Quote:And UKIP only have one MP. Eurosceptic politics now goes across party borders and is now a case of the haves vs the have nots. Can't believe you haven't learned from Brexit.

The progressives are now the Eurosceptics.

UKIP wasn't the only party to support a referendum though. A significant portion of the Conservatives did as well, that's what Cameron called a referendum; to stop the Tories from splitting. For the Netherlands to call a referendum they'd need a majority of votes in parliament, which there very much isn't.


The only party that wants to leave the EU is the PVV, they have 12 seats and with current polling they have 35 seats at the most. No other party supports a leave vote, the closest is the SP, which is Eurosceptic but not to the point of leaving. They also hate the PVV with a fervor and would rather fold then work with them. Even if I count those votes they get up to around 50 seats, still 26 short of the total needed.


As for learning from the Brexit referendum I think most politicians have learned one vital lesson; don't call a bloody referendum, they're a terrible way to make policy and decisions.


BTW, only poll I could find suggests the Dutch would vote 56% stay, 36% leave with 8% undecided.

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