Please sign and share this petition to revoke article 50 and remain - nearly at 1m signatures! Post Reply

[GuyD73]

Thank you Julian. You're quite right that this issue has incensed me for some time, and sadly to the detriment of both my physical and mental health, but if we can achieve another vote and this disaster is averted, it will absolutely have been worth it. Won't it be interesting to see what emerges from the indicative votes this evening? 

While I'm here, I just wanted to thank everyone who has been campaigning for a Peoples Vote or putting pressure on politicians in a variety of ways. Many of us in Battersea have been gently trying to persuade Marsha de Cordova to back a PV and eventually she came round. I dare say Rosena Alin-Khan felt emboldened by the support of remainers in Tooting to be among the first to break the ambiguous Labour party line and come out unequivocally in favour of a PV. Likewise I know many people who've been in regular touch with Justine Greening in Putney or Stephen Hammond in Wimbledon on a weekly basis to encourage, berate, chivvy or thank them for their representation. This national debate has and will depend on the finest of margins, so every little intervention matters and it's the collective force of many actions that have led to where we find ourselves now. 

I don't know about anyone else but I suspect, whatever happens regarding Brexit, British politics will be fundamentally changed for the better when we emerge from the madness. Huge numbers of people will abandon any left/right tory/labour party loyalty, and we will hopefully get more accountable politicians, as well as much more robust institutions and regulators. Never again will our future be compromised by a shameless lie like the £350m for the NHS or the dark money, stolen data, abhorrent social media and repeated law-breaking of the leave campaign. I am more optimistic today than at any point since June 2016, and I hope some of you are too!

Long way to go though, so please put that poster up, sign the petition, email the link to your parents and stick it on your facebook profile. My own front window will soon need updating to 6m!    
    
   

[juliantenniscoach]

I think if a (3rd) referendum can be achieved that would be the fairest representation of the democratic process, irrespective of the result.  'No deal', direct revocation or May's deal would be catastrophic on many levels.  

[CommonGuy]

Oh GuyD73 haven't the men in white coats taken you away yet? So the petition is up to roughly 6 million but lets look at the stats. The signatures from the Remain strongholds constituencies such as Battersea, Tooting, Streatham, Chelsea & Fulham etc are running at an average of 30% of constituents having signed. Adjust these figures for the fact you can sign twice from the same email address and that everyone is getting their kids to sign up and the numbers fall somewhat short of the roughly 75:25 remain to leave vote in the referendum for areas like Wandsworth. I know a lot of Londoners had another nice day out (was it 1 miilion or 0.5 million?) but we all know London wants to Remain.
The indicative votes in Parliament have, thus far, solved nothing but one thing is for sure the Remainiac Establishment will not give up yet. You are right in one regard, if the will of the majority of the people is ignored there will be a huge backlash. New parties will emerge and both Labour and Conservative share of the vote will be decimated. The Brexit vote was in many regards a rejection of the political elite, including big business and the institutions of the EU and the actions of Parliament have demonstrated that they were right.
By the way, I think your windows might need a bit of attention.