“Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU” Petition

On this counter you can see how quickly signatures are being added.

splasho.com/petitions/index.php?petition=241584&fbclid=IwAR1_6OPorZbVQ_UOJFRfZbo6jz-9mjlErIwwspWURnwQc6ywjuQSBKhHH-8

5,050,644 signatures

My brother has signed - he couldn't vote in the referendum even though the outcome it affects him and his family. So the petition is good for people like him so he can at least register an opinion as a British citizen who will be affected by Brexit. So people can rubbish it all they like - why would anyone bother to vote multiple times? what sinister foreign power would want to ? Oh it must be those Greeks who started it , no one in the UK can have signed in good faith, oh no.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brexit-woman-who-started-revoke-14175880

Sorry suzied crossed posts.

Mis-information once again. The woman is thought to be from Huddersfield, she is visiting Cyprus just now. 96% of the signatures have been confirmed as acceptable.
What is the matter with Leavers? Are they so used to hearing and seeing lies they have to attribute the same skills to us all?

It was started by a 77 year old lecturer who is of Cypriot background but is a UK resident. How do these vile rumours start, poor woman has had death threats and is living in fear.

Started by someone in Greece?

Sounds about right.

We are leaving,try as people might we are leaving,
This petition i believe was started by someone in Greece ,and a lot of other countries are involved
I will not sign it and every other leaver i know will not sign either,good try but it wont make any difference

Looks like 10,000 added in 15 minutes. BBC haven't managedto update the story since yesterday so I'm hoping someone is managing to take notice.

That's it. 5,000,070 and counting. Keep it going.

Great post grannyactivist
Unfortunately, the anonymous nature of social media means some people behave in a way they never would in RL.
You can disagree without resulting to insults.

14 thousand to go to take it over 5 million!

I hate that Brexit is so divisive and one of the things that heartened me yesterday is that there were people present from all walks of life and from differing backgrounds. I am sure that would also have been the case if the Leavers had held a march.

I have friends in both the Leave and Remain camps and we can, and do, have disagreements on the subject. We are respectful toward each other and we can debate the issues without resorting to unkindness, even if we sometimes have to end a conversation prematurely to save an escalation into what could become unpleasantness. My Leaver friends absolutely understand that I am maintaining my integrity by doing all I can to stop this country from taking what I believe to be a wrong turning. They also know that, leave or remain, I will do all I can to build bridges after the event. My Leave friends believe that pulling out of the EU is the way forward and although they don't agree about how that should happen, they have a right to express their opinions and be listened to with respect. Where tensions have arisen amongst my friends is when people have changed their minds after the original vote and this has been looked upon as a 'betrayal'.

I think most people who have signed the petition (and those who oppose Leave in general) are very concerned for the future of this country and feel that this future is much more secure in Europe than out, at least for now.
They do not want to be dragged into what could potentially amount to an economic suicide pact.

Once out of the EU, there would be no going back, however bad things got for the UK, whereas staying in the EU for the time being would not preclude us from reviewing the situation and leaving in the future should it clearly be in our interest to do so.

25,000 will take the petition over the 5 million mark

We spoke to many people on the march and only two were from London.

BBC Scotland reported 2 million on the march and unofficial police estimates were just under 2 million. What we can be sure about is that they were well over a million peaceful marchers, and probably nearer to 2 million.

Kandinsky I understood coaches were leaving from all over England for the march, some leaving in the middle of the night. Do you have any source for your comment that "it was clearly mainly local people"?

Leavers as the true altruists - who’d have thunk it?

Oh really RL and you know that how? Your post probably reflects why you vote as you do but don’t tar me with that self interest brush - and many other left of centre and/or remain people I know.

Should go over 5 million this afternoon

A lot of those signing the petition will have done so for personal reasons, not because they are concerned for the future of this country. Those who have chosen to leave the UK and settle in European countries, businessmen who fear loss of income, people who enjoy foreign holidays. Whenever there is any sort of political debate, people always put their own interests first.

500,000 on the march weren’t under 5 btw

That was an extreme example but you get my drift

I was just pointing out that "numbers" aren't everything. They are only indicative if the people who are marching would legitimately have a say in a new referendum. That is my view, yours might be different, Crystaltipps
I'd be saying the same if it was Leavers and their 5 year olds marching too

30,000 people have signed the petition in the last hour.