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Local elections with 30% turnout prove Brexit should be harder/cancelled
There are a few things you can say clearly about the local elections. The Tories lost big. Labour lost a little. The Lib Dems, Greens, and others cleaned up.
There’s something else you can say. Voter turnout was incredibly low. As such, it’s difficult to say what these elections mean. Unless you run a national newspaper, in which case you can say whatever you like:
Same election, same headline, two newspapers hearing diametrically opposed Brexit message pic.twitter.com/7gLK8WQwDV
— Robert Peston (@Peston) May 3, 2019
Fresh fuckery
Lord Remain argued:
Look, obviously the country wants to reverse Brexit – especially the 70% of people who didn’t vote. Ignore the upcoming European Elections – even if the Brexit Party cleans up as predicted. That election only affects who we send to the EU parliament. The real test was always the vote which determines the frequency of bin collections.
Baroness Brexit countered:
Look, obviously this means voters want the hardest of hard Brexits. Ignore the fact people are voting Lib Dem again. Many of the voters they inflicted austerity upon are dead now, so obviously their vote share would go up a little bit.
The most important thing is how many people didn’t vote. Why is that? BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS NOW IS BREXIT!
Okay?
So, what’s actually going on? Fuck knows. People are clearly pissed off, but who’s pissed off and what they’re mad at is less clear.
We can say one thing, though. It’s still only the left who want a general election.
Featured image via pixabay
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Results of local elections will always m The mirror results of a national election. the pro brexit parties lost, the anti brexit parties picket up the lost tory seats , and Labour failed to pick up the lost tory seats. By your logic we should scrap Brexit altogether, only a third of the country voted for it. The fact is that if Labour do not commit to second referendum they will get gubbed at the Euro election and will never form a government. I have until now been a big fan of JC, but he has to show leadership instead of fudging it.