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Could Britain face a second EU referendum already?
Daily Mail ^ | June 24, 2016 | Matt Dathan

Posted on 06/24/2016 4:14:29 PM PDT by Truth29

The prospect of holding a second EU referendum could be debated in Parliament in coming weeks after a petition topped the 100,000 target within hours of the result being declared.

It was so popular that the Government petition website hosting the motion crashed this morning.

The petition demands the Government re-stage the referendum because the winning vote for Leave was less than 60 per cent and was based on a turnout of less than 75 per cent.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brexit
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To: Truth29

...future, that is.


21 posted on 06/24/2016 4:30:35 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Truth29

Sounds like Cruz’s bunch of delegate hunters.

The LEAVE vote was just over 1.3 million more than the REMAIN vote. Even a do-over would be difficult to overcome that kind amount.


22 posted on 06/24/2016 4:31:40 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: IronJack
The Left is like a tide: relentless, unyielding, oblivious. And this time they’ll cheat like all hell.

We are about to get a real world demonstration of why the British politicians disarmed their citizens.

Coming events will also demonstrate why we must fight tooth and nail to prevent the gun control idiots from disarming America.


23 posted on 06/24/2016 4:31:54 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If liberals were in charge of the oceans, in 5 years the water would be gone.)
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To: Truth29

This does not surprise me at all. The Left & the Globalists will use every trick in the book to overturn the Referendum results.


24 posted on 06/24/2016 4:32:05 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Truth29
The exit poll data on political ideology say it all.


25 posted on 06/24/2016 4:32:14 PM PDT by SGNA
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To: goldstategop

There was nothing at all about a required figure for turn out or to win by any particular percentage. This is all being made up only now after they lost the vote.


26 posted on 06/24/2016 4:32:35 PM PDT by protest1
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To: goldstategop

The Left is showing its true colors: they are anti-democratic, global elitists, and the big corporations are their allies.


27 posted on 06/24/2016 4:34:34 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: Truth29

If the percentages were reversed, does anyone believe that the Left would assent to another vote because the Remain vote was not 60%?


28 posted on 06/24/2016 4:34:43 PM PDT by odawg
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To: IronJack

“Rust never sleeps”


29 posted on 06/24/2016 4:35:11 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Truth29
The petition demands the Government re-stage the referendum because the winning vote for Leave was less than 60 per cent and was based on a turnout of less than 75 per cent.

Would those parameters be required for a second referendum to be valid, also?

30 posted on 06/24/2016 4:37:13 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Truth29

Will of the people? Oh heck no — if it goes against big government.

The left is nothing if not predictable.


31 posted on 06/24/2016 4:39:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SGNA

Pretty much the same divide as we have in the US. The Brexit vote really is a preview over the November battle in the US.


32 posted on 06/24/2016 4:39:59 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

Please disregard my previous comments on the Dow. The interface I was using appears to be malfunctioning.


33 posted on 06/24/2016 4:42:41 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Truth29

http://dowfutures.org/


34 posted on 06/24/2016 4:47:27 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Will88
Would those parameters be required for a second referendum to be valid, also?

Yes, if it has the same result.

No, if it has the opposite result.

35 posted on 06/24/2016 4:50:08 PM PDT by C210N
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To: Truth29
Hopefully this is a pipe dream, but never turn your back on the Left and the globalists.

It sounds just like Ted Cruz and his Cruzroids trying to overturn the will of GOP voters with their latest shenanigans. #FreeTheDelegates

36 posted on 06/24/2016 4:51:00 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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To: Truth29

If the EU emulates the USA the secession of Britain will trigger a civil war resultimg in the deaths of 600,000 with another 400,000 wounded.


37 posted on 06/24/2016 4:51:48 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If liberals were in charge of the oceans, in 5 years the water would be gone.)
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To: familyop

The Dow closed at 17,400.75 so if the futures closed at 17,247.50 it is not down 667.50. There is still something wrong with the site.


38 posted on 06/24/2016 4:53:36 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

Brilliant idea! Because instead of a mere referendum being respected by the elites what the UK REALLY needs is an all-out civil war!

(eye roll)


39 posted on 06/24/2016 4:57:04 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: goldstategop

This is dumb. 48 percent said stay so of course petitions can be successful when you have that many against. They should announce that the vote holds. On Tuesday, they may give formal notification to the EU so that should stop the 48 percent from doing more petitions.


40 posted on 06/24/2016 4:58:25 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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