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Brexit: decision of divided country
Brexit vote: absolute numbers are misleading
BMJ 2016; 354 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4425 (Published 15 August 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;354:i4425
- Christopher J Hanretty, reader in politics1,
- Rob Ford, professor of political science2
- 1University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
- 2University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- c.hanretty{at}uea.ac.uk
Dorling writes that “the outcome of the EU referendum has been unfairly blamed on the working class in the north of England . . . [but] because of differential turnout and the size of the denominator population, most people who voted Leave lived in the south of England.”1
This statement is true but misleading. More …
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