What is the definition of ‘the will of the people’?

IronGiant

If I might suggest, as this is the Brexit forum, I think you should restrict your analysis to polls pertaining to the referendum, and elections triggered as a result.

fluxo

You’re using the past tense (“were wrong”). Sonic wrote “are wrong”.

You are referring to (I think) the polls before and about the Brexit referendum. Sonic appeared to be making a statement about polls in general.

If we don’t know what public opinion is now (the referendum result is historical), and polls are no guide, then the case for a second referendum is stronger, IMO.

EarthRod

Polls are not to be trusted.

Pacifico

Whats changed to make polling of today any more reliable than the polling of 3 years ago?

fluxo

Fine. Let’s have a referendum then and find out if the public truly still support Brexit.

Pacifico

You have one - the Euro elections are coming up in a couple of weeks so then we will see how accurate the polling is. At the moment Farage is going to win handsomely according to the polling...

fluxo

That’s not a Brexit referendum.

Pacifico

I thought the purpose was to test how accurate polling was - so whats the difference?

FireCrackerJim

Because remainers have spent the last 3 years trying to ball ache it yeah that fair

IronGiant

But it would be another gauge of public opinion.  If the UK public vote overwhelming for Pro-EU or Anti-EU MEPs, would that not be a poll/vote/referendum of sorts?