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On the matter of alleged fake signatures on the petition. I have no idea if that is true or not but if some Leave supporters have been indulging in that  then how ironic that they have been helping to bolster the numbers registered as supporting the petition. PS Great turn out in London today. Wonder if any Leave supporters were there intent on subverting but inadvertently boosting the ...

23 Mar 2019

Margaret Anne Georgiadou said she has received three death threats over the phone and had her Facebook account hacked. On Saturday morning, the petition reached well over 4,000,000 signatures and became the most signed protest in history. ... They included death threats , harassment and physical assaults. 4 hours ago Death threats made against organiser of Brexit ...

majorp
majorp
23 Mar 2019

I am perplexed. If, as they say many people did not know what they were voting for back in 2016, Why did they vote?

23 Mar 2019

@Lynne Well we all know what an expert is don't we? They all make mistakes, and with this guessing game, how many have got it right and how many have got it wrong?

burneside
burneside
23 Mar 2019

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
Lynne
23 Mar 2019

Well it seems a lot of economists and those of similar ilk have looked at the stats and come to that conclusion. Though of course one does have to bear in mind that they are experts............

Paul
Paul
23 Mar 2019

I expect Brexit has cost some money. I voted out knowing full well that it would as any sensible person would. It is a price worth paying to remove the EU leech. Overall we will be far better off. There is no way that it is costing half a billion a week. Surely you don't actually believe that?

majorp
majorp
23 Mar 2019

@Lynne And what has changed in your life apart from getting a little bit older?

Lynne
Lynne
23 Mar 2019

Brexit costing UK £500M a week , study says. Brexit vote causes £26B annual loss to the UK economy, according to Centre for European Reform. The British economy is 2.5 percent smaller today than if the U.K. had voted to remain in the European Union, according to the Centre for European Reform, a think tank.30 Sep 2018 Brexit costing UK £500M a week, study says – POLITICO ...

Paul
Paul
23 Mar 2019

Some of the EU's finest achievements Browser cookie law, but browsers already had the functionality to disable cookies. Weights and measures, tried to ban us from using pounds and ounces. Fish discards, throwing away perfectly good fish when we have food banks. Our fishermen going out of business while foreigners can fish in our waters. Each month, move between ...