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Again, failing to “get it”. The fact that larger numbers voted in that referendum is utterly statistically irrelevant when it comes to majorities. 77% of those that voted wanted a playpark somewhere on the lawn, 52% of those that voted wanted to leave the EU. You seem to be suggesting that no votes of any kind should be judged binding unless more than a certain percentage of the electorate ...
Morrison Teignmouth is now open from 6am - 11pm six days a week, Sunday 10am - 4pm and it's doing Home Delivery to Dawlish. At 6.30am today the shop was fully stocked. So it's goodby to Waitrose.
The referendum result was far more overwhelming because more than 70% of the UK electorate participated in the vote, and the number of ballots cast equalled more than is 50% of the entire UK population, including children and others ineligible to vote. It knocks that 6% into a cocked hat.
@Lynne Councillor Foden’s petition to “Save The Lawn”, from which you pasted the above text, attracted a magnificent total of 443 signatures. What percentage is that, based upon the towns population? Exactly...
When analysing the results of a vote, you can only include any percentages in that analysis that are based on the votes actually cast! And of the votes cast, yes the result was overwhelming! I don’t understand why people find this so difficult to comprehend. It was certainly far more overwhelming than another recent referendum, but of course that was different and we need to “get over it”... ...
"overwhelmingly in favour" - PMSL.
I was in T'mouth last Friday and again bought a copy of the Teignmouth Post as the lead story (again) concerned the background to Tracy S's resignation. I held off, until today, posting anything on here concerning this latest newspaper report as I thought there might be something in today's Dawlish Gazette as it is also a Dawlish story given that Tracy S was also the town manager for Dawlish ...
Just found this: In July and August 2016 the Teignmouth and Dawlish Community Interest Company asked people in the street in Dawlish questions about plans to build a play park for children under 8 on The Lawn in Dawlish. (The idea is to build a park large enough to compete with the one in Teignmouth to bring more trade into town.). Also available in a few places on paper, and on-line, ...
Overwhelmingly in favour of a playpark? Really? Surely it should be more like 'of those who voted, a majority expressed a wish for there to be a playpark on the lawn". For context it would be useful to be reminded of how many voted in total, and of that number how many expressed a wish for there to be a playpark on the lawn. @DEEDOODLE should be able to tell us.
People complain when there’s a perceived lack of transparency. People complain when there is obvious transparency. Good grief! “They” aren’t trying to “get another one”. It’s not about votes - that has already happened and the result was overwhelmingly in favour of a playpark somewhere on the lawn. These presentations will relay the results of the Lawn Working Groups hard work in fine ...