Latest You Gov poll shows 7% majority for Leave

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We have so much influence we have been against something like 70 measures and all have passed.

How many have we we been in favour of that passed?

And what do you mean by "we". Do you mean the British government or do you mean MEPs from all UK parties?

Reply 421

Doones

Original post by Warminator

How does our own government feel in terms of the leave campaign are they split evenly or more focused towards one extreme/side.

The very large majority of MPs in parliament want to stay in the EU.

A smaller, but still very significant, majority of Conservative MPs (the party of Government) also want to Remain.

So the democratically elected representatives in the UK are for Remain...

But if there is a winning Leave vote in the Referendum, in my view, it is likely to trigger a general election.

Edited to update comment about government/party stance. And further updated to include graphic:

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Reply 422

Jammy Duel

Original post by jneill

The very large majority of MPs in parliament want to stay in the EU.

A smaller, but still very significant, majority of government ministers also want to Remain.

So the democratically elected representatives in the UK are for Remain...

But if there is a winning Leave vote in the Referendum, in my view, it is likely to trigger a general election.

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You do realise a greater proportion of government ministers are remain than MPs overall, remember that their jobs may depend on it.

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Reply 423

Doones

Original post by Jammy Duel

You do realise a greater proportion of government ministers are remain than MPs overall, remember that their jobs may depend on it.

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Ah, I was probably thinking of the Conservative party rather than government. What's the split in the government?

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Reply 424

Jammy Duel

Original post by jneill

Ah, I was probably thinking of the Conservative party rather than government. What's the split in the government?

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Cabinet is 5 leave of 22 (for some reason I was thinking it was about 30), as for the wider government I don't have the specific figures but I am unaware of a single junior minister for leaving (and there are rather a lot of them)

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Reply 425

Fullofsurprises

People arriving at this thread, please note this isn't the "latest YouGov poll" any more, the thread about the most recent one is here.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4176194

Reply 426

slaven

If you Anglobros vote to Leave the EU I will never say a bad word about you in real life.

Reply 427

Joep95

Original post by nulli tertius

How many have we we been in favour of that passed?

And what do you mean by "we". Do you mean the British government or do you mean MEPs from all UK parties?

I'm not sure

That is the amount of times the mep's have voted no.

Reply 428

Doones

Original post by joecphillips

I'm not sure

That is the amount of times the mep's have voted no.

We have won the vote on 2,466 occasions, versus 56 loses.

Spoiler

Carry on the discussion in the new updated thread
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4176194

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Reply 429

EuanF

Original post by jneill

We have won the vote on 2,466 occasions, versus 56 loses.

Spoiler

Carry on the discussion in the new updated thread
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4176194

This is like saying you have a very good chauffeur because he's only deliberately slammed the car into a wall 56 times you've had him give you a lift

Might want to add on our 72 defeats in the Council to that figure too