Sky News "No Deal" Poll
Discussion
According to Sky News, 26% of those polled think a No Deal Brexit means we would stay in the EU.
This is 2.5 years since the referendum, 2.5 years during which Brexit has been big news. Probably safe to assume that as a nation, we are more knowledgeable now than when the referendum was held.
I've seen other polls in the past where 25% of people couldn't name the PM.
Without turning this into a Brexit yay or nay debate, what does this say about the validity of the referendum, the wisdom of calling it at all, and the point of having a 2nd referendum?
The thoughts of Ricky Gervais spring to mind:
We had a referendum, on an very complex issue, in a country where we still have to write DO NOT DRINK on bottles of bleach. We never should have had a referendum, but if we had to have one, we should have taken the warnings off the bleach.....for 2 years......and then had it.
This is 2.5 years since the referendum, 2.5 years during which Brexit has been big news. Probably safe to assume that as a nation, we are more knowledgeable now than when the referendum was held.
I've seen other polls in the past where 25% of people couldn't name the PM.
Without turning this into a Brexit yay or nay debate, what does this say about the validity of the referendum, the wisdom of calling it at all, and the point of having a 2nd referendum?
The thoughts of Ricky Gervais spring to mind:
We had a referendum, on an very complex issue, in a country where we still have to write DO NOT DRINK on bottles of bleach. We never should have had a referendum, but if we had to have one, we should have taken the warnings off the bleach.....for 2 years......and then had it.
StanleyT said:
You have to remember nearly 49.999r% of people are more stupid than average,
I'm not sure that's how it works. If you have 10 people, one is 6ft tall and the other 9 are 5 ft tall, then 90% of them are shorter than average. I doubt the split of above/below average intelligence is 50/50. Boydie88 said:
Referendum turnout was 72.2%.
I suspect there is a significant overlap in the supposed 25% of people that couldn't name the PM and the 27.8% of people that didn't bother with the referendum.
Some people just don't give a toss for politics, it doesn't void the result because these people didn't bother.
Let's hope so! I suspect there is a significant overlap in the supposed 25% of people that couldn't name the PM and the 27.8% of people that didn't bother with the referendum.
Some people just don't give a toss for politics, it doesn't void the result because these people didn't bother.
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