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adamaucklandtoday at 4:52 PM1 replyview on HN

37% of the voting population voted for Brexit, it wasn't anywhere near a majority.


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graemeptoday at 5:20 PM

its a higher percentage than voted for the current government. Its also, obviously, a higher proportion than voted to remain. Its been at least a 100 years since a government was voted in by the majority of the electorate, and only once in that time has a government even got the majority of votes cast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_electio...