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“Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU” Petition

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NotSpaghetti Thu 21-Mar-19 08:52:48

The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is 'the will of the people'. Well now there is a petition demonstrating the strength of public support for revoking article 50!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584

icanhandthemback Fri 22-Mar-19 14:08:17

I don’t know if anyone’s pointed out that you can’t do Multiple signings as you have to have separate email addresses and confirm via a reply email before it’s counted.

I have about 5 email addresses because I have multiple business ones plus my personal one so it is quite easy to multiple sign. Lots of people have more than one because they have a work address, a junk email one, a Google one, Yahoo, etc.

jura2 Fri 22-Mar-19 13:56:29

exactly- OH had to sign under his own e-mail address- and it took 10 hours for him to get the confirmation e-mail for him to confirm his vote.

God knows who? Yes, many from abroad- some of them 1000s of British expats abroad who either voted in the Ref, and many who were not able to.

Of course you will do everything to deny that this is how so many people feel now- I suppose the numbers at the march tomorrow will be dismissed too. I am pretty sure that they will beat Farage's 'massive and stupendous' march from Sunderland ;)

crystaltipps Fri 22-Mar-19 13:49:20

I don’t know if anyone’s pointed out that you can’t do Multiple signings as you have to have separate email addresses and confirm via a reply email before it’s counted. So unless your cat has its own email address and has sent a reply it won’t be counted. Anyway why would anyone bother to sign multiple times? I wouldn’t. Leavers just want to downplay the fact that huge numbers of people don’t like their narrow vision of the U.K., and don’t want their steaming pile that is Brexit. Do you honestly think your view is the only one?

Kandinsky Fri 22-Mar-19 13:27:21

Seriously though remainers. You can’t blame people for laughing at this petition. It’s being signed by god knows who yet you’re jumping around in triumph, like it holds more weight than the actual referendum.

Jabberwok Fri 22-Mar-19 13:25:48

Kandinsky ????!

Kandinsky Fri 22-Mar-19 13:19:16

My cat signed it earlier.
He’s sent the link to all his cat buddies.

Nicenanny3 Fri 22-Mar-19 12:47:36

I wonder if Junker, Tusk and Merkel have sign ? probably Corbyn has and the usual suspects.

Caledonai14 Fri 22-Mar-19 12:16:41

Keep it going.

varian Fri 22-Mar-19 12:07:28

More than 3 million signatures now

andycameron69 Fri 22-Mar-19 10:52:40

I love to calm down and relax, a petition means nada, nothing , not a sausage

nil
gringringrin

MaizieD Fri 22-Mar-19 10:45:15

Any fake names on here?

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584.json

Theresa May is well aware that the referendum was corrupted, even if some here aren't. This is what her Counsel, Sir James Eadie QC, said in court in February 2019

"Eadie:

‘The true position is that the PM is well aware of the notorious facts…well publicised facts…of the EC findings, fact of an appeal, police investigations, ICO, DCMS committees. All properly done…& it is perfectly obvious that the PM has decided to carry on’.

varian Fri 22-Mar-19 10:44:29

It will be interesting to see whether any British people turn up at tomorrow's march or whether they will all be Ukranians and North Koreans, coming from Inverness, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester, Leeds, Hull, Cardiff, Bristol, Penzance etc.

This petition already has the second largest number of signatures of any UK online petition. The largest, started in May 2016 called on the government to require a 60/40 majority on a 75% turnout before the referendum result could be enacted (which is the normal rule for constitutional change). It reached over 4 million signatures, but was unfortunately ignored by parliament.

andycameron69 Fri 22-Mar-19 10:36:13

relax it is just a irrelevant petition

MaizieD Fri 22-Mar-19 09:48:20

And I agree icanhandthemback, the comment by MaizieD was despicable.

OK, then, Day6 refute the allegations. They've been shared often enough on this forum and Leavers remain strangely silent.

One that was especially despicable was Aaron Banks pushing intensive Leave campaigning in the day after Jo Cox's murder when all the campaigns, Leave and Remain, had agreed a moratorium on campaigning. This is not an allegation BTW, his emails actually prove it.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/arron-banks-leave-eu-brexit-campaign-jo-cox-murder-nigel-farage-a8814866.html

now it appears fake names from all quarters of the world are signing it.

Prove it? Fake names? Fake news more like.

The underlying data on the petition only gives a country and the number of signatories from it. So where has this 'names' idea come from?

Day6 Fri 22-Mar-19 09:18:36

The petition is not being taken seriously now it appears fake names from all quarters of the world are signing it.

What a joke. It's desperation, isn't it, from sore losers.

And I agree icanhandthemback, the comment by MaizieD was despicable.

andycameron69 Fri 22-Mar-19 09:14:15

a right old giggle, I say, what a comedy, marches and useless petitions, ooooh lets have a petition to solve it all
grin

ooooh lets have a march in slingbacks see what we can
change.... lol x

lemongrove Fri 22-Mar-19 08:59:38

Yes Nfk I think you could do.....nobody would be any the wiser.That’s partly why this epetition is a waste of time.

NfkDumpling Fri 22-Mar-19 08:17:34

I have three email addresses. Does that mean I could sign three times? Could I borrow my DC’s addresses?

Kandinsky Fri 22-Mar-19 08:13:59

andycameron69
grin

Kandinsky Fri 22-Mar-19 08:13:11

MaizieD

I don’t know much about the corruption allegations, but were votes rigged?
I’ve only heard that more money was spent by the unofficial leave campaign.
That’s all I know.
How is the referendum result corrupt?

andycameron69 Fri 22-Mar-19 08:11:55

hahahaha laughing at the fake petition, the north koreans are even signing it. it is a piece of trash... laughing my head off....

gringrin

MaizieD Fri 22-Mar-19 07:55:54

Do you know what, icanhandthemback?

'Offensive' is being continually told that a corrupted referendum result must be respected and that to overturn it is 'undemocratic'.

So do stop pearl clutching please...

RosieLeah Fri 22-Mar-19 06:54:17

The government won't act unless the number exceeds the 17,000,000 which voted to leave in the first place.

varian Fri 22-Mar-19 00:14:33

Over 2 million

mumofmadboys Fri 22-Mar-19 00:13:01

Signed