Europe, Referendum & Brexit (formerly Europe..IN or OUT??)

The petition to revoke article50 is just about to break the 4.2 million figure.
Which will make it the most signed petition ever received by Parliament.

(23-03-2019 13:26 )Charlemagne Wrote:  The petition to revoke article50 is just about to break the 4.2 million figure.
Which will make it the most signed petition ever received by Parliament.

Out of curiosity, what would be the second-highest?

(23-03-2019 14:14 )Goodfella3041 Wrote:  

(23-03-2019 13:26 )Charlemagne Wrote:  The petition to revoke article50 is just about to break the 4.2 million figure.
Which will make it the most signed petition ever received by Parliament.

Out of curiosity, what would be the second-highest?

I vaguely recall it being the one requesting a 2nd EU referendum.

These are the only other 3 petitions which have reached the million mark.

2. Second EU referendum (4.1 million signatures)
3. Block Trump’s state visit (1.8 million signatures)
4. Give people a Final Say on Brexit deal (1.2 million signatures so far)

Kind of puts into perspective how utterly tone deaf and shortsighted the Prime Minister's speech was on Tuesday night.

All that talk about how "you want this" and "you want that" and "you don't want the other thing..." and "I am on your side".

There is no "you". There is no "we". The country is as divided as it has ever been and Parliament has done sod all to address that over the past three years.

There is no bottom to the pit of crazy we have fallen into.

Quite an impressive turnout in Parliament Square this afternoon for the march against Brexit; not sure it was a million but hundreds of thousands but what on earth was wee Jimmy Krankie(Nicola Sturgeon) doing on stage? Stupid woman is hell bent on independence for Scotland AGAIN! yet she says they are standing in solidarity with the Remainers - odd for someone who wants to LEAVE the UK!

As First Minister she has a duty to be there to represent Scotland, not just the SNP, remember that we were told in the indie ref that leaving the UK would mean leaving Europe with no guarantee of membership, for some that meant remaining part of the UK was more important than independence and uncertainty. The SNP may want independence, but not all Scotland wants that (not at the moment at least), and as the Brexit vote showed, Scotland does want to be part of Europe.

Surprised to see Hesseltine speaking at the rally.

I'd forgotten he was still alive

(23-03-2019 21:03 )GreenMachine Wrote:  Stupid woman is hell bent on independence for Scotland AGAIN!

Some of us could be easier to persuade the next time, after watching this complete shitshow at Westminster...

Well I guarantee one thing, if Scotland DOES have the stomach for another once-in-a-lifetime independence vote(and I don't believe it has) the rest of the UK will fight against it AGAIN! Brexit has been a bloody shambles from start to finish and in any other sphere of parliament the PM would be standing down and General Election would be called to find a new leader-mind you with the candidates including Johnson and Leadsom(don't rule those two out again) it doesn't bode well but then I also don't think Corbyn is strong enough to govern so maybe Labour should find a new leader too.