User: smithmf

Re:This is interesting

On: Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com)

Population of the UK = 65.1m Allowed to vote = 46.5m = 71% Remain = 16.1m = 25% Leave = 17.4m = 27% Did not vote = 13.0m = 20% Not allowed to vote = 17.6m = 27% "The will of the people" = 27% apparently. Of course the 27% of UK residents not allowed to vote (e.g., children and foreigners) presumably are not "people" or possibly have no will. Strange how many of those "non-people" are expected to pay taxes and will be affected by Brexit as much as "the people".

Re:Common Sense and Democracy

On: UK's Brexit Cannot Pass Without Parliament Approval (aljazeera.com)

The resident population of the UK is about 65m. About 17m voted "leave".