If there was a straight up/down referendum tomorrow, would you...
A) Vote remain again
B) Swap to vote remain
C) Vote leave
D) Swap to vote leave
E) Abstain again
F) Swap to abstain
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E) Abstain again
F) Swap to abstainDid those who didn't vote abstain? That sounds like a deliberate action, whereas CBA (couldn't be arsed) sounds like a life mantra. From what I observe the majority of remain and leave voters are pretty much entrenched in their views and any drift across the boundary could possibly be attributed to weariness with the process. What we don't know much about is what the CBA community feels now two years into Brexit day in, day out, and whether they'll considering being arsed if a second referendum came along.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Me: none of the above, since 'Vote leave again', for some reason, is not listed.
As for the CBA community: I couldn't be bothered to explain why the Apathy Party failed (and I don't really care anyway) although eventually I'll get around to explaining why it at least fared better than the Procrastination Party which never quite got going in the first place.
'A spokesperson for the CBA community was expected to arrive for the press conference twenty minutes ago, but... well, you know...'
I like the idea, but surely, 'We hoped to bring you a statement from the CBA community but apparently no one was available for comment'.
Posted 6 months ago # -
May just gift wrapped Brexit for you, that Brexit that Brexiters know they want, and in a way that no-one would have been able to stop it. But when she put it to the vote, parliament rejected Brexit by 230 votes, the biggest rejection ever recorded.
Most Tories voted for Brexit, but 118 Tories out of 317 voted against Brexit, 70 of them certainly staunch Brexiters, and nearly all of Labour voted against Brexit, including nearly all labour Brexiters.
Posted 6 months ago # -
True Ben. And none of them wants no ice cream.
I was wrong recently (Shock!) when I stated that the vote was Remain or Leave. I now realise it was Remain or Not Remain. (Should the UK remain in the EU, Yes or No) There was no option for how we should not remain and just up and leaving appears to no longer be a viable or popular option.
A) by the way.
I asked my lady how she voted and she said she didn't vote because she really didn't have a clue what it was all about. It's a shame more people who were disengaged with politics or didn't bother to understand what they were voting for, didn't do the same. I may be wrong (again) but I suspect that a larger number of "not remain" voters would have ruled themselves out. Voting "Remain" is a clear decision. Voting for "not remain" isn't. Nobody could possibly have known what they were voting for when they voted Not Remain.Posted 6 months ago # -
Excellent analysis MzWibble.
Theresa May should put you in charge of negotiations, she won't listen to what the voters want, but accepts the folly of the unelected beurocrats’
“The UK needs to understand that unelected beurocrats like moi, from the welsh valleys waffle on a lot and waste their lives waffling quite a lot. Supposed to be a parody of
Stephen Kinnock the waffling welshman, a bit like his dad.’I’m not from Wales bye the way and only deal with serious issues.”
“who is else is there from wales? Oh yes the overpaid ‘news’ reader Huw something or other,
I sometimes wonder why I pay my tv licence to watch news dollies and lesbians to read out government propaganda
I also think Kay Burley does nothing for me in the trouser department and should be consigned to the ginge les box.
Ginger Lesbians Rule!
Posted 6 months ago # -
I also think Kay Burley does nothing for me in the trouser department and should be consigned to the ginge les box.
So, you abstained then?
Posted 6 months ago # -
Surely the person who couldn't be arsed would be the would-be buggered rather than the bugger?
Is this just a random assembly of loosely themed words...
Posted 6 months ago # -
Thank you for the clarification. I evidently failed to consider that the bugger was also the would-be buggered. Remiss of me.
"Lazy arse says he couldn't be buggered" would perhaps have been less "cryptic"?I will give it my earnest attention
Posted 6 months ago # -
Lazy arse says he couldn't be buggered
In what sense couldn't a "lazy arse" be buggered? From my limited experience, being buggered requires zero effort.
My version works because of the double meaning of "couldn't be arsed" in the context of one who buggers.
Posted 6 months ago #
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