Second EU referendum petition to be debated in Parliament after receiving more than 4m signatures

[arjunadawn]

Oh dear, not another attempt. These people should get real. The remain lost. the Prime minister David Cameron clearly gave two options to stay in the EU and to leave the EU. The majority said leave. You could not make it clearer. That is what democracy is about. One will win one will not. Please those who can't accept this learn to deal with it. Start being optimistic and start supporting your country.

The problem is the Tory government, MPs and party were so in ward looking at their own in-fighting that they didn't bother to think it through.

The UK is a representative democracy not an absolute one. The fact the government and both houses of parliament allowed a law to be passed permitting a referendum without any rules on % of electorate that must vote, winning margin and actions thereafter is scandalous and shows the shallow talentless dweebs we no have representing us - all parties and both houses.

The constitutional law experts and academics are debating if the PM, now May, can use the Royal Prerogative, and the government can follow the referendum result; or if there has to be an act of parliament , following a debate and vote before article 50 can be triggered.

It's not about remain or leave. It's now about the constitutional cock up the Tories have got the country into, although none of the other numbties or Lords stopped them.

The UK Constitutional Law website has never been so busy. From what I read, about 80% still claim a parliamentary debate and act of parliament, or a general election, in preference to the prerogative.

Complete shambles. And all because some very rich Tories were falling out over how they could become even richer.

I quite enjoyed this different perspective you offered. Very informative. thx

[happy Joe]

In this case the Britaniques reason as if they were the center of the world.

You cannot announce your departure noisily with your boastful Farage insulting all assembly and then decide to come back. UE authorities have clearly said "no".

Especially after a few jolts Euro finally holds pretty well. The IMF simply provides a slight slowdown in growth of around 0.20% that is anecdotal.

This adventure is also a huge benefit to all nations. Everyone know now the consequences of populist speeches flattering the baser instincts. For your neighbors tempted by the same experience, the example of UK economy loosing 15% in one year to finish with tribunes who take to their heels and refuse to assume is sufficiently deterrent.

Thank you for lhe lesson.

[Thaiwine]

If it took a civil servant three minutes to check one signature for authenticity that would be twenty in an hour given an eight hour working day that would be one hundred and sixty a day, divide 4,000,000 by 160 you get 25,000 days, divide by 5 days you get 5,000 weeks, if you had 100 civil servants, it would still take one year, somehow I don't think they bothered