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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

Joelsnan Thu 21-Mar-19 18:16:19

I agree Urmstongran

andycameron69 Thu 21-Mar-19 18:25:46

me too joel and umrmston... great posts, we re so close to default WTO no EU deal...

out we go.
I look forward to UK being not in an evil dictatorship.

I am so elated

grin
grin
party

NfkDumpling Thu 21-Mar-19 18:29:50

Not there yet Andy

I have no objection to another referendum provided its the same as before - In or Out. Then a second one to see which out we want.

andycameron69 Thu 21-Mar-19 19:28:38

out we go in law...simple

all will be fine

I feel no need to fret or get uptight

grin

MaizieD Thu 21-Mar-19 19:40:45

1,250,000+ signatures

andycameron69 Thu 21-Mar-19 19:43:01

means nothing actually

your false hope

andycameron69 Thu 21-Mar-19 19:43:54

17.4 million votes out your numbers mean nothing

Day6 Thu 21-Mar-19 19:47:01

Don't get too excited.

The petition has been FLOODED with fake signatures from all over the world. Investigation is on-going.

hmm

Ginny42 Thu 21-Mar-19 20:08:08

It's back up now.

trisher Thu 21-Mar-19 20:08:54

Signed and shared!

paddyann Thu 21-Mar-19 20:24:40

the only "evil dictatorship" we're in is the Westminster one.Chief clown Teresa May ....her deal or no deal ! Everyone can be included as long as they're the DUP.

Urmstongran Thu 21-Mar-19 21:10:19

It might help if those signing were actually resident in the U.K.

jura2 Thu 21-Mar-19 21:30:13

yes, British expats from all over the world - fair enough I say.

jura2 Thu 21-Mar-19 21:31:30

nothing wrong with not being in UK- if you have contributed all your life to the UK and are dependent on your hard-earned UK pensions. Why should we not be able to sign.

MaizieD Thu 21-Mar-19 22:55:06

It might help if those signing were actually resident in the U.K.

Also UK citizens living, or working, or on holiday abroad and absolutely entitled to sign. 'Abroad' could be anywhere in the world because, believe it or not, modern technology (mobile phones, internet and satellites) makes the UK government petition website accessible from just about everywhere.

If you look at the underlying data you'll see that most signings from 'abroad' are very low in number in individual countries. More commensurate with Brits abroad than with bots.

Anyway, why are you bothered, Leavers? I thought that you think that cheating is absolutely fine in our democracy hmm

icanhandthemback Thu 21-Mar-19 23:01:40

Anyway, why are you bothered, Leavers? I thought that you think that cheating is absolutely fine in our democracy

That is just offensive. Why do you have to be so inflammatory?

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

Signed

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

Over 2 million

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.

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...

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

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?

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

andycameron69
grin

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?

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.