Children can sign anti-Brexit petition

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Those of you with children who feel strongly anti-Brexit may be interested to know that they may be allowed to sign the anti-Brexit petition that is currently going viral.

The rules state that you have to be a UK citizen or resident. You also have to have your own e-mail address, as obviously they want to ensure that individual people don't sign multiple times.

As this is a petition, not an official vote, you do NOT have to be on the electoral register. This means that children wishing to express their own views may sign - as may non-resident citizens and non-citizen residents.

According to the BBC, Andrea Leadsom said: "Should it reach 17.4 million respondents then I am sure there will be a very clear case for taking action" [see www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47652071].

It is currently at over 2.6million.

I only realized that children could sign after my 11 year-old expressed anger and frustration that he could not sign. This prompted me to double-check the rules and discover that in fact he could, which he did with great enthusiasm this morning.

The link to sign the petition is:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584

Personally, I feel that the country should pause at this point and have a proper second referendum in case the prevailing view has changed in the past 3 years. Most people have a lot clearer idea of what Brexit entails now than they did in 2016. For example, I don't recall any mention of the Irish border issue then. I do remember prominent claims about all the extra money Brexit would bring to the UK, which have since been revealed to be blatant lies. Instead we face a damaged economy and trouble staffing the NHS.

If you or your friends/family are eligible and feel strongly about this, please sign the petition! Thank you.

zoella
The petition of itself will achieve nothing
but if you look at the selection tabs on here
www.livefrombrexit.com/petitions/241584
there are many, many MPs who know that come the next general election, they may be out of a job
which will impact on their voting over the coming days
which makes it all worth it ....

remember that the teenagers will be voting for years after the old folks are dead

happyhillock is wrong . 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland can (and do) vote in local and Holyrood (Scottish Parliament) elections.

It's a petition not a formal election. If you think they are the same you should double check your understanding of our electoral process. Spoiler alert: it's not like the XFactor.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/3543989-The-fucking-patronising-response-from-the-govt-to-the-6million-petition

...and there's the response!

Will you be asking them to sign a petition against abortion. After all they’d be protecting unborn children’s rights? Or would this be something they’d be to young to understand? Or would this not be agreeing with Mummy’s views?

Yes, @Pinkfluffyelephant , children can't possibly have their own opinion on anything.