Re:EU citizens arriving in UK being locked up and expelled
by hvdijk on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:38AM
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They had the biggest vote share but this was still under 50% in 2019. It's only due to FPTP that this translates to a majority of seats.
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Re:EU citizens arriving in UK being locked up and expelled
by throwaway8689 on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:51AM
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They had the biggest vote share. Just like Leave did in the referendum. It's fair enough if you want to campaign to change the electoral system, but both of these things legitimately came from the present one.
Re:EU citizens arriving in UK being locked up and expelled
by hvdijk on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:59AM
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Sure, but that's irrelevant for the message you were replying to:
> The UK is fiercely split [1] and such issues are not going to be resolved anytime soon. It is incorrect to state such a policy is popular..... roughly half the population voted against it.
You tried to dispute that by pointing out that the Conservatives won comfortably in 2019. I don't think it does given that the vote share in 2019 still suggested a roughly 50:50 split of the population.