Petition for second referendum

[JohnF]

Appears to be gaining some momentum, current count sitting at 1.5m or there abouts.  Not too sure what it'll achieve, other then highlighting some folks displeasure with the result.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215

JF


Edit: by my estimation, its receiving approx 1,000 signatures per minute - well, at least during the five mins or so I observed it.  Not the most scientific analysis  

[Colwyn]

Not too sure what it'll achieve,

Yes you are.

[JohnF]

No coincidence that Bristol West is a bit of a hotspot for signatories.

I'm impressed Colwyn, I never envisioned you having almost nine thousand different email addresses.

JF

[Colwyn]

I live in Bristol East. Bristol West is the posh lot in Westbury-upon-Trym (which is exactly like it sounds) and Clifton, and (ironically) Redland and they all vote Conservative over there - unlike the rest of Bristol which is Labour. I don't know what that tells us.

[JohnF]

I see you've now started on Bristol East, 3,000+ and rising.

JF

[Colwyn]

OK OK. You have cajoled me into signing the damn thing. I wish they had defined what this "rule" is. It isn't in Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. I can't remember this article being mentioned in the IN/OUT campaign but I suspect we are all going to hear a lot about it over the next two years - which, by the way, is all the time we have got to negotiate a new deal unless ALL the EU countries vote to extend the period.

[JohnF]

There isn't a rule as it stands.  Hence my comment that I really don't know what this petition will achieve, other than it being debated in parliament.

I don't think triggering Article 50 is mandatory, and going by the reaction of folk like Juncker they would rather it was a "quickie divorce" as opposed to a process drawn out over two years.

JF

[KKOB]

A "quickie" shouldn't be difficult. Afterall, it wasn't exactly a deep and meaningful relationship.

[nichola]

This is the rule

The EU Referendum Rules apply to the UK's Brexit Referendum as follows:

"If the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based on a turnout less than 75%, there should be another referendum."

Petition gathering pace at more than two and a half million signatures now.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Analysis of the voting has shown that a big majority of the voters are British Passport holders who do not live in the U.K and also some are people who did not vote in the first place.  This information was on the news last night.
This reminds me of the SNP. Just keep on asking for another vote until they get the result they want.