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 From: steve@walker-family.me.uk 
  
 On 14/10/2019 18:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: 
 > In article , 
 >     NY  wrote: 
 >>> But you are happy to say it was 'the will of the people' when only 
 >>> approx one third voted as you? 
 > 
 >> Exactly. Although less that 50% of the eligible voters voted for leave, 
 >> an even smaller number voted for remain. You cannot second-guess how 
 >> those who failed to vote would have voted if they had done so. 
 > 
 > I'm not. Those who call it a peoples vote are. A people's vote means it is 
 > the wish of the majority. And you don't know it is either. 
 > Thanks for confirming that. 
  
 A people's vote was what we had. The result was, as always, a majority 
 of those that bothered to vote. Those that did not, have to be assumed 
 to be happy with either result, otherwise they would have made the effort. 
  
 SteveW 
  
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