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Without a Deal make "Revoke Article 50" the default action New Petition

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taeglas · 07/04/2019 20:19

Posted this already on Westminstenders thread but as it's so fast moving thought worth posting again here.
Without a Deal make "Revoke Article 50" the default action.
There is now a grave danger that No Deal will happen simply through inaction. To avoid this catastrophic outcome, the default position must become not No Deal but a revocation of Article 50.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/253647
Currently 19,140 signatures

OP posts:
sylwright · 07/04/2019 20:23

So basically this is 2 fingers up to anyone who voted Leave. I'm puzzled as to how something so political is allowed on this site

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 07/04/2019 20:29

I'm puzzled as to how something so political is allowed on this site

Why are you puzzled?

havingtochangeusernameagain · 07/04/2019 20:31

So basically this is 2 fingers up to anyone who voted Leave

It isn't. The Leave Campaign said that we would not leave without a deal.

Mistigri · 07/04/2019 20:31

I'm puzzled as to how something so political is allowed on this site

Cos it wouldn't be in Russia.

KennDodd · 07/04/2019 20:33

sylwright

I know it doesn't help but at this point I do think yes, fuck them. They have done so much damage to this country already and seem determined to do even more. Have a look at some international press if you don't believe me. And for what benefit? Most Leavers I know were motivated by nothing other than racism, any price is worth paying to get rid of foreigners as far as they're concerned. And yes I know, not all Leavers are racist before anybody complains about it, but in my real world experience, most I know personally absolutely are and don't even bother hiding it anymore.

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taeglas · 07/04/2019 20:40

sylwright "I'm puzzled as to how something so political is allowed on this site."
Surely if you wanted leave if wasn't the mess we have at the moment. I considered leave very carefully during the Referendum camaign and can see why those that chose leave might have done. It's not fair to state all leavers were racist.
The Eu is far from perfect but how our politicians have acted in parliament recently gave me little hope of them being able to negotiate trade deals with anyone.
We cannot return to the turmoil in Northern Ireland that no deal would cause and the pain caused to those whose life depends on avaiability of medicine which would be disrupted by the chaos of leaving with no deal.

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BlackeyedGruesome · 07/04/2019 22:18

If you read the petition, you would know that it is about rethinking the Brexit strategy so that the country can leave in a way that allows for trade deals and we are not at risk of not having the epilepsy medicines that are needed to keep everyone safe. ( Ex has a fit while driving, it is not just ex and the children that are killed, it will be innocent motorists or pedestrians too. ) No driving, no work, no money for maintenance, lost house, etc etc.

MayhemNowCertain · 08/04/2019 04:36

The Leave Campaign said that we would not leave without a deal

When was that said? I don't remember that ballot paper saying people should only choose leave if they are prepared to accept no deal.

MayhemNowCertain · 08/04/2019 04:54

And yes I know, not all Leavers are racist before anybody complains about it, but in my real world experience, most I know personally absolutely are and don't even bother hiding it anymore

My parents decided to vote leave even before the remain campaign sent out the scare monger leaflet that forecast doom and gloom even by just daring to vote leave. Main reasons were:

Dislike of Brussels

Immigration wrecking the UK

MrPan · 08/04/2019 06:05

So why don't they like Brussels? And how exactly isnimmigration wrecking the UK. Exactly? In your parents world. Who are not on MN.

SciFiRules · 08/04/2019 06:18

Since the leave campaign promised every form of Brexit from soft to hard to every leave voter I think revoke should have been the default all along anyway. Especially given that the government arbitrarily chose the hardest of Brexit option as "the will of the people" - or more accurately the will of a small minded Ill informed minority! Signed and shared.

MayhemNowCertain · 08/04/2019 10:15

In your parents world. Who are not on MN

Mother is on MN. Father is not, but that does not mean he is not entitled to an opinion along with the rest of the World.

MrPan · 08/04/2019 10:17

So....could you illuminate on their reasons for the two positions stated??

MayhemNowCertain · 08/04/2019 11:07

Both parents worked in NHS most of their lives and saw how it became overloaded by the immigration invasion that started in 2004 under labour.

Brussels seen as unelected and only interested in their gold plate pensions. However, that view could be applied to many in politics.

DobbysLeftSock · 08/04/2019 11:11

I really don't get this 'unelected Brussels' thing. What are the european elections fot then? Have they never voted for their MEP?

MayhemNowCertain · 08/04/2019 11:14

Don’t they meant MEP, but people like Barnier, Junker, etc.

MrPan · 08/04/2019 11:29

Immigration invasion.....ah we see the obv racist underbelly. You mean the recruitment of necessary skilled people from other countries and of different coloured skin for positions that we as a country stopped training people in because it wasn't worth the investment.

Your parents sound perfectly like the characterised Brexiters - tiny-minded ignorant racists.

MayhemNowCertain · 08/04/2019 11:54

You mean the recruitment of necessary skilled people from other countries and of different coloured skin for positions that we as a country stopped training people in because it wasn't worth the investment

No. Not the people that worked in NHS, but all the others that used NHS and A&E for free treatment. Health tourism.

LegoPeopleEverywhere · 08/04/2019 12:02

Signed it, but I'm not sure if there's much hope for it given the way the one that had millions of signatures was effectively ignored.

MayhemNowCertain · 08/04/2019 12:10

Signed it, but I'm not sure if there's much hope for it given the way the one that had millions of signatures was effectively ignored

Government is correct to ignore as the online petition can be signed multiple times by the same person and by those under 18

MrPan · 08/04/2019 12:10

Oh NOT the health tourism bit again! Anything to turn anyone into a racist. Large conglomerates not paying taxes, no populist aggression, but people using a squidgy bit of the NHS resource gets the full racists profile. Your parents remain as described.

1tisILeClerc · 08/04/2019 12:22

Mr Barnier and Mr Junker are 'selected' by MEPs to represent the EP/EU so no while they are not elected as such, they are figurehead representatives who present the 'corporate' pace of the EU when dealing with China/Russia/USA etc. They do not have powers to make laws or legislate, but have power devolved to them from the EP.
The fact that after 3 years 'leavers' haven't managed to come up with a practical approach to leaving, or even decide what exactly which elements should be dropped.
Come to think of it, they haven't managed to make any suggestion about HOW the UK is going to progress anything above 'survival', let alone be the new superpower that some deluded idiots were spouting off about.

Cottonwood · 08/04/2019 12:28

Your parents don't ever use the NHS then Mayhem and has it entirely escaped their notice that half the staff come from the EU? Or are they too busy glaring at the pesky 0.7% 'health tourists'

PortiaCastis · 08/04/2019 12:38

I'm actually very grateful to the immigrant doctors and nurses who saved my life when I had sepsis, the consultant who was from Spain was marvelous with a bedside manner to envy and most of the nursing staff were from EU Countries but doing admirable work.
Why don't folk think about who works for the NHS rather than rant on about those who use it and why do folk rant about unelected EU bureaucrats not realise the fact that we have EU elections. There's a person my Mum knows who spouts dangerous shit but can never ever back up his EU rants with any facts and didn't know that we'd pay tariffs to others to trade he just thought everything would be hunky dory

MrPan · 08/04/2019 12:40

Read recently that we appear to chosen to commit suicide BUT can't agree on how best to kill ourselves.