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Reminder that there was never an actual majority for Brexit, let alone the hard brexit that we ended up with, and our politicians continue to pander to a minority of extremely hateful right wingers for reasons that escape the majority of the population.
52% isn't a majority?
People did not think it was in danger of passing so they didn't go vote. Others pretty immediately said they had voted exit as a protest and because, again, they didn't think it would pass and it was non-binding.
Polling made it pretty quickly clear the vote was a fluke. But they ran with it like a mandate from a super majority. Even as it became even less popular through the years it took to negotiate Brexit, when they could have cancelled it at any time.
52% of turnout, which is 72.21% or eligible voters, which is only ~71% of the total population.