British Government loses Article 50 court fight

Re:British Government loses Article 50 court fight by colmvp on Thursday November 03, 2016 @07:47AM (#12863164)

Kind of surprised that only 72.2% turned out, given the implications of the vote. When Quebec was voting for sovereignty in 1995, 93.52% of the eligible voters in the province voted. When Scotland voted for the same recently, it was around 85%.

In any case though, if people don't want to show up, then why force them? I'd put the 'blame' on the campaigners for not underlining the importance to get out to vote to constituents.

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Re:British Government loses Article 50 court fight by notahacker on Thursday November 03, 2016 @08:07AM (#12863275)

"Do you prefer this complex, useful but far-from-ideal trade bloc to a raft of (mostly implausible) hypothetical alternative arrangements?" is a somewhat less basic question than "which country do you want to be part of?" though. 72.2% is high, considering the turnout at UK General Elections.

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Re:British Government loses Article 50 court fight by youngtaff on Thursday November 03, 2016 @08:45AM (#12863496)

Don't forget there were lots of people e.g. EU nationals who live and pay tax in the UK, who didn't have a vote

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