Petition

[maggiebee]

As of this morning I believe there are 5,690,017 signatures on the petition to revoke article 50 and remain in the EU. Will the government pay attention do you think?

[ummmm]

No.

[CrapAtCryptics]

They are only obliged to discuss the petition - very few get any action.

[Old_Geezer]

I expect the government must already know that almost half the population wanted to remain being controlled by the EU elite, and a portion of them have refused to accept the result of the vote. The government shouldn't need a petition to point it out to them. Government and parliament must be aware though that this country likes to claim it is a democracy and as such disrespecting the result would be at their, and the nation's, peril.

[naomi24]

Only another 12 million or so to go before the Remainers outstrip the Leavers. Keep counting.

[spathiphyllum]

Yes they have to at least acknowledge a petition over 10,000 voted so yes, they will pay attention. Will they act on it, no why should they?

[jim360]

Probably they will ignore it -- but I'm sure no-one would be foolish enough as to assume that everyone who supports remaining in the EU has signed the petition already.

[naomi24]

I think the rest have changed their minds. ;o)

[jim360]

In as much as it's possible to know, it seems that something like 5-10% of Leavers have changed their minds, and around 5% of Remainers have too. So in that sense the main factors that would affect a second vote are (a) turnout, and (b) demographic changes since 2016.

[lady-janine]

After the way the EU have bullied us who wants to remain and be abused and bullied further.

[DTCwordfan]

you may live to rue that remark, naomi....the keep counting one....

[albaqwerty]

why isn't/hasn't the Lisbon Treaty been mentioned?

as far as I'm aware, not having read all of the darned thing, seems to me that in 2020 the EU Parliament will be a dictatorship.

[-Talbot-]

Already been rejected.

Revoke A50: Lose by 506

[Old_Geezer]

Each of these amendment treaties drop the member nations further into the EU mire.
Each must be beyond the Pale for a larger group of member nation citizens.

[barney4444]

Wot I Think..
I am soon to be 63 and since I was 18, have always tried to carry out what I saw as my democratic duty to vote in elections and referendums. With regret I now feel unable to ever vote again, as I seem to have been labouring under the misapprehension that in a democracy our elected M.P`s are honour bound to carry out the wishes of the majority, but this only seems to apply if they agree with what we voted to do.
Woe- betide the next politician to knock on my door and ask me to vote.

[Old_Geezer]

Precisely. Democracy is apparently only for MPs in the HoC, not for the likes of you and I.

[barney4444]

I guess it that old saying that they got their heads in the trough, and we get what comes out the other end!!

[goodgoalie]

The main source of the impasse is simple: around 500 of the 650 MPs (including May) are in favour of Remain. Ergo chaos.

[naomi24]

barney, I feel the same about voting in the future.

[tonyav]

So do I ( RIP democracy ).

[barney4444]

Is to much to ask that they be decent right thinking people and say "Do you know what, we get paid a lot of money to move heaven and earth to carry out what we are asked to do, and do it we will"
I know fantasy land, but I can dream.