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1. halcy​:icosahedron: (halcy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jan-2019 19:35:28 JST halcy​:icosahedron:

   honestly the thing that weirds me out the most is the idea that a lot of people seem to propagate that brexit is somehow "the will of british voters" which like

   1) 52% is a "there is majority support, I guess" number, certainly not a "will of the people" number

   2) even if you take _just_ voters, as opposed to everybody living in GB, the actual number is 38% for, 34% against, 28% "eh, whatever".

   • halcy​:icosahedron: (halcy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jan-2019 19:36:01 JST halcy​:icosahedron:

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     that's just not what a Strong Mandate For A Hard Brexit looks like, and assuming that there is one when there is not is half the reason for this mess