Uk passport holders - join the petition for Britain to remain in the EU

[nickydra]

Many UK passport holders may be unaware that they are entitled to petition Parliament, no matter where they live in the world.

At this critical time for our country, please would you give some consideration to signing the petition on HMG website. I'm not sure if Lit allows outside links so I have not posted one - but googling 'revoke Article 50' will lead you there.

Time is short and we need to influence political thinking. All UK citizens, irrespective of age, may add their names to the petition providing they have a valid email address.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

 

[Pocketshaver]

asswipe twats like you ruin england

 

[oggbashan]

Why would a petition that can be signed multiple times in different identities have any effect?

Petitions to the UK government can have some use to highlight issues such as taxes on women's hygiene products, pensions for Police widows etc, but on Brexit?

Unlikely to change anything even if it reaches over 20 million signatures because who can say they are signed by valid voters on the electoral register?

If they are British passport holders from outside the UK they were probably not able to vote on the original referendum, and just saying you are a passport holder doesn't prove anything. They could be bots from a foreign country trying to add to the Brexit chaos.

 

[oggbashan]

... All UK citizens, irrespective of age, may add their names to the petition providing they have a valid email address.

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That statement alone makes the petition meaningless. Age? Every child could vote. Valid email address? I have more than a dozen and could create dozens more in a few minutes. oggbashan is not on the electoral register but the real individual behind the nom-de-plume is.

 

[nickydra]

Let's bump it...

 

[oggbashan]

Let's bump it...

Why? It is a pointless exercise because it has no validity. MPs will decide irrespective of any petitions.

 

[oggbashan]

As expected, the government rejected the petition, and separately MPs voted against it (as they did for all 7 other suggested options).

 

[nickydra]

It's all part of the pressure.

We have a referendum decision taken in a fog of misinformation, lies and deceit. We have a Prime Minister driven from the first moment by the sole motivation of personal advancement, in pursuit of which she has been willing to abandon principle in favour of political advantage. We have a country which, faced with the now clearer implications, has changed its mind...but is to be denied any possibility of saying so.

This is a necessary pressure.

 

[nickydra]

And a further small collision...

 

[oggbashan]

Looking forward to see what jokes parliament comes up with tonight. They've chosen a funny day of the year for it.

Agree with you petitions are not a pointless exercise.

This one is, because it will not influence any MP.

 

[nickydra]

Thanks for the extra bumps guys. Much appreciated...

... but what say we share the work of keeping it before people's eyes in a more regular way, such that it doesn't slip too far down at any one time..?

 

[nickydra]

Wot? No help from one's admirable friends..?

 

[oggbashan]

Wot? No help from one's admirable friends..?

When water pours into the Chamber of the House of Commons, decisions on Brexit are delayed by Act of God...

 

[JackLuis]

When water pours into the Chamber of the House of Commons, decisions on Brexit are delayed by Act of God...

Ha Ha, you spelled Chamber of Horrors Wrong.

 

[oggbashan]

Is the Newport West by-election result a significant indicator?

Turnout down 30%. UKIP vote up. Conservative and Labour votes down significantly even if Labour won with a considerable drop in support in what was a safe Labour seat.

The voters stayed away. Were they indicating 'None of the above'?