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You are absolutely correct 👍 Cameron knew that the euro sceptics within his party would never rest until he was gone, I wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t told as much by the ERG. The only people who wanted him to carry on were remainders who wanted Brexit-Lite

100% 👍

I thought we joined Europe in 1973 …and then held a referendum in 1975 where you needed 60% to leave? If I’m wrong then I apologise but if I’m right that stinks

In situations where a super majority is required to change constitutional laws- not undemocratic In a straight yes or no vote in a once in a lifetime referendum whereby if the supermajority is not achieved then we simply go with the status quo ….. not democratic at all

Just because you approved of the 60-40 vote doesn’t make it right or democratic HWT Personally I’m not in favour of referendums at all, if we had a show of hands on who wants to pay less tax I think I know how it would go!!

If I remember correctly, the promise of a referendum was in the Conservative manifesto in 2015 before the general election … they cobbled it together to keep the right of the party in line pre election- labour SNP and liberal were all remain parties but somehow the tories won the election And...

The answer is Truss and the framing of the question is irrelevant… since Thatcher?….try since the turn of the twentieth century (I’m not familiar with Prime Ministers of the nineteenth century but I’d hazard a guess Truss still wins)