PHOTO: Northern Ireland’s Remain campaigners with UK Chancellor George Osborne
Dawn Walsh and Scott Lucas of the University of Birmingham write:
Northern Ireland is often thought of as a place apart in British politics. That may be why it has received attention in the coverage of the United Kingdom’s vote on European membership on June 23.
That inattention is probably a mistake. While Northern Ireland only had 1.2 million registered voters in 2014, about 3% of the UK’s more than 40 million, those ballots could make the difference in a close referendum.
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Do try to keep up, Scott … the Leave campaign is not closing the gap, it’s widening it:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3635851/Shock-10-point-lead-Brexit-just-13-days-sends-David-Cameron-Remain-campaign-panic-mode.html
Barbar,
I prefer to take the average of the polls rather than the outliers at either end — even if they make for shock headlines that are the trademark of the Daily Mail.
S.
As a consolation prize, the Chinese have decided to hand HK back to the British empire:
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http://www.eastasiatribune.com/north-asia/china-announces-plan-to-hand-hong-kong-back-to-britain-by-end-2016/