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Guess the result?

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obieone Wed 22-Jun-16 13:57:05

Anyone want to guess the result?

I am going to guess OUT

The silent majority decided last time, and I think people are more inclined to keep quiet if they are going to vote OUT.

I will also guess 52% OUT, 48% IN of those that vote.

Alice16 Wed 22-Jun-16 21:36:22

The headline that the Queen supported Brexit was in the Sun newspaper. Draw your own conclusion.

kittylester Wed 22-Jun-16 21:37:38

What ever the vote, the result will be more vitriol from the losers. sad

Jalima Wed 22-Jun-16 21:40:15

In 61*
Out 39%

Turnout 67% (that is optimistic)
with quite a high number of spoilt papers

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 22-Jun-16 22:17:59

If the Queen was overhead saying she wants out and somebody sold the story, then heads will roll! grin

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 22-Jun-16 22:21:29

The turnout could be an interesting result. What if it is low, as it well could be? That could put the cat amongst the pigeons. Imagine if the turnout is less than 50%?

durhamjen Wed 22-Jun-16 22:32:58

52% remain on Paxman tonight.

durhamjen Wed 22-Jun-16 22:34:12

Wasn't it Gove who let the cat out of the bag about the queen?

obieone Wed 22-Jun-16 22:43:55

I think it was durhamjen.

Elegran Wed 22-Jun-16 22:46:33

Someone claimed that at a dinner party she had said "Give me three good reasons why Britain should be part of Europe."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/21/queen-asks-guests-to-give-her-3-reasons-why-britain-should-remai/

Maybe someone had just told her three reasons for leaving?
Maybe she wanted to hear the views of her guests?
Maybe she was making conversation? Playing a game like "Name three things that are purple and begin with M" ?
Maybe someone made up the story?

"Last month the press regulator found that the Sun newspaper had been guilty of "significantly misleading" its readers when it printed the headline "Queen backs Brexit" above a story about the Queen complaining about Brussels to Nick Clegg."

In any case anyone who repeats things she said at a private dinner party has no manners.

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 22-Jun-16 23:08:06

It looks like Michael Gove is possibly in trouble though because he was also at the lunch with the Queen in 2011 when it was Nick Clegg being questioned.

Michael Gove to face questions

I can easily believe he would do it. Can't stand the man or his wife.

Anniebach Wed 22-Jun-16 23:10:38

Roll on 10pm tomorrow, I am exhausted , an election in May and the referendum in June

Jalima Wed 22-Jun-16 23:13:10

Is there a prize obieone?
(trip round Europe on the train with Michael Portillo perhaps?)

durhamjen Wed 22-Jun-16 23:17:07

Wasn't me! I've never had lunch with the queen.

grannyactivist Wed 22-Jun-16 23:17:31

If I go by the publicly expressed views of people I know I will say that the Brexiters will prevail. However, maybe those people I know who are keeping quiet (like me - I've only expressed my intentions on here) are planning to vote Remain and so may swing the vote the other way.

Two more days - and then whatever the electorate has decided we will all have to find some way of pulling together to heal the wounds of division this awful referendum has opened.

obieone Wed 22-Jun-16 23:17:48

Good prize Jalima!

Anniebach. I too say roll on 10pm tomorrow. Well I have been saying roll on friday, but roll on 10pm tomorrow will make a lot of people happy.

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 22-Jun-16 23:27:21

I'd like a trip for two on the Orient Express as my prize please. wink

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 22-Jun-16 23:30:22

And I don't want to go with Michael Portillo. I will take Alexander Skarsgard, or my DH if Alex is unavailable because he's promoting the new Tarzan film. Off topic I know. grin

harrigran Wed 22-Jun-16 23:38:43

I read it as dj had let it out of the bag too. I have had lunch with the Queen but it wasn't recently so it wasn't me either.
I don't know about the story being in the Sun but it was in just about every other paper today.

obieone Wed 22-Jun-16 23:41:16

Wilma, you will be grateful for what you get! wink grin

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 22-Jun-16 23:42:50

No change there then! grin

obieone Wed 22-Jun-16 23:44:04

Oh, I understand what I said about durhamjen now! grin

Time for moon

obieone Fri 24-Jun-16 02:10:12

Looks like it might be Leave?

And looks like it could be somewhere around what I guessed?

ninathenana Fri 24-Jun-16 08:35:29

obione did you have a crystal ball when you wrote your op grin
shockshock

obieone Fri 24-Jun-16 09:11:36

No! grin

But I did go by everything I had heard from everyone I know who live and work all over the place, plus friends and family etc, plus a bit of gransnet.
I also added in polls, which were wrong last time, plus silent voters who swayed things last time.

In short, I like statistics!

The one bit of it I got wrong, was the person I spoke to who works in London. 1 person from London was not enough to speka to about London, and obviously where she works, is not representative of London!!

As I wrote elsewhere, I live in a mixed financial area, so I get to talk to people of somewhat various walks of life. I am chatty!

I win the prize and I hereby give it to charity! grin