Brexit Opinion Poll

BCG Forum software doesn't have a voting mechanism, so I've implemented an anonymous opinion poll mechanism on my own website.

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In a poll on my old school friends forum a similar opinion poll, about whether the UK should leave the EU, is showing a slight preference for leaving the EU. But then all members there are oldsters around my age and we remember what it was like before the UK joined the EEC (Common Market) & thence the EU

Most of you members of BCG here are young (compared to us) and never knew the UK without the EU, and probably fear the unknown, so I thought it would be interesing to do an opinion poll here too, if the Moderators are willing.

This opinion poll is set out with the same question as will be on the Referendum Ballot paper on the 23rd June, with the same answers, plus a "I don't know yet" answer {which will not be on the real referendum}. So this opinion poll will be good practice for the real referendum which is fast approaching.

The link to the opinion poll page is: http://www.datahighways.net/voting/vote.asp

When you have voted the site will shortly thereafter display the current results.

Since you can only vote once, you can afterwards just go straight to the results display with this link: http://www.datahighways.net/voting/result.asp

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I couldn't preserve anonymity and also give the ability to change your mind, so I will probably wipe out the first poll results and restart it about 10 days before the actual referendum, to give you a chance for a different vote as we approach the real referendum.

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Each parish council should hold its own referendum. Where a majority of parishioners in a hamlet vote to leave the hamlet should leave. Where a majority of parishioners in a hamlet vote to remain the hamlet should remain.

I think the BCG forum should vote leave from comedy.

And so in the first exciting morning of the Brexit Opinion Poll the "Leave the EU" group is massively ahead of the "Remain in the EU" group.

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Meanwhile this referendum is likely to be determined by which group is detected by the public as having the LEAST lies and exaggerations in their claims.

The BBC attempts to ascertain which are fibs and which are truth and their opinions are published here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35603388 and here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36261966

Read it if you have been actually believing what the politions have been saying.

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And did you know that Pariament had a committee on the possible effects of leaving the EU which was supposed to guide the voters but the report was not touted to the population. It takes effort to search for the report.

I've found it but not read all of it yet.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmfaff/545/545.pdf

And their conclusion:

The referendum on membership of the EU offers the UK a once-in-a-generation opportunity to assess critically its role in the world today, and to decide what kind of foreign policy actor it seeks to become in future. Inevitably, given the number and complexity of variables involved, predictions about the long-term impact of remaining or withdrawing from the EU must involve a degree of informed guesswork. Based on the evidence we gathered and on current regional and global trends, we have attempted to identify and outline the key potential risks and opportunities associated with both remaining and leaving. Our analysis aims to assist voters to reach a decision. This decision will be informed by the weight and probability they give to those risks and opportunities.

Collectively, as a Committee, we do not agree on the decision and therefore do not endorse either a "remain" or a "leave" vote. Whatever the outcome, there will be a clearer path for the United Kingdom to follow.

So basically even they could not make up their minds.

I think the report as a whole addresses most of the questions and is well worth reading, but it is hard going and inconclusive.

In my opinion it comes as near as practical to guessing what might happen.

[blue]Note that it was supposed to guide the voters; yet its existence has not really been publicised at all. [/blue]

Personally I couldn't give a flying f**k on a month of Sunday's whether we stay or go I just want it to be over and done with so we never have to hear that stupid bloody word that they made up, Brexit. It's not a real f**king word so stop trying to make it happen, worse still I've heard a couple of people on the news use other made up words that start with br, I bet these are the same arseholes who had they been a bit younger would have been saying bae and cray cray instead of baby and crazy..............well I'm clearly in a good mood today aren't I!

Quote: billwill @ 11th May 2016, 12:25 PM BST

And did you know that Parliament had a committee on the possible effects of leaving the EU which was supposed to guide the voters but the report was not touted to the population. It takes effort to search for the report.

I've found it but not read all of it yet.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmfaff/545/545.pdf

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So basically even they could not make up their minds.

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What happened here was that 5 of the committee came out for Remain and 5 for Leave. The final, 11th member - the Chairman - admitted on Daily Politics last week to personally preferring to Leave, but wasn't prepared to put his weight on it with such a split in the committee.

Don't ever vote for anything so don't give a shit, but if it helps anyone to make up their mind..........part of your money that goes into the pockets of Brussels each year goes towards bullfighting in Spain apparently - £110,000,000 a year to that obscene blood bath is an utter disgrace.

If it cannot finance itself, why should we. Mind blowing.

Everything would have been harmonious if the hadron collider hadn't been built at the neutral epicentre.

I thought I'd already started this thread.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/32687/

Quote: Sarc @ 11th May 2016, 2:51 PM BST

never have to hear that stupid bloody word that they made up, Brexit. It's not a real f**king word so stop trying to make it happen

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I hate hate hate made up combination words. But I hate hate hate the people who use them even more.

People who chuck 'brexit' (the brexiteers) into a sentence like it's a regular word they've known forever - but what they're actually saying is 'ya, I belong to this exclusive club that tells me trendy new words and YOU are not allowed in'. No - YOU are just an arsehole mate - of the very highest order - and I am better than you because I am embarrassed to say anything pretentious, whereas I bet you spout shit all the time like 'raison d'etre' when you probably don't even know what it really means and 'creme anglaise' when you mean f***ing custard because you're just a massive wanker.

Now go away quickly before I have to smack your legs you oxygen thief as you are not worthy of breathing my air.

. . . and this includes you lot:
Jedward
Brangelina
Bennifer
Kimye

Why don't you all just Feckoff

£110 million to the spaniards?

Quote: fopdoodle @ 12th May 2016, 12:31 AM BST

I hate hate hate made up combination words.

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I prefer the portmanteau 'combiords.'

Quote: Nogget @ 12th May 2016, 5:15 AM BST

I prefer the portmanteau 'combiords.'

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Isn't that a band?
But then 'wornations' is even worse.

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Quote: Nogget @ 12th May 2016, 5:15 AM BST

I prefer the portmanteau 'combiords.'

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Isn't that a band?

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You're thinking of Portishead.

Quote: Chappers @ 11th May 2016, 11:34 PM BST

I thought I'd already started this thread.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/32687/

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You did, but we don't like you.............well at least me.