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    Something interesting I haven't heard anyone in the media mention.

    In this landslide election for the Conservatives that reaffirmed Brexit, if you add up the actual vote totals, I'm seeing that the left-wing (pro remain) parties got over 50%?

    While the Tories plus Brexit party around 45%.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/electio…

    Am I reading that right? Tallying up the absolute number of votes isn't how the system works of course but seems noteworthy given the narrative out there about populism, will of the people, etc.

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    • https://pbs.twimg.co…Gnash
    • Can't assume everyone voted along brexit lines. Also Labour were proposing a referendum rather than remain - the only route left to a 'softer brexit'Fax_Benson
    • Maybe although it would match the polling pretty well which shows a 5% majority for remain: https://whatukthinks…yuekit
    • Not that it matters now of course :)yuekit
    • Never understood why the "popular" vote meant anything in democratic politics. There are 9 million people in London alone. About 1/7th of the whole country.Khurram
    • And yeah, they all wanted to remain.Khurram
    • FPTP is a bullshit electoral model.i_monk
    • So you think London should decide for the rest of the country? That's your problem right there, in your "Hackney bubble" lolKhurram
    • Scheer would be our prime minister right now if it was by popular vote.Gnash
    • In 5 years, if this site is still going, it'll be good to list all the infrastructure changes in the dead towns that voted for Brexit to see if it's worth it.PhanLo
    • Remember the Northern powerhouse shite the Tories used to jibber about. Yep , fuck all happened with that.PhanLo
    • Gnash – Trudeau would likely have a majority in an IRV/AV/STV style system.i_monk
    • True. What ever happened to trudeau’s promise to revamp the electoral system?Gnash
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