stalemate?

kittylester Wed 25-Sept-19 07:39:58

grandad1943, the Labour Party are only offering another referendum after a GE which will in effect be a 2nd referendum.

Terribly judgemental comments whitewave.

M0nica Wed 25-Sept-19 07:38:37

The next election will be a referendum'

Conservative - Leave
Liberal Dems - Stay
Labour - Don't know

Dottynan Wed 25-Sept-19 07:37:06

Whitewave Please don't speak for me. I know which way I voted and understand the implications and would not vote any differently. I am tired of people quoting what the masses now think

ginny Wed 25-Sept-19 07:33:00

My vote would be the same.

Marydoll Wed 25-Sept-19 07:28:49

I wouldn't change my vote.

Grandad1943 Wed 25-Sept-19 07:25:14

There is now only one party that is offering the British people an opportunity to reconsider their original choice by way of a second referendum, that being the Labour Party.

Davidhs Wed 25-Sept-19 07:25:02

If there is a second referendum it will be a last ditch measure on or very close to Oct 31st because the EU are likely not going to grant an extension.
3 yrs ago we voted based on the aims, hopes and lies that we were told at the time. This time if it happens it will be based on “No Deal”, an immediate “in or out” no transition no more talk.

A Big If, there are going to be lots of new moves by both sides in the coming days, we cannot predict the outcome.

Wheniwasyourage Wed 25-Sept-19 07:24:23

Yes.

BlueSapphire Wed 25-Sept-19 07:19:38

I don't want another one, but absolutely I would vote the same.

NanKate Wed 25-Sept-19 07:18:24

Yes I would and then hope that the result is adhered to.

Peonyrose Wed 25-Sept-19 07:10:50

Of course. But why would anyone bother when no notice is taken.
How many would you like?