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The UK map of those who signed the petition: https://petitionmap.unboxedconsulting.com/?petition=241584

Cambridge, London, Bristol. The same people who voted to stay. What a surprise.

Poor inner cities voted Labour, posh country areas voted Conservative. What a surprise.

It isn't the hard core that win elections, its the swing voters. So no it isn't a surprise, and it isn't really relevant.

Make sure to look at the % map, not the 'number of voters map' as that is a more representative picture.

Aaaannnnd the site crashed. 503 server overloaded.

I'm getting 502.

The question is, is this a metaphor for the govt and country, or the website struggling under the weight of traffic.

I was going for where intelligent people live. I don't think the brexit vote was clearly cut on Labour/Conservative lines.

My point remains, you aren't going to see a massive shift in leave/remain areas. If another vote were to happen, the result would hinge on a relatively small percentage of voters.

Ps I live in a probably leave voting area, so please don't tar all people with the same brush. >50% voted against remain, so calling them all less intelligent isn't helpful. We do have to get on again after this after all, and if there is a 2nd referendum, they might respond better to addressing their actual concerns, rather than insults.

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