In June 2016, the British people voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union. But a 52/48 verdict would be “unfinished business by a long way”, the then UK Independence party leader Nigel Farage told the Daily Mirror on May 16 2016, when he feared a victory for the Remainers. Farage went on to say to the BBC that “there could be an unstoppable demand for a re-run of the EU referendum” should Remain win by a narrow margin. “Win or lose this battle,” he concluded, “we will win this war.” Yet the Brexiters now seek to deny to their opponents the very rights that they themselves claimed, and accuse Remainers who want to continue the debate of disrespecting the views of the people.
2016年6月，英國人以52%對48%的投票比例決定退出歐盟。但是，時任英國獨立黨(UKIP)領袖奈傑•法拉吉(Nigel Farage)在2016年5月16日告訴《每日鏡報》(Daily Mirror)，52%對48%的裁決將是「遠未了結的事務」，當時他擔心留歐派獲勝。法拉吉後來告訴英國廣播公司(BBC)，如果留歐派以微弱優勢獲勝，「將會有勢不可擋的重新舉行歐盟公投的要求」。他總結道：「這場戰役無論輸贏。我們將會贏得戰爭。」然而，退歐派現在尋求不讓對手行使他們自己曾經要求的權利，並指責想要繼續這場辯論的留歐派不尊重人民的願望。