To think this could be the end of brexit as mps take control of the process from the PM

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Theresa may now really cant go for a hard brexit, anyone else think it's brexit cancelled?

Signed by who?

Anyone can sig it with an email and any old uk postcode? It’s a mockery! My aunt signed 8 times and my mate signed for her and 3 kids 🙈 How on earth does that relate to public opinion?

There’s no moment for leave as no nones campaigning as such - leave it still the main aim of both main ppilitical parties.

Moment = momentum

That's true of any petition, yet this was the largest there has ever been to the Uk government.

I understand numbers wise but really it doesn’t suggest anything in terms of change of opinion etc. It could equally be 50% fake given you only have to tick box that you live in Uk - anyone can say that!

Brexit is all that’s in the news at present - unlike normal petitions. Why haven’t more remainders signed it?
If anything it suggests leave would win - given the lower number of remainers who bothered to sign it compared to those who voted originally, you’d think it would be much higher given the urgency?

I believe around 4% of the signatures were from outside of the UK (and I was one of them and am a British citizen).

I agree the Petition does not necessarily imply a change in public opinion. The opinion polls do though. Of course, there's only one way to find out for sure...

And there's a good reason why more people vote than sign petitions. Voting always produces a result, petitions seldom seem to.

No! Brexit has to go ahead with a No Deal - no matter what the vote was in Parliament.
Okay, Educator, talk us through this... Why does that 'have to' happen?

*It is their responsibility to represent the clear, unambiguous wishes of the majority”

That’s not what representative democracy means.

@Educator66 - why on earth would you want a no deal. It’s the worst possible outcome. It would be an economic catastrophe in business, redundancies, banking, supply chain, exchange rates, inflation - why would you want any of that?

petitions seldom seem to.

Petitions aren't intended to end in a result, they are meant to influence and pressurise. Obviously.

Sunshine1239

Does your aunt have 8 email accounts? Each signature has to be confirmed by clicking the confirm link which isn’t sent more than once to the same e-mail address.

She just made fake ones! I have 4 email accounts that it’s regularly. Work, home, online account etc. Yo can go on somewhere like yahoo and make one in a couple of minutes! Anyone across the world can

I’m astonished anyone would go to the trouble! Really.

There’s people on here who’ve signed on behalf of kids and their pet 😂

Oh bless the saddo so angry at the petition. The smiley faces fools no one.

It must be true, Langrish. There are exclamation marks and everything!!!

My guinea pig signed

Please watch this - one of the best speeches at the EU

You did know they checked ip addresses?

Well said Richard Ashworth a great speech and well worth listening too, far better than the usual rubbish

Please write and thank him. He is probably getting bucketloads of abusive emails and letters now.

I very much doubt that somehow.

Anyone can sig it with an email and any old uk postcode? It’s a mockery! My aunt signed 8 times and my mate signed for her and 3 kids 🙈 How on earth does that relate to public opinion?

Cool story bro and didya, aye?

Just because you don't know how ISP's work and how the petitions staff work doesnt mean they dont work, please stop parroting faradge's absolute bullshit although its what the leavers have been doing for years so unlikely to stop now

Wow @Parker231 . Thank you for posting it. Will now share. To cheer people up.