GK> 23 Jun 16 00:33, David Rance wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
GK>>> You think so? If I understand this correctly, the public vote will GK>>> not be binding. The parliament is to decide on this matter.
DR>> Yes, but that is a formality. David Cameron would never be allowed to DR>> get away with ignoring the popular vote. Not after all this hoo-ha.
GK> Sure? I read there is a large majority for remain in the parliament. GK> Imagine you have something like 50% voter participation, and of those GK> 50.x% vote leave. You think the parliament will follow?
Oh goodness, I just don't want to think of that scenario. Just think of how the markets would take it!
You clipped too much of my message. The following bit was where I was talking about the Queen:
DR>> Wouldn't it be a farce if, at the age of 90, she suddenly decided to DR>> tell everybody to stop behaving like children and grow up! I'll bet DR>> she's often wanted to.
GK> Sounds like another interesting option.
Interesting but it wouldn't happen.
Interesting development - I wonder what effect last night's floods in south-east England will have on voter turnout. In a general election such an event would normally cause the Labour supporters to stay at home. Don't ask me why. It just happens. This referendum transcends political allegiances. We've got nothing to compare it with.
The BBC is having a results programme tonight, running from 21.55 (five minutes before the polls close) until 06:00 tomorrow morning. What are they going to talk about? Will we be told about the votes in each constituency as they come in? Apparently there are 283 (I think) counting centres throughout the country. The votes will then be sent to about a dozen regional centres and then they will be forwarded to a national centre from whence the result will be announced. But how much will we be told before that?
David
-- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
