Britain Bites Back Brexit Poll

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Richard Littler @richard_littler Follow "TEGAN DELETE THIS FFS!!" Hilarious, A Leave group started a poll to demonstrate that the #RevokeArt50Petition was pointless and that people still wanted to leave. facebook.com/britainbitesba Britain Bites Back created a poll. March 26 at 12:04 PM Let's prove how pointless that petition really is! If another referendum was held today, how would you vote? es Back backofficial Vote Leave 11 vote Leave O. LEAVE REMAIN Undo Vote 193.3K Votes 1.5K Comments 5,977 Shares Likc Comment Sharc Most Relevant ▼ Write a comment Britain Bites Back TEGAN DELETE THIS FFS!! 054K 6:07 AM-28 Mar 2019

Andy Robertson I fear the Phrase "TEGAN DELETE THIS FFS!" Will out live this thread... 01.5K Like Reply -1w View 22 more replies June Marshall Andy Robertson I'm in tears here, I've nearly peed me pants at this. Omg, I really needed cheering up and you are right, "TEGAN DELETE THIS FFS"! Will be remembered for time immemorial. Best bit is, that Tegan STILL hasn't deleted it! PMSL! 24 Like Reply 1w Edited

Britain Bites Back 17 million people can't be wrong or ignored! Please vote again to show the correct result TC Like Reply 1w 08 1.1K View previous replies Britain Bites Back Anyone posting abuse will be reported so please be warned! 4299 Like Reply 1w View more replies Britain Bites Back TEGAN DELETE THIS FFS!! 4.4K Like Reply 1w View previous replies Britain Bites Back fukin remainers scum im trying to delete but not an admin im just a modarator 1.3K Like Reply 1w View more replies

Britain Bites Back created a poll. March 26 at 7:04 AM S Let's prove how pointless that petition really is! If another referendum was held today, how would you vote? Vote IM Leave Vote Leave 85% LEAVE REMAIN Undo Vote 216.7K Votes 2.5K 4.7K Comments 6.5K Shares

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Britain Bites Back Brexit Poll refers to a poll created by the Facebook page Britain Bites Back, a satirically pro-Brexit group that asked its users if they would vote "Leave" or "Remain" today. After the poll began trending overwhelmingly towards "Remain," the runners of the page appeared to have a meltdown, at one point telling itself "Tegan Delete This FFS!", which became a running joke.

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On March 26th, 2019, satirically pro-Brexit Facebook page Britain Bites Back posted a poll asking if users would vote "Leave" or "Remain" today. The poll went overwhelmingly to "Remain," with a percentage lead of 85%-15% after over 216,000 votes as of April 3rd, 2019.^[1]

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As results came in, the admins of the page appeared to have a meltdown, arguing with each other over deleting the poll and claiming their poll was "hacked" (all in service of the parody). Commenters in particular liked the phrase "TEGAN DELETE THIS FFS," which gained over 4,400 likes and reactions, and user Andy Robertson wrote "I fear the Phrase "TEGAN DELETE THIS FFS!!" Will out live this thread…" (shown below, right). The group then posted a second poll which performed similarly to the first.^[2]

British press began covering the poll, though not all were clear that the poll was meant in parody. Metro^[3] posted an article about the poll as if it were real, as did The Poke.^[5] Indy100^[4] posted while acknowledging the parody.