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Doodley

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12. A majority who voted in the Referendum supported Brexit. Do you want to

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 05:23 AM

Dec 2019

defend the will of the people or not?

19 Labour MPs voted in October to support Johnson's Brexit deal. You can't just group everyone but the Conservatives together and call them "the opposition." It doesn't work like that.

Labour's official position was to hold another referendum. It didn't like the result of the Brexit referendum so it was going to ask the people again, hoping to get another answer. Doesn't sound very democratic, does it?

43.6% is more than Theresa May got, more than David Cameron, more than Gordon Brown, Tony Blair. more than John Major, more than Thatcher's second and third election. It's a strong mandate.

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UK election: Conservatives have a majority of parliament but 43% of the vote [View all] Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 OP

That's just how a multi-party election works. RandySF Dec 2019 #1

The opposition so far has about 16 million votes and tories, brexit alli have about 14 million votes Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #2

So Tories + Brexit Party + Alliance + Ulster Unionist ? RandySF Dec 2019 #3

yea Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #4

I've heard British redistricting is even worse than American redistricting. Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #5

Put a tack in this. thewhollytoast Dec 2019 #7

What do you mean by "opposition?" That's not how it works. Doodley Dec 2019 #9

The parties that made clear they will not support Tories or brexit Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #10

A majority who voted in the Referendum supported Brexit. Do you want to Doodley Dec 2019 #12

The opposition parties are those that were against brexit. Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #13

This was a general election. It wasn't only about Brexit. The will of the people Doodley Dec 2019 #14

Sounds Like Democratic Party Nominees From 1968-1988 Stallion Dec 2019 #6

It's the biggest share of the vote for any UK party at any general election since 1979. Doodley Dec 2019 #8

That's pretty bad. Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #11