Sorry, Joakim, your argument about Cyprus being in Asia because it is on the Anatolyan Tectonic Plate just doesn't wash. The ABC islands and Trinidad & Tobago are on the South American Tectonic Plate yet are deemed part of North America. Egypt is in Africa, yet is considered
part of Asia (the Middle East); Greenland is in North America, yet considered part of Europe and Malta is in the middle of the Mediterranean, yet considered European.
The tectonic plate thing doesn't line up that's true. Our concept of continents is much older than tectonic plate theory and the two have nothing to do with one another. But Egypt is definitely not considered part of Asia, except sometimes the Sinai.
But Greenland is usually considered part of North America and Egypt is usually considered part of Africa, except sometimes being called as a transcontinental country, due to the position of Sinai Peninsula.
Actually, around half the voters in the referendum (amounts to around 20% of the UK's total population) voted to leave. The rest of us are just being dragged along by them, and completely ignored by government. In addition, polls show that if another referendum was held now that all the facts are known, remain would win by a significant margin.
Bit loose with the facts there Cao. Around 27% of the overall population voted to leave, but that includes everyone down to babies. Of registered voters around 37% voted to leave (and turnout was 72% which is very high for a UK vote).
Also, where are the polls that show remain would win by a "significant margin" now (or at any point since the referendum)? I'd be interested as I haven't seen anything that gives remain more than a slim victory, and that was the case with most polls before the vote too. The country's opinion is still on a knife edge as far as I can tell. Wish that wasn't the case, but it appears to be.
Polling since the referendum (and before it) can be found here. Mostly it shows a small lead for remain (but so did the polling beforehand, which was wrong).
The government, or more accurately parliament, are keen to defy the results of the referendum in any case. You might as well leave it as 28 members, as it seems that the UK won't leave. It will probably end up in having more referendums (referenda?) until the politicians get the result they want.
I have looked into it now, and yes it's true it was about 27%. Of course, not everyone was allowed to vote, and some didn't vote, and of course we don't know what they would have voted for. However, the results of the last general election where remain-supporting parties won more votes than leave did says to me that the mood of the country has changed, even if only slightly. Yet, still, we are all being dragged out, stripped of our EU citizenship, losing the rights that go with that, and for what? I see no benefit to anyone except wealthy millionaires who hide their money offshore.
The fact that most of the votes went to parties that supported remain (if you count Labour as supporting remain, which is debatable) says more about the politicians who refused to accept that they could not win on the issue of Brexit than it does about the voters. The massive swings towards the Conservatives are evidence of this. Brexit isn't a good idea but it is better than ignoring the referendum. If we want to avoid such things in the future we should not have any more referendums, probably reduce the voting age and maybe write ourselves a constitution that clarifies what happens if parliament and the people disagree. But because of the mistakes of the left wing parties in the UK we are left with a government that is never going to do the last two of those things because they have a large enough majority that it is not in their interests.
So it's part of Europe. Notice how all the other countries are in Europe? Yet somehow Jetpunk doesn't consider Cyprus part of Europe. From a frustrated Cypriot person.
BRO CYPRUS IS IN ASIA! WHY IS IT PART OF THE EU! I SPENT A WHOLE MINUTE TRYING TO THINK OF A COUNTRY IN EUROPE THAT BEGAN WITH THE LETTER C, AND COULDN'T REMEMBER FOR THE LIFE OF ME. TURNS OUT I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN IT ANYWAY! PLEASE MANUALLY FILL IN CYPRUS, SO OTHER USERS DON'T SUFFER THROUGH THE SAME THING AS ME.
There have been entry negociations for Turkey for decades now, but it isn't in the EU because they never met the requirements, including but not limited to on Human rights. Also, trying to join a club when you're occupying half the territory of another member of that club usually doesn't go well.
I'd love for Turkey to one day be a democratic country, that respects Human rights and doesn't occupy its neighbours. That country could very well be a member of the EU. Unfortunately, Erdogan has been consistently moving it further away from that.
part of Asia (the Middle East); Greenland is in North America, yet considered part of Europe and Malta is in the middle of the Mediterranean, yet considered European.
Didn't they vote to leave a long time ago?
Also, where are the polls that show remain would win by a "significant margin" now (or at any point since the referendum)? I'd be interested as I haven't seen anything that gives remain more than a slim victory, and that was the case with most polls before the vote too. The country's opinion is still on a knife edge as far as I can tell. Wish that wasn't the case, but it appears to be.
I genuinely feel a great sadness that it has come to this but I'm hoping we will rejoin soon.