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To ask if you would support a second referendum and what would you vote?

350 replies

questabellatreetop · 13/03/2019 23:03

As the title says really, along with whether or not your vote would be different from last time.

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ThorsMistress · 13/03/2019 23:04

Yes I would. My vote wouldn't change from the first time.

SavageBeauty73 · 13/03/2019 23:04

Yes. Voted remain and will again.

It's a total shit storm.

IsabelleSE19 · 13/03/2019 23:05

Yes. Remain. Again.

GroundhogWeek · 13/03/2019 23:07

Yes, remain again

ThierryEnnui · 13/03/2019 23:08

Yes, I’d vote remain again.

TonightJosephine · 13/03/2019 23:08

Yes, remain.

liviii · 13/03/2019 23:09

I'm a remainer but I find the very idea of a 2nd referendum incredibly undemocratic as it implies that rule by the majority is an insufficient condition for democratic legitimacy. I think the whole thing would be even more bitter and divisive second time around.

nutellalove · 13/03/2019 23:09

Agree with @liviii

Lumene · 13/03/2019 23:10

No. Remain voter. I think the result would stay the same with a new referendum.

DippyAvocado · 13/03/2019 23:10

Yes, would vote to revoke Article 50 and remain. Democracy is not a snapshot moment in time, it evolves with circumstances and demographics.

questabellatreetop · 13/03/2019 23:11

@liviii

I'm a remainer but I find the very idea of a 2nd referendum incredibly undemocratic as it implies that rule by the majority is an insufficient condition for democratic legitimacy. I think the whole thing would be even more bitter and divisive second time around.

It's true, but can it really be worse than
Brexit?
Would you vote remain again?

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DrVonPatak · 13/03/2019 23:13

Remain all the way. I live with a minuscule consolation of the knowledge that I was right from the start saying that there is currently no viable legal, economical or political instrument capable of delivering this monstrosity.

It takes on average 20 years of negotiations for a country to join, so for them to think that it was possible in 2 years was a clear sign of madness.

MinisterforCheekyFuckery · 13/03/2019 23:13

I voted remain and would again.

Initially I was against the idea of a second referendum, even though I was gutted about the result. Have changed my mind now as there just doesn't seem to be a workable solution to the whole mess.

questabellatreetop · 13/03/2019 23:14

@Lumene

No. Remain voter. I think the result would stay the same with a new referendum.

Apparently, if everyone who voted last time voted in the same way remain would now win. A huge number of the elderly who voted to leave have now passed away.

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Etino · 13/03/2019 23:14

I desperately hope there’s a second vote, and I’d vote remain again. But I don’t what the outcome would be and I’d be wary of campaigning. Does anyone remember the awful anti Bush Guardian campaign in 2004? I’m still cringing
It’d be like that and could massively backfire.

icannotremember · 13/03/2019 23:19

Yes. Remain.

liviii · 13/03/2019 23:21

Would you vote remain again?

Not a clue, I would feel incredibly inflicted. But my trust would be completely destroyed.

Dotty1970 · 13/03/2019 23:22

Remainer and Remainer again

Wowzel · 13/03/2019 23:23

I'd vote remain again, as would my DH.

I suspect my family would vote remain again. His would probably vote leave again

CatchingBabies · 13/03/2019 23:23

I’d vote remain, again, but would absolutely not support a second referendum. The vote has been done and repeating it wastes money we apparently don’t have and may not make a difference to the outcome.

SisyphusDad · 13/03/2019 23:23

Yes to a second referendum. Vote to rescind Brexit. If the current Brexit process had been even vaguely competent I would have sadly accepted it. But it hasn't so it should be ditched.

pepperpot99 · 13/03/2019 23:24

Voted remain and would again like a shot.

liviii · 13/03/2019 23:24

inflicted=conflicted

leccybill · 13/03/2019 23:24

Yes, and remain again.
Hardly a representative sample here though!

LikeYouSaid · 13/03/2019 23:27

No I wouldn’t because I was lead to believe that whatever the outcome, the government would implement the decision of the VOTE.

The way I see it, If the winning vote was remain and they held a second referendum there would be outcries from remainers to respect democracy.

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