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You started it, TTT.
21:57 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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Some of us have long memories.

(cough cough)

http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/24/remember-that-time-nigel-farage-said-52-48-votes-should-lead-to-second-referendum-5963900/

21:59 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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yeah tilly but half the thread has gone, must have been a right ding dong!
22:00 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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To summarise:

In May 2016, Nigel Farage said that he would fight for a second referendum on Britain in Europe if the remain campaign won by a narrow margin.

I don't remember anyone complaining about that on AB at the time.
22:01 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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A bit of foot stamping that's all.
22:01 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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'twas, TTT. Bow out now.
22:01 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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No ding dong at all.





22:03 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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To summarise:

In May 2016, Nigel Farage said that he would fight for a second referendum on Britain in Europe if the remain campaign won by a narrow margin.

I don't remember anyone complaining about that on AB at the time.




I don't think anyone had time to complain ... do you?
22:04 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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Well, not a ding dong, I agree. but...
22:05 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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He was in UKIP so he was bound to fight on, same as the SNP
22:05 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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"In May 2016, Nigel Farage said that he would fight for a second referendum on Britain in Europe if the remain campaign won by a narrow margin" - yes but he was the leader of UKIP, he is duty bound to get us out of the EU and would have Kept on trying even if it was a much bigger win for remain, that's his raison d'etre. That's not the same as remain wanting the status quo.
22:09 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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-Talbot-

There was a month.

Long enough.

But the main point is - Farage was proposing a second vote if the split was 52/48 to remain.

This is exactly what's happening now, but in reverse.
22:10 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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TTT

It's exactly what's happening now then.

...in reverse.
22:11 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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It would be valid sp if you were say the leader of the UKDP (d=dependence) and we were outside the EU and you wanted at all costs to be under the jack boot of a corrupt foreign power, then sure have another go.
22:13 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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In fairness, Farage has mooted a second referendum, albeit in the guise of giving a message to the Remainers, but if he were really honest, he would say:

"I know how they feel. I also said that a 52/48 split would not be the end of it. They're just campaigning in the same way I would've campaigned had it gone the other way, with the same percentages."
22:14 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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A month?

Shouldn't be hard to prove then ... Of you go.
22:15 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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Off^
22:15 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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TTT

It's no good. What Farage was talking about (and I agree with him - always have) is that 52/48 is too slim. He said that a two thirds / one third split would have been decisive. His issue at the time was the projected 'almost half and half' vote.

I have always said on AB that it would've been so much better if one side had one outright...really clearly.

But as Farage correct predicted 48/52 will prompt the losing side to fight on.

He would've, and now Remainers, or whatever political persuasion (both Conservative and Labour) are banding together in the same way that UKIP would've fought on.
22:17 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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As usual, TTT., spot on. These remoaners ain't half got their Alans in a Brahms.
22:18 Wed 31st Jan 2018
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TTT / -Talbot-

Was Farage wrong to suggest that a 52/48 split would mean a second referendum?
22:18 Wed 31st Jan 2018

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