White Cliffs of Do-over
Posted on 07/09/2016 4:32:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The British government has rejected an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union.
Britons voted by 52 to 48 percent, or 17.4 million votes to 16.1 million, to leave the EU in a June 23 referendum, a result which most politicians have said should be respected but which some who voted "remain" are struggling to accept.
The petition called for the government to enact a rule that there should be another referendum if the vote for "remain" or "leave" was less than 60 percent based on a turnout of less than 75 percent.
The Foreign Office, the ministry that had steered through parliament the EU Referendum Act setting out the rules, responded that the legislation did not set a threshold for the result or for minimum turnout.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Just get out the people instructed you abd quit dilly dallying!!
Heh. "Do-over! Do-over!" Sounds like Monty Python's Silly Party. Thanks BenLurkin.
Excellent!
Maybe they are fearful of the Chaz contingent. If the British aristocracy and political class try to stay in the EU the true English mob will probably revolt.
White Cliffs of Do-over
You mean “Chav”?
Good for the Brits...Break away...Help others to break away...Become sovereign again...Get rid of the immigrants that have caused so much heartache and trouble...
Oops...That’s what WE need to do also....
Yup
They still have time to move to France until Marine Le Pen has the Frexit
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