Turnout in European Elections is Up

Figures released by the Kantar polling organisation and the European Parliament website suggest that turnout in this year’s European elections is up. According to the latest figures, turnout across the European Union was 50.82%. This represents an increase of 8.21% when compared to the turnout at the 2014 European Parliament elections which was 42.61%. The […]

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Why a Confirmatory Vote Must Happen

The issue of a second referendum is ground well-trodden, however, the recent collapse of cross-party Brexit talks and the bad faith which continues to dominate the debate over a confirmatory vote makes it impossible not to correct the record. Firstly, I must challenge the language commonly used by Brexiteers. The ‘People’s Vote’ or ‘Confirmatory Vote’ […]

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Remain Leads by 18%

More and more opinion polls illustrate that the “will of the people” has changed since the European Union referendum in 2016, with more people than ever before supporting the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union. The latest poll mapped by ‘What UK Thinks‘ shows that 51% of people support Remain, while 45% […]

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