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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

[..] 43% in favour of rejoining the bloc, compared with 40% who want to stay out. But once the 18% who say they don’t know are taken out, 52% back EU membership with 48% opposing it [...]

That's not a "majority of voters", that's a "majority of people who report to know what they want". These are not the same populations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

These are not the same populations.

According to the brexiteers, it was!

It's only fair to use the same measurement standard now, right?