Nigel Farage: Narrow Remain win may lead to second referendum

[Denzil_DC]

There could be unstoppable demand for a re-run of the EU referendum if Remain wins by a narrow margin on 23 June, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said.

Mr Farage said he believed the Leave campaign were on course for victory.

But he said there would be resentment, particularly in the Conservative Party, if not, with claims the referendum will not have been a fair contest.

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The question of a second referendum was raised by Mr Farage in an interview with the Mirror in which he said: "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way. If the Remain campaign win two-thirds to one-third that ends it."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36306681

X-posted in UK Group

Farage said this in May.

My partner and I had been discussing how it was disturbing that such a momentous change could hinge on a 4% majority. Then somebody pointed me toward this article ...

[hobbit709]

1. don't like the vote? Then keep bringing it up until it goes in your favor.

That's how Austin got stuck with the South Texas Nuke. They kept bringing it up until it passed on the third try. "It would make electricity almost too cheap to meter" We have some high rates now and we're still paying for that sucker. By the time it was built it cost more than twice what the cost was supposed to be.

I voted against it 3 times but Carol Many Names sold the gullible public on it.

[maxsolomon]

3. that's how the City of Seattle killed the Monorail

we voted 3 times until it lost.

[roamer65]

4. Some posted the perfect name for those.

Neverendums.

[LeftyMom]

5. CA has gone through three parental notification ballot propositions,

and the anti choicers keep trying but of late they haven't even had the signatures to put it on the ballot.

I love my state sometimes.

[Renew Deal]

2. kick

If narrow remain win can lead to second referendum, then a narrow leave can as well

[NuclearDem]

6. And maybe this time Remain can get its act together.

I would hope for better weather in London, but that might be a little too much to ask.

[Number23]

7. And -- SHOCKINGLY -- that's exactly what they won by!

"In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way.

Seems to me that even the Leave people want a do-over. Maybe they never expected to win and are as horrified as everyone else that they actually did.