Nigel Farage on a second referendum

Just a reminder for the (as ever) hypocritical brexiters complaining that remainers are not accepting the result and want a second referendum- this is exactly what nigel and most brexiters would have done. Farage described a 52/48 result as "unfinished business" .

I think a second referendum (on the EU) would be pointless and counter productive (at least for the next couple of decades. There is nothing stopping us from rejoining us then, and if we end up remaining it will only further the conspiracist tendency that has seemingly enflamed a portion of the populace (the people/ morons who thought the vote would be rigged (bring a pen!))

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Reply 1

Drewski

It's also worth noting that after he said that actual politicians on both sides said "nope".

It's further worth remembering that Farage is not an MP. He's not a member of the government. He has no official legal position on this.

All through the campaign everyone was clamouring say that all he said was nonsense and completely untrue. So why are you now claiming his words as though he's a prophet?

Reply 2

fpmaniac

Even david cameron has said that we are not going to doing it again so who are you to say anything? Anyways Leave won this, so theres no point saying most of the country doesnt want to leave.

Reply 3

Manchester_123

What we need to do now is gain independence for London, Scotland, NI, Cambridge, Oxford and every remain region. We need true democracy

Reply 4

welshiee

Original post by Davij038

Its also worth noting that he did not call for a second referendum so please stop spreading this lie.

Of course he would continue to campaign and see it as unfinished business if it was that close. However, he did not suggest he would call for another referendum. There are other ways of leaving the EU and it is highly likely the other method would have been to wait for a Eurosceptic Tory to become PM and then push it through Parliament.

Can you find any actual quote where Farage supports an actual referendum? No, because you're a little liar.

He said "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way. If the remain campaign win two-thirds to one-third that ends it."

Nowhere does he call for another referendum.

Reply 5

Davij038

Original post by Drewski

No, I do not agree with a second referendum. I am merely pointing out that many Leavers think that Remainers should just shut up and accept the result and not be sore losers would adopt very different attitudes had the results been reversed.

@welshiee

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Reply 6

Drewski

Original post by Davij038

And you're basing that on a guy who's sole political ambition has been this one thing? Of course he wouldn't give up if it was such a narrow margin, but crucially, everybody else would.

Again, it's worth reiterating that even though he said "it would be unfinished business", he never once said he'd call for a second referendum.

Still don't get why you're giving him so much credence...

Reply 7

Davij038

Original post by jrobs98

Nonce

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I usually have a high threshold for trolling but this is too far. Reported.

Reply 8

CherishFreedom

There is no second referendum. But be strong. All the best. Have a good day, and good health.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4186437

Reply 9

lerjj

Original post by Manchester_123

What we need to do now is gain independence for London, Scotland, NI, Cambridge, Oxford and every remain region. We need true democracy

Yes! Once Scotland has left, let London secede! Build a wall around the M25!

Reply 10

welshiee

Original post by Davij038

You are right, there would be sore losers on either side of the result. However, now we must accept the will of the electorate and move forward to turn this into the best possible situation and outcome we can obtain.

Reply 11

Fenice

Original post by Drewski

He said that if Remain won by two thirds that would be 'the end of it', but that if it was a narrow win it would be 'unfinished business'

You surely cannot be so dense as to think that this statement was anything other than weasel words for a second referendum in the event of a Remain win.

Reply 12

NathanW18

The most annoying thing to read is that anybody that wanted to remain should shut up and respect the result. Implying from the side that was retarded enough to think that your choice would be rubbed out if you used a pencil, wouldn't also complain if the result went the other way.

Reply 13

Davij038

Nigel Farage is not some randomer, he is arguably the person who has done the most (bar perhaps Boris and Murdoch) to get us to leave the EU - and he should be given recognition of that. He is also the leader of a political party that got 4 million voters at the last election and is the spiritual liege of most of the Leave voters

Reply 14

Drewski

Original post by Fenice

I'm not going to try and interpret Farage's mind - that's a rabbit hole I really don't want to go down...

Maybe he meant that. You'd have to ask him. But the point stands that he never actually said it.

And even if he had said it, so what? Why is everyone suddenly paying Farage all this attention?

Reply 15

welshiee

Poor remain campaigner getting absolutely recked :rofl:

Reply 16

Gora The Xplorer

Unfinished business could easily mean further reform, in the same way that our relations with the EU will involve some form of free movement and free trade rather than isolationism.

Reply 17

Manchester_123

Original post by lerjj

Yes! Once Scotland has left, let London secede! Build a wall around the M25!

We need to make all remain areas independent nations, let the leave live in their utopia

Reply 18

lerjj

don't really care what the crest oof the country does. London is culterually and economically distinct from the rest of England though. We should leave.

Build a wall!

Original post by Manchester_123

We need to make all remain areas independent nations, let the leave live in their utopia

Reply 19

Fenice

Original post by Gora The Xplorer

Unfinished business could easily mean further reform, in the same way that our relations with the EU will involve some form of free movement and free trade rather than isolationism.

Not from Farage it couldn't, because he has made it categorically clear over several years that the EU is unreformable and must be abandoned.

What he was saying was quite clear and the only people who disagree are either dense or dishonest.