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Should the "should the petition thread be closed" thread be closed?
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Should the "should the petition thread be closed" thread be closed? 4 votes
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Even senior members of May's government are starting to talk about cancelling Brexit by revoking Article 50.
More than 6 million people have signed an official government petition calling for it to be revoked.
Senior MPs say there would be a House of Commons majority for doing it in order to avoid no-deal.
Once a fringe cause, the idea of revoking Article 50 - the legal process through which Britain is due to leave the EU - is quickly becoming mainstream, with a record six million people recently signing a petition in favour of it.
After two years of bitter negotiations with the EU and total legislative deadlock in the UK parliament, the thought of simply calling the whole thing off is now increasingly being raised, even by senior members of May's government.
On Tuesday the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, reportedly raised the prospect of MPs voting to revoke Article 50 rather than allow Britain to leave without a deal if May's request for a delay is rejected.
Another MP, who recently quit May's government, told Business Insider this week that while revoking Article 50 was "unpalatable" for many MPs and wasn't "the best way out of this situation," it would be supported by a majority of MPs if the country was hours away from leaving the EU without a deal, and left with no other alternative.
"It's the ultimate backstop," they said.
If the Brexit impasse continues and MPs fail to agree on a Brexit plan, it might just become the only option left.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/revoke-article-50-mps-are-gradually-moving-towards-cancelling-brexit/ar-BBVN4S2?ocid=spartandhp
Does he really believe that 17.4 million people will simply turn their backs, shrug their shoulders and get on with it.
There will be civil unrest, mass direct action and much of that will be against those seen to be high profile in the remain camp.
Never underestimate a morons (and there's plenty of those in both camps) capability to do something outrageous in the belief that they will be glorified.
Mark
None so blind !
Thats right decades later the government were brought to heel and the direct action although heinous and reprehensible ultimately brought about the goals it set out to achieve.
History as we know is a continual repitition.
Mark
The threats over not leaving on 29th March didn't come to much.
Sorry I thought 17.4 million was the number of people who voted to leave however unlike you I'm prepared to be corrected.
When the disorder comes, and don't fool yourself it will come, it will make the poll tax riots look like a tumbletots rally and those insulated fools who are disconnected from the real world will look on in horror as the thin blue line (already overstretched) breaks and troops and martial law are seen on Britains streets.
History in this country is littered with such examples from the Tollpuddle Martyrs and the 1916 uprising to Toxteth and Moss Side.
What are you as remainers going to do to appease over 50% of the voters ? really what do you think anybody can do to make it right ever again. By betraying the fundamental auspice of the ballot box you will have laid down a mandate and a precedent to ignore the law of the land if you dont agree with it. What power will any government have because there will be no trust and you can only govern by consent and approval unless you install a military junta.
Seriously your smug shortsightedness is alarming. Your belief that the average Briton will bend over and take it right up is frightening, and your belief that your cause is right and proper would in the real world be considered treasonous and wrong only helps to set you on course for whats coming.
AS I posted on an earlier thread, if we were French, which obviously you'd prefer to be then you'd be the vichy government collaborating and seeking preferement garnering your little nest.
I'd be the resistance, yes probably dead but proud and unbowed and knowing that Id died fighting for a just cause and with the knowledge that the collaborating parties were going to be judged and condemmed by those they betrayed.
Thats all Im going to say. I cant say anymore, whether your campaign is successful you are all wrong to subvert democracy and you can offer all the platitudes excuses and reasons you want. You lost YOU SHOULD SHUT THE FK UP AND ACCEPT IT
I don't share your views on the repercussions.