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insta8er

(960 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 02:59 PM Jun 2016

UK: EU referendum petition signed by more than 2 Million

More than two million people have signed a petition calling for a second EU referendum, after the vote to leave.
It has more signatures than any other on the parliamentary website and as it has passed 100,000, Parliament will consider it for a debate.
The UK voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% in Thursday's referendum but the majority of voters in London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed Remain.
David Cameron has previously said there would be no second referendum.
On Friday he said he would stand down as prime minister by October following the leave result

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36629324

Classic case of buyer's remorse if you ask me.

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UK: EU referendum petition signed by more than 2 Million (Original Post) insta8er Jun 2016 OP
Multiply 2 million by 8 and you'd still have less than the 17.3 million that voted Brexit RAFisher Jun 2016 #1
it means they are going to regret this MFM008 Jun 2016 #2
53 million people DavidDvorkin Jun 2016 #3
It's not buyer's remorse if most or all of those 2 million voted to remain. DavidDvorkin Jun 2016 #4

RAFisher

(466 posts)
1. Multiply 2 million by 8 and you'd still have less than the 17.3 million that voted Brexit
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:08 PM
Jun 2016

What does this show? That 13% of people who voted Remain know how to sign an online petition?

MFM008

(20,042 posts)
2. it means they are going to regret this
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:32 PM
Jun 2016

down to their shoes.

Great Britain will soon be just England.
Little tiny England....
like Luxemberg or Monaco or Bosnia.

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