To think you should have to demonstrate a basic understanding of the facts before being allowed to vote

[Bearbehind]

Ok, I appreciate this is purely hypothetical is it could never be enforced but, it does astound me when a proportion of the electorate, albeit hopefully small, are so clueless they come out with comments like I've seen this morning which included:-

-Looking forward to doing some online shopping for items from the USA as they'd be cheaper now the pound has dropped

-Being surprised that the markets have fallen following the vote to leave and not realising their vote would have that effect

-Thinking this decision might pave the way for Norway to hold a referendum to leave the EU too

It's bad enough we all have to filter through the outright lies, like the money saved on the EU which would go straight to the NHS, and the scarcity of facts but people making decisions when their basic understanding is so poor is downright scary.

I've been seeing a lot of people arguing over the 'facts' of what's going to happen.
I don't think there should be any test of 'facts' until people learn that 'fact' is different from 'projection' or 'best estimate'

Making voting. Compulsory would just make apathetic people vote any which way, without any consideration. Isn't that what people have been moaning about here?
This referendum had a higher turn out than The GEs so it showed the people who did vote at least cared one way or the other

Yeh, your probably right. I was hoping of they had to then they would show interest but I guess it would be like my history GCSE- compulsory and not my thing.

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