English adults were asked about the possibility of “protests in which members of the public are badly injured.” They were given three choices:
I want this to happen regardless of Brexit
I see it as a risk but it’s worth it to take back control
Leaving the EU is not worth the risk of this happening
No fewer than 38 percent of respondents picked option #2. It’s hard to know what to make of this. Perhaps Brexiters are unwilling to let a small, violent minority pull off a veto by staging noisy protests where a few “members of the public are badly injured.”
The survey results suggest the country is divided down the middle. Lots of 50-50 splits, including over whether such violent protests will actually occur and over whether there will be “violence directed towards Members of Parliament.”
If this shows an England divided between nationalists and anti-nationalists (the pro-EU international elite crowd), well, they’re suffering from the same affliction that these United States are. But theirs is an easier exit strategy.
PS: I wonder what would happen if U.S. voters were given the same choice, in our case to split into regional blocs of states, in a binding national referendum.
I bet if it were pitched as “Let the kooky Californians go their own way and ditch Washington politicians forever” you’d get over 50% support.
The survey results for England (Scotland and Wales are broken out in separate PDFs):
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1708631/Copy-of-England-16-Oct-AH.pdf
English adults were asked about the possibility of “protests in which members of the public are badly injured.” They were given three choices:
No fewer than 38 percent of respondents picked option #2. It’s hard to know what to make of this. Perhaps Brexiters are unwilling to let a small, violent minority pull off a veto by staging noisy protests where a few “members of the public are badly injured.”
The survey results suggest the country is divided down the middle. Lots of 50-50 splits, including over whether such violent protests will actually occur and over whether there will be “violence directed towards Members of Parliament.”
If this shows an England divided between nationalists and anti-nationalists (the pro-EU international elite crowd), well, they’re suffering from the same affliction that these United States are. But theirs is an easier exit strategy.
PS: I wonder what would happen if U.S. voters were given the same choice, in our case to split into regional blocs of states, in a binding national referendum.
I bet if it were pitched as “Let the kooky Californians go their own way and ditch Washington politicians forever” you’d get over 50% support.