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𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧

Big decisions need big support. That’s surely something we’ve learnt following the fiasco of #Brexit that most of the electorate never supported.

Let’s look at it this way.

Say you’re the boss of a company with 100 employees. You let the staff vote on whether the firm should move to a new location.

▪ 37 staff voted yes,
▪ 35 staff voted no,
▪ 28 didn’t vote (many staff weren’t sure)

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟬𝟬? 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿.

Especially as key information wasn’t made available to your staff – such as where would the company be moving to?

Well, these are the same percentages as for the #EUreferendum, and the same information deficit.

In the referendum, only 37% of registered voters supported #Brexit and key information wasn’t made available – such as what did ‘Leave’ entail, what would be the destination?

It meant that most of the electorate, 63%, didn’t give their support for #Brexit – they either voted for Remain or didn’t vote.

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟳 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟬𝟬? 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿.

▪ Even in a political party, such as the @Conservatives or UKIP, just 37% of their members voting to change their constitution would not be sufficient.

▪ Even in your local golf club, just 37% of their members would not be sufficient to change their constitution.

▪ Even in a #tradeunion, by Act of Parliament, just 37% of their members voting for a #strike would not be sufficient for the strike to go ahead.

▪ Even in #Scotland’s 1979 #referendum on devolution, by Act of Parliament, just 37% of the electorate voting for the change would not be sufficient.

The bottom line? #Brexit did not have sufficient support to have gone ahead.

.@UKLabour leader, @Keir_Starmer - wrongly, in my view - has emphatically stated that he won't go "banging on" about #Brexit.

He won't, but I will.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 "𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻" 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 #𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲.