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I’m just going to leave this here...

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SovietKitsch · 21/03/2019 06:20

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584

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NataliaOsipova · 21/03/2019 08:03

Although I would just say that putting everything to the vote democratically by carefully worded and researched referendums works very well in Switzerland!

This is an interesting point, Dum (although they have a different, basically federal, system there with a lot of autonomy for each canton). Leads me on to another....whatever the pros and cons of using referenda in a parliamentary system, there can surely be no argument for having precisely one? If you support direct democracy you must surely, if only as a logical conclusion, support a people’s vote on May’s deal......?

oldmum22 · 21/03/2019 08:05

Over 511,000 so far …...TM we are the people ,you or your advisors need to jump onto Mumsnet

Mentounasc · 21/03/2019 08:05

Watching that figure go up in real time is incredible - hundreds every 10 seconds.

I don't regard the 2016 referendum as democratic in any respect. I'm a UK citizen and was excluded from voting in something that would have huge consequences for me. If all British citizens abroad had been allowed to vote (something that is standard for many countries, indeedmandatory for places like Austrslia), the vote would never have been in favour of Brexit. So you cannot say that 'the British' voted in favour of it at all.

AsMuchUseAsAMarzipanDildo · 21/03/2019 08:14

Signed and will be sharing widely on every available platform I can

UnspiritualHome · 21/03/2019 08:14

the good thing about democracy is that we can vote again oh the stupid is wrong with this one! If we don’t like the result of that one, we vote again yes??

Well, it's what happened with the previous EU referendum.

Noisygirls · 21/03/2019 08:14

Signed

Blinkingblimey · 21/03/2019 08:15

Done.

UnspiritualHome · 21/03/2019 08:16

The country already voted. Get over it

In a fraudulently-obtained advisory and therefore null and void referendum. Get over it.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 21/03/2019 08:18

Ah! We have reached the usual rock bottom then!

Get over it
No you get over it

blah blah blah!

twofingerstoEverything · 21/03/2019 08:19

Signed. It's sadly pointless but what else is there to do?

Our PM stood there last night claiming to speak for 'the people' and has banged on relentlessly about the 'will of the people' for more than two years. Signing the petition (and marching) sends a clear message that there's a massive group of people saying 'you do NOT speak for me.' I don't think that's 'pointless'.

Canshopwillshop · 21/03/2019 08:20

Signed in desparation!

ColdFingered · 21/03/2019 08:23

I'm a remainer, but what's the point of this? We already know that millions wanted to remain, but it wasn't enough, because more people voted to leave. (And thanks to the way the thing was framed, that was enough.)

Flobochin · 21/03/2019 08:24

Not signing this, the referendum result was brexit.

Why can't remoaners just get over themselves.

ColdFingered · 21/03/2019 08:25

Our PM stood there last night claiming to speak for 'the people' and has banged on relentlessly about the 'will of the people' for more than two years.
But it was the will of the majority of the people (who voted). Sad That's the trouble.

RuggyPeg · 21/03/2019 08:25

It's gone up by 60,000 in the last 15 minutes!!

HotpotLawyer · 21/03/2019 08:28

It just went up by more than 2,500 signatures in a minute: I timed it!

Fuppy · 21/03/2019 08:29

Signed Smile

WhoTFIsAlanBrazil · 21/03/2019 08:30

Signed, 562,800!

WhoTFIsAlanBrazil · 21/03/2019 08:32

In the time it took me to share it to Facebook it went up by another 7,000!!

Dramatical · 21/03/2019 08:33

What chaos said.

Yes the vote was to leave, but it was rather implied at the time we would not be in the almighty fuck up we are in right now in order to do so.

Persimmonn · 21/03/2019 08:33

Signed this morning. Depressing that nothing will come of it. Angry with foreign co-workers who voted it. Finding it hard to like these people, even though I’m pretty sure they’re feeling like shit.

twofingerstoEverything · 21/03/2019 08:35

The petition is now being reported in the mainstream media.

Smelborp · 21/03/2019 08:35

Signed.

keepforgettingmyusername · 21/03/2019 08:37

YANBU. What is wrong with some of the people on this thread. Aren't you angry about what your own government are doing to the country? Don't you care?

Poloshot · 21/03/2019 08:41

And they're still crying about it. Crack on you undemocratic weirdos

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