Following on from tiny ash's comments on the above article, i would like to counter the misconception thet 70% voter turnout is somehow too low. A 70% voter turnout is actually very good. In the referendum held in 1975 to gauge support for continued membership of the EU (then called the European Community) the voter turnout was 65% to stay in a clear majority. Should tge result have been annulled because there "was only" 65% turnout? People have a democratic right to vote, if they choose not to exercise it there is little one can do. I suspect that many people who did not vote did so because they could not decide because the issues were too complex, which is of course one reason why this referendum should never have taken place in the first place.