Saturday, 9 July 2016

Petition “EU Referendum Rules triggering a 2nd EU Referendum”- Government response

You’ve all heard about the UK’s EU referendum of 23rd June 2016. You’ve all heard of the result, and you’ve almost certainly heard of the collapsing £, the rise in violent xenophobia, plus the anger and despair of:
  • those who voted to stay;
  • those who voted to leave but realised they’d been lied to (or, if you prefer, had listened to what they wanted to hear, rather than the experts who told them the truth);
  • the under-18s who saw their futures being confiscated by the old;
  • the expats of all nations who were denied a voice in something that concerned them directly.
This led to mass signings of an official petition on the UK government website, demanding an 2nd EU referendum. We won’t discuss the advisability or otherwise of sinking yet more money into such an exercise right now.

This petition, originally founded by a Brexiter who thought … Continue reading

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