Second referendum; irrespective of the validity of asking for it, who is asking for it? Has there been any of the headline Leavers saying "now we have more information, we need to review this."
Personally, I'm ambivalent to it. Given the opportunity I'd vote Remain again, and I expect Remain would win because of all the propaganda.
But for those who hang their hat on old people will have died and more young people would vote. Factually correct but you're hanging your hat on old people dying... Mmm, nice.
Some maths to contemplate on that one. Just under 600,000 people die a year. That's 1,500,000 people will have died in the last 2.5 years. Not all of them fall into the old people band but for the sake of this example, 1.3m fall into that band. 71% of old people voted Leave = just over 800,000 Leave voters. Some of the new voters, basing it around the demographic at the younger end, would vote Leave. Then consider the flip-flop voters. Remain may well win but by such a small number you're talking 50.01%-ish 'v' 49.99%-ish.
Using the stereotyping, whether its factual or otherwise, think about the social unrest that there's been in the last 40 years. The Brits don't do social unrest very well, apart from a strongly worded letter to their paper of choice. However, think Poll tax riots. Who rioted? Which end of the social ladder rioted? And then ask a question, based on the demographics of who voted Leave, would there be riots?
And then there's the "we'll never vote again brigade." Laugh at it if you want but what happens when the divide between governors and the governed becomes too great? There's plenty of examples out there, albeit not in Britain. Even now in a very stable, civilised society like France serious social unrest, a hell of a lot more than you're seeing on the Beeb, is prevalent.
What a mess!
Personally, I'm ambivalent to it. Given the opportunity I'd vote Remain again, and I expect Remain would win because of all the propaganda.
But for those who hang their hat on old people will have died and more young people would vote. Factually correct but you're hanging your hat on old people dying... Mmm, nice.
Some maths to contemplate on that one. Just under 600,000 people die a year. That's 1,500,000 people will have died in the last 2.5 years. Not all of them fall into the old people band but for the sake of this example, 1.3m fall into that band. 71% of old people voted Leave = just over 800,000 Leave voters. Some of the new voters, basing it around the demographic at the younger end, would vote Leave. Then consider the flip-flop voters. Remain may well win but by such a small number you're talking 50.01%-ish 'v' 49.99%-ish.
Using the stereotyping, whether its factual or otherwise, think about the social unrest that there's been in the last 40 years. The Brits don't do social unrest very well, apart from a strongly worded letter to their paper of choice. However, think Poll tax riots. Who rioted? Which end of the social ladder rioted? And then ask a question, based on the demographics of who voted Leave, would there be riots?
And then there's the "we'll never vote again brigade." Laugh at it if you want but what happens when the divide between governors and the governed becomes too great? There's plenty of examples out there, albeit not in Britain. Even now in a very stable, civilised society like France serious social unrest, a hell of a lot more than you're seeing on the Beeb, is prevalent.
What a mess!
