[danielmg]

I was referring to the 2015 and 2016 elections - i.e the election to get the referendum and the election following the referendum.

[chrisseaton]

> I was referring to the 2015 and 2016 elections

But your claim isn't true for 2015 either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_el...

36.8 + 12.6 = 49.4%

And there wasn't any election in 2016. Do you mean the referendum? You cannot 'split the vote' in a yes/no referendum, can you?

Your claim is also not true for 2017, before you try that one as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_el...

42.3 + 1.8 = 44.1%

[danielmg]

sorry 2017, a typo - I will chastise immediately

And it's by far and away the largest grouping in parliament. The UK's regional politics make it something that isn't going to be binary.

I'm not "trying" anything. I'm just sick of the bs around Ruskies telling people to Brexit.

I did say "from memory".

Anyway - I voted remain. I just can't stand the Ruskies thing and the constant revisiting of the referendum result with different angles of "but it's not valid" used each time.

[scatters]

In the 2015 election the Tories got 36.8% and the Faragists 12.6%, summing to 49.4%; the Tories were at that point more or less neutral on Europe so by no means representing a Brexit constituency.

In 2017 the Tories took 42.3% and the Nuttalls 1.8%, totalling 44.1%. Of course, even at that point the Tories still accommodated some Remain views.

In 2019 with Remainers and the insufficiently fervent purged for the most part, the Tories took 43.6%, Farage 2% and the rump UKIP 0.1% to total 45.7%.

I suppose you could add in the Prods, but that still won't get you to 50%.

[danielmg]

I was wrong and I did say "from memory". I should have taken the 30 seconds to look.

My fault.