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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

EllanVannin Thu 21-Mar-19 09:03:44

When the petition is up and working I'll sign it.

Badenkate Thu 21-Mar-19 09:07:22

After last night's speech, I've signed it, even though I had promised myself I'd ignore the whole thing from now on.

NotSpaghetti Thu 21-Mar-19 09:15:46

EllanVannin it is already up. 619,296 signatures as I type.

Mamie Thu 21-Mar-19 09:20:08

I think the website has crashed NotSpaghetti. Probably the weight of people trying to sign. I am reading of so many people saying they will now be joining the march on Saturday too.

eazybee Thu 21-Mar-19 09:24:19

Well of course there is, because a section of the community refuse to accept the majority result of a democratic vote.

Caledonai14 Thu 21-Mar-19 09:41:56

Signed. It's at 627,442.

Kandinsky Thu 21-Mar-19 09:55:33

They’ll take no notice of it.
Once they’ve sorted out the fake emails, people who aren’t eligible to vote anyway, foreign nationals etc etc the true figure will be half.
Not that they’d take any notice of it anyway.

RosieLeah Thu 21-Mar-19 09:57:42

We're leaving the EU, folks...accept it.

Mamissimo Thu 21-Mar-19 10:21:18

Signed and written to MP

humptydumpty Thu 21-Mar-19 10:27:03

Got to the point where I was asked to confirm my email address before it crashed, will try again later.

lemongrove Thu 21-Mar-19 10:28:17

Sadly Rosie....they won’t accept it.You would think nearly three years later they would, but no!

varian Thu 21-Mar-19 10:40:01

Why should anyone accept it?

We now know two things which were not apparent three years ago-

1 - The leave vote was achieved by foriegn interference, cheating, lies and illegal overspending. The only reason it has not been annulled by the Electoral Commission is because it was only advisory. If it had been mandatory it would certainly have been annulled.

2 - Any kind of brexit would hurt our country in many ways - badly damage our economy so many would lose their jobs and most people would become poorer, endanger our security, deprive our public services of much needed funding and reduce our standing in the world.

Knowing and understanding these two things, it is our duty, and especially the duty of our MPs, not to allow it to happen.

Kandinsky Thu 21-Mar-19 10:44:32

But varian, millions of people still want to leave the EU despite all you say. You can’t just dismiss these people with a nonchalant wave of the hand.

Kandinsky Thu 21-Mar-19 10:45:35

And point 2) is just an opinion not a fact.

lemongrove Thu 21-Mar-19 10:46:29

......ah, but that’s exactly what she does do Kandinsky
Or at least, tries to.

varian Thu 21-Mar-19 10:48:20

It is the 49 million of us who did not vote for it, plus those who did vote leave but have changed their minds who have been dismissed, ignored and threatened by Theresa May.

Think again. No-one could be "nonchalant" about this national crisis.

humptydumpty Thu 21-Mar-19 10:52:50

Completely agree varian - 17 million voted to leave but 49 million didn't vote to leave.

lemongrove Thu 21-Mar-19 10:54:11

Corbyn is nonchalent apparently.He walked out of a ‘crisis’
Meeting because Ummuna was there.

lemongrove Thu 21-Mar-19 10:55:46

Here we go again with all the daft spinning of numbers.....
Only the votes of those who actually voted actually count.

humptydumpty Thu 21-Mar-19 10:56:00

I agree that was immature behaviour, lemon, but in view of TM's later statement do you really think it would have made any difference if he'd stayed?

lemongrove Thu 21-Mar-19 10:57:53

Nothing Corbyn does or says makes any difference, but it shows ( not that we need showing any further) he is a waste of space.

Kandinsky Thu 21-Mar-19 10:57:53

More people voted to leave the EU than voted to remain.
The millions who weren’t eligible to vote ( for whatever reason ) are not relevant, neither are the people who couldn’t be bothered to vote.
You’re basically saying that the people who were too lazy to get off their arses & vote are more important than the people who did vote.
Not really how it works.
Sorry.
& of course, many of those non voters may have voted leave.

EllanVannin Thu 21-Mar-19 11:03:16

>>>>>>>>>>>signed, just waiting for email confirmation.

varian Thu 21-Mar-19 11:08:55

Now over 735,000 have signed