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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?
Internet petitions are worthless, the only vote that matters is the one done at the ballot box. Everybody from around the world can sign the current petition as many times as they like, it means absolutely nothing.
Your explanation doesn't wash with me, this petition is being hjacked wholesale. https://order-order.com/2019/03/21/foreign-actors-hijack-article-50-petition-fake-signatures/
The petition doing the rounds is being signed by people from all over the world, you only need to enter a fake UK postcode to sign it. Observation from Twitter this morning: The 'Revoke Article 50' petition Remainers are all getting excited about is being signed by people everywhere from Russia & Saudi Arabia to Papua New Guinea & North Korea... I thought they were meant to be against ...
Let me know when the number surpasses 17,410,742.
Sarah Wollaston's proposal to have a second referendum was massively defeated in Parliament this afternoon, 334-85. Perhaps the voters of Totnes should have a "People's Vote" on whether she should remain their MP, as she no longer represents the party for which she was elected.
I was listening to that bellend Michael Heseltine on the radio this morning, apparently us plebs are way too thick to understand Brexit, only MPs are bright enough for that and to decide our future. His contempt for the voting public was astonishing. I was only surprised he didn't advocate abolishing elections completely to be rid of the annoying electorate.
I suggest you read his Wiki entry, he suffered plenty of failures and humiliations.