General Discussion
How many more times does it have to be said. The Leave campaign was a cross party group to campaign for our exit from the EU, it was NOT the government and could NOT promise anything, it could only suggest alternatives if we were no longer bound by the EU. It really isn't that hard to understand.
It's quite simple really, we had a referendum nearly three years ago, and your side lost.
So the woman who allegedly threatened Theresa May is complaining she has received death threats. You couldn't make it up. https://order-order.com/2019/03/22/revoke-article-50-petition-creator-threatened-may-discussed-buy-legal-guns-take-commons/
In addition to all the fake signatures on this petition, we now learn that the originator has made threats against Theresa May's life, and even wrote about procuring a firearm. Aren't these Remoaners a lovely bunch?
@Lynne Do you seriously think MPs pay any attention to petitions, online or otherwise. I didn't realise you were so naive.
@S I'm glad you have acknowledged that the EU will have control over aspects of member states' taxation affairs, even if not all states agree with that. You would be foolish to think there wouldn't be mission creep, and eventually income tax rates would come under the control of Brussels. As it stands, the EU has to approve the national budget of states who are in that folly called the ...
And what effect do you think that petition will have?
Labour, if it so wished, could have stood on an anti-Brexit platform, but fear of seeing its vote collapse ruled that out. The only national party opposing Brexit was the Lib Dems and witness what happened to them. If you kept a closer eye on the news you would know that the EU wants to end national vetoes on taxation, so Brussels would rule on that. There are already other areas of policy ...
Over 80% of votes cast in the 2017 election were for parties that supported Brexit in their manifesto. How many more votes do you want? Internet polls don't count, obvs.
An online petition does not overrule the referendum result. Is that so hard to understand?