On 17/01/2021 17:05, nightjar wrote:
On 17/01/2021 13:02, Fredxx wrote:
On 17/01/2021 11:01, nightjar wrote:
On 17/01/2021 07:45, David P wrote:
Neuroscientists now claim that the human brain is not
fully developed until age 25-30.Â* We should therefore
raise the voting age to that level.Â* Military service is
different: obedience is valued over thoughtfulness.
With elections, the reverse, thoughtfulness rather than
obedience, should yield better outcomes.

It didn't with Brexit. Leaving seems to have been driven by emotion,
rather than thought.

Are those the thoughts of a remainer? How do you know how all leavers
think?


I don't claim to. However, I have yet to hear one give an argument for
leaving that wasn't either based upon emotion or not backed up by any
facts.

It depends on what you call emotion. Would that include increased demand
on housing? Suppression of wages, especially for the poorly paid.

My take is this: 40% would always support the EU, 40% would always
support standalone UK. In both case there would be sheer stubbornness on
the same basis some will always vote Tory and others vote Labour. You
could call those "emotionals", where any reason will reinforce their
belief however fallacious.

The 40% floating voters would have had their own reasons, in my case the
experience of zero pay increases for 15 years; where I see school
teacher, on the whole remainers, whinge about their pay increases. I'm
not alone in recognising that an influx of 3m from Eastern Block
countries has had a profound effect on the labour market. Too much
change too quickly. The blame rests solely on John Major and Tony Blair
on their quest to enlarge the EU and their various Accession Treaties.

From your reply you appear oblivious to the numerous reasons why the
"floating" voter would vote for Brexit. I therefore presume you are
either retired, or work, or have worked in a sector protected from
immigration, such as teachers, legal or any job where near perfect
spoken English is required. Are there any East European MPs for instance?


Just my tuppennys' worth. I fully accept YMMV