A petition calling for a second referendum on UK's membership of the EU has gained more than one million signatures following the vote to leave.
The petition will be considered by Parliament as it has passed the required 100,000 threshold.
David Cameron previously said there would be no second referendum.
The petition, set up by William Oliver Healey, states: "We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the Remain or Leave vote is less than 60%, based on a turnout less than 75%, there should be another referendum."
Thursday saw a 72.2% turnout, significantly higher than the 66.1% turnout at last year's general election, but below the 75% mark suggested by Mr Healey as a threshold.
The parliamentary petitions system is overseen by the Petitions Committee, which considers whether petitions that receive more than 100,000 signatures should be raised in the House of Commons and debated.
The committee is due to sit again on Tuesday.
Million sign petition for new EU referendum - BBC News
Also see:
Founding EU members tell Britain: let's get this divorce done | Reuters
Some questions:
1)Why is Cameron so adamant that another referendum not take place?
2)The rest of the EU wants the Brexit divorce to take place quickly and decisively. While they say they do not want to be slogged down in a long, drawn out "divorce," doesn't it benefit them in the long run for the UK to remain?
3)What percentage of the petitions calling for a second referendum do you imagine are those who voted to leave?
Exactly. For good or ill, it is done.
Next time vote, you stupid dumbasses.
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And now Scotland's turn and maybe N. Ireland too!
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Exactly. For good or ill, it is done.
Next time vote, you stupid dumbasses.
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probably not googling to wonder what the EU is but to find news on the topic in general.
I guess I don't really follow why this is a big deal. Read a few articles this morning on "why I should care" and I still don't get it. The EU as a concept never made much sense to me.
probably not googling to wonder what the EU is but to find news on the topic in general.
I guess I don't really follow why this is a big deal. Read a few articles this morning on "why I should care" and I still don't get it. The EU as a concept never made much sense to me.
I suspect most if not all Britons know what the EU is. There was a very long campaign on this and the Brits are not stupid yokels as the left here is trying to portray them.
Apparently, the downside outweighed these supposed benefits.The article he (curiously) only linked an image to is here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...hat-the-eu-is-hours-after-voting-to-leave-it/
As per your second question, imagine if instead of having to get a visa and a passport to travel to each of the fifty states in the Union, you didn't need one at all. And imagine if you were able to use the exact same currency, and that you could do business freely in each of those fifty states while dealing with only minimal differences in regulations and laws. And imagine if you didn't like the state you were currently living in and could therefore freely move to any of those states. Also, imagine that there was a Federal government that already created freedom of passage, postal and flight rules to each of the countries in the rest of the planet, and without it your state would have to spend untold years negotiating those agreements with every country on earth.
Why did they put the requirements even higher? Why is 72% of the population voting and 52% saying yes not good enough?
On a side note, did the article you posted find the goofiest looking people protesting or what? I mean, ****ing hell, that pale purple haired person is straight out of a clown car.
You do know that that they published the list of most searched questions from the UK after the vote?
Don't underestimate the apathy of young people.
What were Google's most frequent U.K. searches after Brexit?
1: It prolongs uncertainty in the British economy which vastly increases the chances of a recession.
2. It actually benefits southern neighbors for Britain to leave because it may allow for welfare reforms to take place that the British had previously opposed because they would have been footing part of the bill.
3. I think the vast majority who wanted to leave still do but a small percentage did believe some lies about funding the national health service with monies that were going to go to the EU and now they have some regrets. I think considerably more will have regrets if Ireland and Scotland break off to stay in the EU because then Britain will truly experience all the costs of breaking away without any real reward. How will they control immigration to Scotland and how will they fair in a market in which they will likely face tariffs while still having to abide by EU rules?
Apparently, the downside outweighed these supposed benefits.
You do know that that they published the list of most searched questions from the UK after the vote?
Don't underestimate the apathy of young people.
What were Google's most frequent U.K. searches after Brexit?
Its not surprising that the losers want a second bite at the apple. But the vote is in. Time to live with it.
Let 'em sign petitions if it makes them feel better. In politics you don't get a do over.
75% of 18- to 24-year-olds voted to remain in the European Union.
The article he (curiously) only linked an image of is here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...hat-the-eu-is-hours-after-voting-to-leave-it/
As per your second question, imagine if instead of having to get a visa and a passport to travel to each of the fifty states in the Union, you didn't need one at all. And imagine if you were able to use the exact same currency, and that you could do business freely in each of those fifty states while dealing with only minimal differences in regulations and laws. And imagine if you didn't like the state you were currently living in and could therefore freely move to any of those states. Also, imagine that there was a Federal government that already created freedom of passage, postal and flight rules to each of the countries in the rest of the planet, and without it your state would have to spend untold years negotiating those agreements with every country on earth.
75% of 18- to 24-year-olds voted to remain in the European Union.
So just like the United States except with a minimalistic Federal government?
Million sign petition for new EU referendum - BBC News
Also see:
Founding EU members tell Britain: let's get this divorce done | Reuters
Some questions:
1)Why is Cameron so adamant that another referendum not take place?
2)The rest of the EU wants the Brexit divorce to take place quickly and decisively. While they say they do not want to be slogged down in a long, drawn out "divorce," doesn't it benefit them in the long run for the UK to remain?
3)What percentage of the petitions calling for a second referendum do you imagine are those who voted to leave?
Yet more compelling evidence that this was a good move.
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