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Over 1 million people sign petition calling for a second EU referendum
AOL News ^ | June 25, 2016 | Liza Hearon, Mashable

Posted on 06/25/2016 9:22:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

LONDON — A petition calling for the UK to hold a second referendum on membership in the European Union surpassed 1.3 million signatures on Saturday, in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the 28-member bloc.

The demand to sign the parliamentary petition briefly caused the government website to crash on Friday. A House of Commons spokeswoman told the Guardian that the site was temporarily taken down due to "exceptionally high volumes of simultaneous users on a single petition, significantly higher than on any previous occasion."

In the referendum, 17,410,742 voted to leave and 16,141,241 voted to stay — a difference of 1,269,501 votes. As of Saturday around 1:30 p.m., the petition has 1,353,575 votes....

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: brexit; britain; england; europe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What they fail to mention is that those signing the deal have most likely already had their votes counted - they’re trying to make it as if some folks who didn’t vote are now outraged....


61 posted on 06/26/2016 4:55:29 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“SORELOSERMAN” European style.


62 posted on 06/26/2016 5:16:54 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Remember...after the primaries, we better still be on the same team!)
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To: euram

Cucks will be cucks.


63 posted on 06/26/2016 5:17:46 AM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They need to send a message that this won’t happen nor be tolerated. If they want their freedom, this is the call to arms for them.


64 posted on 06/26/2016 5:20:08 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

"Do-over! Do-over! Waaaah!"
65 posted on 06/26/2016 5:24:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep.

Only winners get sprinkles.


66 posted on 06/26/2016 5:52:21 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

had it going the othe way, they would be saying “we won, get over it”.

Typical leftards


67 posted on 06/26/2016 5:57:17 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: euram

It’s the leftist template. They will keep trying until they get it but once they win it becomes settled law. Endless agitation until they win but once they do no reversals.


68 posted on 06/26/2016 5:59:09 AM PDT by xp38
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mark these words:

The British Parliament will, within weeks, vote to remain IN the E.U. and completely overturn the will of the people. We will see story after story of economic hardship "already occurring" and that will be all that's needed for the elitists in Britain to run over a free and fair election and implement the EU Dictatorship the globalists want.

69 posted on 06/26/2016 6:00:05 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The same lot take their lottery tickets back to the store and say you gave me the wrong numbers.


70 posted on 06/26/2016 7:02:11 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: LongWayHome

I saw one little news snippet that stated that 39,000 signatures came from Vatican City (population ~800). So this petition is likely pure bogus.


71 posted on 06/26/2016 8:00:51 AM PDT by lafroste
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To: boycott

That’s it 1 million out of 48 percent who voted to stay. Not very good. Ok I hear it is about 2.8 million.....still a very small amount of those who voted to stay. Weak.


72 posted on 06/26/2016 9:12:02 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: pepsionice; LongWayHome
>There is a block where you have to note that you are a citizen of the UK, but how they prove or disprove that....is a remarkable and humorous matter (it’s not existent). So 1,000 votes from China is a possibility...or even ten votes from Austin.

What about the 39,000 signers from Vatican City (population 500)?

73 posted on 06/26/2016 6:45:39 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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To: usconservative
Ceaușescu Protocol then becomes the next answer for Britons. Since their voice means absolutely nothing, not even as an advisory opinion, there's no reason to play by the rules.
74 posted on 06/27/2016 12:17:22 AM PDT by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Until they get 17,410,743 votes on their silly petition, they need to be reminded of what their hero, Obama, once snarkily said: “Elections have consequences”.
ha, ha.


75 posted on 06/27/2016 12:30:11 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Over 1 million people sign one dozen robots put 1 million fake signatures on petition calling for a second EU referendum."

I'm glad it didn't take long to figure this one out.

76 posted on 06/27/2016 8:46:45 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash." - good ol' H. C. Mencken)
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