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UK can rejoin EU without adopting Euro — but only on one condition, Barnier says (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 23 hours ago by mannycalavera@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 23 hours ago (8 children)

Burnham is being exceedingly cautious about the ~40% who still somehow believe in Brexit.

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

40% is quite a lot, and probably more of the original 52% would regain their opinion if Brexit came to the fore again, rather than being sat on. He's right to be cautious!

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Okay yes, 40% is a large proportion of the electorate, but they held a referendum that 48.11% rejected and still treated it like a divine mandate, even though it was non-binding. One side's preference is consistently treated with more reverence in this.

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[–] manxu@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago

I think the mandate came from the subsequent general elections in 2017 and 2019, where the Tories, a declared Brexit party won significant majorities. In fact, between the first one and the second one, they gained almost 50 seats in Parliament.