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Transcripts for BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240604 02:47:00

Which should have been subject to a binary yes/no result. if you d aired that opinion on that programme, people around this country would say, why should i listen to david dimbleby? he s got such strong opinions of his own about the illegitimacy of this referendum, i don t think he should be presenting for the bbc. no, i would simply have raised the question was whether the referendum was a proper way that s a perfectly legitimate question, which we did discuss on question time. we talked about the brexit vote for, what, six months or more every single week on question time about the issues involved. do you ever think.? i was just thinking looking back, you know, mrs thatcher always used to sneer at the idea of referendums, saying it s a plebiscite and we don t govern by plebiscites in this country. i mean, there is, with hindsight, it does seem that a yes/no vote was too crude a mechanism for something as complicated as pulling out of the eu and finding a new role in the ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240604 00:46:00

Yeah, but before the results. if people had known your private views then. what are my private views? you told me you thought that referendum was illegitimate, that it was not a subject which should have been subject to a binary yes/no result. if you d aired that opinion on that programme, people around this country would say, why should i listen to david dimbleby? he s got such strong opinions of his own about the illegitimacy of this referendum, i don t think he should be presenting for the bbc. no, i would simply have raised the question was whether the referendum was a proper way that s a perfectly legitimate question, which we did discuss on question time. we talked about the brexit vote for, what, six months or more every single week on question time about the issues involved. do you ever think.? i was just thinking looking back, you know, mrs thatcher always used to sneer at the idea of referendums, saying it s a plebiscite and we don t govern by plebiscites in this ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240604 04:47:00

Referendum was illegitimate, that it was not a subject which should have been subject to a binary yes/no result. if you d aired that opinion on that programme, people around this country would say, why should i listen to david dimbleby? he s got such strong opinions of his own about the illegitimacy of this referendum, i don t think he should be presenting for the bbc. no, i would simply have raised the question was whether the referendum was a proper way that s a perfectly legitimate question, which we did discuss on question time. we talked about the brexit vote for, what, six months or more every single week on question time about the issues involved. do you ever think.? i was just thinking looking back, you know, mrs thatcher always used to sneer at the idea of referendums, saying it s a plebiscite and we don t govern by plebiscites in this country. i mean, there is, with hindsight, it does seem that a yes/no vote was too crude a mechanism for something as complicated ....

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