Legend has it that a group of Liberal Democrats on the Isle of Wight once exercised their democratic right by putting the CND logo on their ballot papers rather than a cross. It was meant as a protest vote – though confusingly, one that was unrelated to nuclear disarmament. It is true that you don’t have to make your mark with a cross. In another episode involving Lib Dems, the party successfully argued that a voter who depicted male genitalia in their candidate’s box was nevertheless intending to cast a vote for them. That story has the benefit of being verifiable: the CND signs, unfortunately, not so much. I dredged though newspapers back to 1983, harassed academics, and dug into the annals of Isle of Wight politics, all to no avail.
If there had been a way to signal opposition to Brexit, the remain vote could have split any way and still been united
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