- Friday, April 19, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
NATION MUST UNITE DESPITE DIVIDED OPINIONS ON VOTE by SUNDER KATWALA THIS historic democratic vote split Britain down the middle. By 17 million to 16 mil- lion votes, the people’s referendum verdict was that Britain should leave the European Union. In Scotland, Northern Ire- land and London, majorities voted to Remain, while Wales joined every English region outside the capital in voting to Leave. British Asians voted for both sides in significant numbers. A referendum day poll by Lord Ashcroft showed a 67 per cent to 33 per cent preference to Remain, among Asian respondents, a pattern consistent with earlier…
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