Brexit Poll 1/2/16

[Patrick Bateman]

V8covin said:

90% of those polled in Stoke-on-Trent want to leave the EU according to this report
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/201...

I'm not surprised,I've yet to speak to anyone who intends voting remain.

I'm aware that this is hardly likely to be representative of the nation as a whole

For being so tight I don't know where a lot of the remain folk are. I'm in Scotland and the vast majority of people I actually know are for leaving.

[Axionknight]

Patrick Bateman said:

For being so tight I don't know where a lot of the remain folk are. I'm in Scotland and the vast majority of people I actually know are for leaving.

It seems 50/50 in my circles - but it doesn't seem widly discussed at all tbh.

[don4l]

markh1973 said:

turbobloke said:

markh1973 said:

turbobloke said:

lostkiwi said:

turbobloke said:

That has no relevance to the post from markh1973 or my reply.

Really? Markh1973 was an honest query for don4l to explain himself. Yours was sarcasm.

No it wasn't, it was a kind way of pointing out that the post I replied to was both sarcastic and nonsensical as PHers don't in general have access to PH IT systems.

Your reply deliberately/accidentally missed the point.

No my post was a sarcastic and condescending response to someone who made a claim that he had no evidence for.

He didn't claim to have evidence for it and could not have evidence for it as we both know. Asking a question that you know is impossible for another PHer to answer isn't smart it's silly. That's why you got a reply in kind.

Is making a claim you don't have evidence for smart or silly?

Clearly, it is silly.

You win.

Feel better?

[anonymous-user]

Axionknight said:

It seems 50/50 in my circles - but it doesn't seem widly discussed at all tbh.

Fatigue? I get the feeling many people, me included, are just bored with all the bickering and lies.

[Axionknight]

garyhun said:

Axionknight said:

It seems 50/50 in my circles - but it doesn't seem widly discussed at all tbh.

Fatigue? I get the feeling many people, me included, are just bored with all the bickering and lies.

I couldn't agree more!

[turbobloke]

Axionknight said:

garyhun said:

Axionknight said:

It seems 50/50 in my circles - but it doesn't seem widly discussed at all tbh.

Fatigue? I get the feeling many people, me included, are just bored with all the bickering and lies.

I couldn't agree more!

Likewise in general but...

Celine Dion has not said:

I know that the thread will go on.

We're helping out with that, three four more posts

[anonymous-user]

Is a reference to the soundtrack of 'Titanic' a sign of things to come?

[turbobloke]

garyhun said:

Is a reference to the soundtrack of 'Titanic' a sign of things to come?

Osborne would be perfect as DeCaprio's stand-in.

[Timmy40]

turbobloke said:

garyhun said:

Is a reference to the soundtrack of 'Titanic' a sign of things to come?

Osborne would be perfect as DeCaprio's stand-in.

Nah, he's the spitting image of the uptight English baddy in that film.

[anonymous-user]

Timmy40 said:

turbobloke said:

garyhun said:

Is a reference to the soundtrack of 'Titanic' a sign of things to come?

Osborne would be perfect as DeCaprio's stand-in.

Nah, he's the spitting image of the uptight English baddy in that film.

Kate Winslet?

[Maxf]

Axionknight said:

It seems 50/50 in my circles - but it doesn't seem widly discussed at all tbh.

London here, in a company with 3000 employees. 22 in my team, and 1 is a 'leaver'; the department of 200 has a few more. My Mrs works in a smaller company in London - 400 employees - in her team of 20, there are 4 leavers.

At a meeting today (a different company), the whole room were 'remainers', although a few admitted to being on the fence. They said the majority of their teams in their company (major national) were 'remainers', although there were some very vocal leavers as well.

So in my personal experience, its about 90% remain. While I'm sure the polls are far more accurate, there are a lot of people, sitting in offices in fairly comfortable positions, having spent all of their lives in the EU and done perfectly well, not wanting to upset their status quo - perhaps these people don't have time for the facebook threads, forums and polls.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Maxf said:

- perhaps these people don't have time for the facebook threads, forums and polls.

They certainly haven't taken the time to work out the facts and how it will/won't change things have they.

Anyway, it's peer pressure, what people tell you and what they vote is a different thing.

You could never find a Tory voter in the Civil Service - but there are plenty.

[Maxf]

Mr GrimNasty said:

They certainly haven't taken the time to work out the facts and how it will/won't change things have they.

Why not? Because they have a different opinion?

[Axionknight]

Maxf said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

They certainly haven't taken the time to work out the facts and how it will/won't change things have they.

Why not? Because they have a different opinion?

Yep!

[rscott]

Maxf said:

Axionknight said:

It seems 50/50 in my circles - but it doesn't seem widly discussed at all tbh.

London here, in a company with 3000 employees. 22 in my team, and 1 is a 'leaver'; the department of 200 has a few more. My Mrs works in a smaller company in London - 400 employees - in her team of 20, there are 4 leavers.

At a meeting today (a different company), the whole room were 'remainers', although a few admitted to being on the fence. They said the majority of their teams in their company (major national) were 'remainers', although there were some very vocal leavers as well.

So in my personal experience, its about 90% remain. While I'm sure the polls are far more accurate, there are a lot of people, sitting in offices in fairly comfortable positions, having spent all of their lives in the EU and done perfectly well, not wanting to upset their status quo - perhaps these people don't have time for the facebook threads, forums and polls.

This
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/21/eu-refe... makes interesting reading. A breakdown by education/social class of the support for leave/remain.

Similar figures here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendu... too.

What's interesting is that support for the leave campaign by UKIP supporters isn't 100% Not sure if that tells us something about UKIP or pollsters..

[voyds9]

garyhun said:

Timmy40 said:

turbobloke said:

garyhun said:

Is a reference to the soundtrack of 'Titanic' a sign of things to come?

Osborne would be perfect as DeCaprio's stand-in.

Nah, he's the spitting image of the uptight English baddy in that film.

Kate Winslet?

Bruce Ismay - chairman of White Star line who survived the disaster

[don4l]

rscott said:

This
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/21/eu-refe... makes interesting reading. A breakdown by education/social class of the support for leave/remain.

Similar figures here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendu... too.

What's interesting is that support for the leave campaign by UKIP supporters isn't 100% Not sure if that tells us something about UKIP or pollsters..

Fascinating links. Thanks for posting.

You might also like this:-
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/re...

[anonymous-user]

voyds9 said:

garyhun said:

Timmy40 said:

turbobloke said:

garyhun said:

Is a reference to the soundtrack of 'Titanic' a sign of things to come?

Osborne would be perfect as DeCaprio's stand-in.

Nah, he's the spitting image of the uptight English baddy in that film.

Kate Winslet?

Bruce Ismay - chairman of White Star line who survived the disaster

Not sure if serious or you need a whoosh parrot!

[rscott]

don4l said:

Fascinating links. Thanks for posting.

You might also like this:-
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/re...

Interesting - so even amongst those voting to leave, more think their life will be worse in 5 years time than better.

[JNW1]

rscott said:

don4l said:

Fascinating links. Thanks for posting.

You might also like this:-
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/re...

Interesting - so even amongst those voting to leave, more think their life will be worse in 5 years time than better.

Perhaps I'm mis-reading the statistics (so apologies if I am!) but when I look at what people think life will be like in 5 years time where does it split that between people intending to vote stay in and those intending to vote to leave (or do all these figures relate only to people who are intending to vote to leave?). On the face of it the figures are saying to me that if we leave those thinking it will get worse (32%) are pretty much balanced by those who think it will get better (31%) whereas in the event we vote to remain there appears to be a clear majority who think things will get worse (28% v 18%). Quite prepared to believe I've mis-read something though....!