Went to school in a Leave area, and have honestly not seen a single person on Facebook change their mind since voting. A second referendum could easily deliver a bigger majority for Leave.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
I remember prof John Curtis saying that very few people have changed their minds but that demographic changes and turnout will be the factors that could deliver a different outcome. It all depends on the question too, I guess?
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Replying to @dickymoo @DawnHFoster
also what about if people actually told the truth in the pitch to the public, maybe people would think differently at the ballot box (i realise this is the stuff of a madman/idiot's dream)
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Replying to @robinturner @dickymoo
Yeah, that’s the factor you can’t control. I think turnout will be key, and remain have to focus on a very clear campaign that states very obviously how you will individually be better off in than out, rather than anything about the history of the EU as an institution.
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We in Ireland are more used to referendums, but even so there is always a strong urge with many ppl to give the gvt of the day a good kicking, an "I'll show you" kinda thing. Then they wake up and find everyone else has done the same and are appalled. BUT won't admit publically!!
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Replying to @angelatimlin @DawnHFoster and
I know a few people who voted leave largely as a general symbolic protest against politicians then were unpleasantly shocked to find leave won. The dramatic rise of people suddenly asking what leaving EU meant only *after* the vote belies a certain panicky regret I feel.
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Replying to @tacityak @angelatimlin and
People have a lot to be disgruntled about. Remain can't mean "back to the status quo". The Leave campaign promised real change and remain needs to keep that central; and that Brexit is preventing the change we need. I really like the remain plus idea: https://endthechaos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Remain_Plus_Document.pdf …
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Hmm. I like the concept if not the execution of the document - totally agree we need a better offer and very on board with framing it as a New Deal for schools, jobs, the NHS. Akin to the US Green New Deal, but for the economy, fighting austerity & regional industrial decline.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @dickymoo and
I feel like that could be a real vote winner: rich Tories will always vote Leave, but people in poor areas with few prospects? Argue we can reconfigure the economy within the EU, rather than letting Leave wheel out their £350m-a-week-for-the-NHS bus again.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @dickymoo and
Off topic, but really love your writing Dawn. Hope you're still in good health.
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Ah thank you so much, Angela! Very kind - and not been in hospital for a week and a half now. Progress!
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @angelatimlin and
We already had a vote and remain lost. Another vote would be a vote for democracy vs end of democracy. I appreciate the EU, radical-left and ultra-Remainers hate democracy... If only people knew how that ends
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Brexit campaigners had a chance to win fairly and they blew it. They promised things they couldn't deliver and lied to win. That's why we've come to this point. The brexit deal on offer isn't what they voted for. No deal isn't what they voted for. They messed up.
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