Loved this little factlet about petitions to the Government:
“Wednesday’s petition is not yet the biggest call for the government to put aside the result of the 2016 referendum. A petition launched before the referendum, calling on the government to run a second referendum if the vote for the winning side was less than 60% on a turnout of less than 75% got little attention before the vote but more than 4 million signatures afterwards.
The creator of that petition, William Oliver Healey, was a leave voter, who later expressed frustration that his petition had been “hijacked” by remainers. “This petition was created at a time (over a month ago) when it was looking unlikely that leave were going to win, with the intention of making it harder for remain to further shackle us to the EU,” he wrote on Facebook at the time.”
Posted By: Tressells Broadbrush on March 21st 2019 at 11:29:17
Message Thread
- Silly petition now has more votes than the Ukips got nationally in the 2017 General Electi (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 21, 10:23:13
- Loved this little factlet about petitions to the Government: (General Chat) - Tressells Broadbrush, Mar 21, 11:29:17
- 819.000 votes and rising rapidly. (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Mar 21, 12:38:47
- Labour mobilised the younger vote? (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 21, 14:08:30
- If people were apathetic to vote in the first instance (General Chat) - maidstoneyellow, Mar 21, 13:05:49
- 819.000 votes and rising rapidly. (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Mar 21, 12:38:47
- I have defended May in the past and to be honest I think her "deal" is not a bad effort at (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 21, 10:30:27
- She’s as stubborn as before (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 21, 10:39:12
- don't worry, BoJo will sort it out. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Mar 21, 10:35:54
- Lord help us (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Mar 21, 10:52:15
- It could happen very soon. He seems to be the only person with a chance of replacing May. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Mar 21, 10:58:52
- He's also the most qualified (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Mar 21, 11:49:43
- Hahahahaha (n/m) (General Chat) - Dunney, Mar 21, 12:46:46
- Grayling (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 21, 11:57:11
- I find it staggering he still even has a hint of a chance let alone that he’s (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 21, 11:09:22
- electing him as leader would be bonkers (General Chat) - paulg, Mar 21, 11:13:28
- I dont see how he can actually be any worse (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 21, 11:05:31
- differently awful (General Chat) - paulg, Mar 21, 11:07:47
- He's also the most qualified (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Mar 21, 11:49:43
- It could happen very soon. He seems to be the only person with a chance of replacing May. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Mar 21, 10:58:52
- Lord help us (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Mar 21, 10:52:15
- Loved this little factlet about petitions to the Government: (General Chat) - Tressells Broadbrush, Mar 21, 11:29:17
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