United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-nigel-farage-to-announce-plans-to-head-campaign-for-british-exit-10425255.html

According to a recent poll by ORB, 55% of Britons support staying in the EU and 45% support leaving the EU. 71% of 18 to 24-year-olds in Britain support staying in the EU, while 53% of those aged 65 and over support leaving the EU.

Interesting generational difference -I wonder why younger people in the UK are more supportive of the EU than their elders.

The stereotypical Europhile is highly educated, rich, urban, and socially liberal while the stereotypical Eurosceptic is the opposite - less educated, more likely to be working class, less likely to be live in the urban core, and more socially conservative. Young people are likely to fit in (or aspire to be)  the former as the most pro-European parties (Green & Lib Dems) do well with university students.

Your post sums up what I think is the most important political divide in the UK at the moment. It's not left vs. right, it's Greater London vs. The Rest of the UK.

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Yes, there's absolutely no difference between the political views of the London-based Labour voter and the outside of London-based Labour voter. The current civil war in the party on what it stands for demonstrates that...

Recent article on the subject put it pretty well in the aftermath of what has happened to Greece and the tepidness on it from leadership: "Labour's support for Europe is a mile wide and an inch deep." Corbyn can stand for whatever he wants if he's leader, doesn't mean that's how Labour voters would vote in a referendum.

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Yeah, that's just Sibboleth.  He's a random newbie who knows nothing about British politics or the inner workings of the Labour Party.

Why is he any more an expert on these affairs than the people I normally read who are from a broad range of the political spectrum in the UK and have far more discussion on these issues because it's a British-based forum in comparison to the comparative echo chamber that is uselectionatlas.org?

I could go back and look at the general election thread earlier this year. If Sibboleth called the election result right beforehand, he could rightly be considered an expert.