Over one million people sign UK petition for second EU referendum
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Over one million people sign UK petition for second EU referendum
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Re: Over one million people sign UK petition for second EU referendum
#2Funny how people don't understand how devicive a simple majority is. Also incredible silly how we have "this or that" solutions from government and politicians instead of fixing issues.
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#3I don't think a second UK referendum is realistic and I'm personally pinning my hopes on a second Scottish Independence referendum, but there is no doubt that the close result is being incredibly divisive. I never thought I'd agree with Nigel Farage, but he did say:
"In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way"
Of course, he meant a 52-48 Remain win - but I think the same principle holds either way.
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#4Link to petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215
And, as it says: "Government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures."
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#5See also "EU Referendum Rules Triggering a 2nd EU Referendum (petition.parliament.uk)" at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11975680
Re: Over one million people sign UK petition for second EU referendum
#6I don't think a second UK referendum is realistic and I'm personally pinning my hopes on a second Scottish Independence referendum, but there is no doubt that the close result is being incredibly divisive. I never thought I'd agree with Nigel Farage, but he did say: "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way" Of course, he meant a 52-48 Remain win - but I think the same principle holds eit…
If exit negotiations take a few years, and the European wanted to offer the Brits a face-saving way to change their minds, they could adopt some internal reforms / offer Britain a better deal. Wouldn't have to be a perfect deal, just good enough to justify having another vote.
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#7I don't think a second UK referendum is realistic and I'm personally pinning my hopes on a second Scottish Independence referendum, but there is no doubt that the close result is being incredibly divisive. I never thought I'd agree with Nigel Farage, but he did say: "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way" Of course, he meant a 52-48 Remain win - but I think the same principle holds eit…
If exit negotiations take a few years, and the European wanted to offer the Brits a face-saving way to change their minds, they could adopt some internal reforms / offer Britain a better deal. Wouldn't have to be a perfect deal, just good enough to justify having another vote.
That's the last thing they will do because then it would encourage every EU country to hold a referendum and do the same thing, which would kill the EU easily.
[What I see as more likely is that the UK invokes Article 50, goes through a financial crisis, and then the EU offer to cancel our Article 50 invocation and let us stay in the EU if we join the Euro and Schengen.]
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#8Link to petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215 And, as it says: "Government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures."
But often the response is "LOL no."
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#9I don't think a second UK referendum is realistic and I'm personally pinning my hopes on a second Scottish Independence referendum, but there is no doubt that the close result is being incredibly divisive. I never thought I'd agree with Nigel Farage, but he did say: "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way" Of course, he meant a 52-48 Remain win - but I think the same principle holds eit…
If exit negotiations take a few years, and the European wanted to offer the Brits a face-saving way to change their minds, they could adopt some internal reforms / offer Britain a better deal. Wouldn't have to be a perfect deal, just good enough to justify having another vote.
They won't, though. The EU elites want to discourage other countries from leaving. If they compromise then others will follow in the UK's path in order to extract concessions.
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#10Almost one million people decided the vote. This smacks of sour grapes to me.