Your pessimism about electoral fraud is, I think, misplaced. It’s a very long time since there was any significant fraud in a UK election, although there have been some (relatively minor) abuses with the growth in postal voting. The very local and public counting system makes it very difficult. It’s also untrue, by the way, that ‘Cameron’s party is under investigation for cheating’. The only investigation I’m aware of is a rather technical issue about the attribution of electoral expenses to the national rather than the local party.
As for ‘it won’t be allowed to happen...’ it needs to be remembered that the ONLY reason this referendum is happening is not to do with irresistible public demand (the EU always polled rather low on the list of public concerns) but with internal differences within the Conservative party. The Tory Eurosceptics would never have allowed Cameron to remain leader if he hadn’t included the referendum promise in his election manifesto. For the same reason, there’s no way Cameron’s government will survive if he fails to see through the referendum outcome. The entire referendum campaign has been a blue-on-blue fight, with an extraordinary degree of mutual public venom from the two Tory factions. The Labour Party (and for that matter UKIP) have been scarcely visible.
And the idea that the EU itself will somehow prevent Brexit is fanciful - the power of the EU to enforce anything on its member states is actually very limited.
“The Labour Party (and for that matter UKIP) have been scarcely visible.”
Hadn’t noticed that ,but you’re right.
Nothing like watching a Bun fight in an opposition party’s camp. :)
Speaking of which Yes Priminister is on.... :)