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Post by Epic History on Jun 30, 2016 5:16:35 GMT
I'm glad Leave won it for Able Seaman Leonard Moore, whatever your stance on the issue you gotta respect guys like that. On the whole, I'm very excited that we now see the prospect for a collapse of the EU within in my life time. I've long been subscribed to the "Trumpian" philosophy of nations being completely and utterly free of extra-national control, with the ability to express their own self determination while maintaining friendships as well as (Fair!) trade with other nations.
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Post by Krall on Jun 30, 2016 12:04:54 GMT
There's a petition to hold a second referendum (ironically started by a Leave voter) on parliament's official petition website, and it's just broken 4 million signatures - considering it only needs 10,000 to get a response from the government and 100,000 to be debated in parliament, that's a ridiculous amount. Here's the link.
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Post by orvillethird on Jul 4, 2016 21:58:09 GMT
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Post by Krall on Jul 5, 2016 2:02:47 GMT
Unfortunately so, though I don't imagine the number of legitimate signatures is significantly lower than the one shown - it's certainly in the millions.
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Post by orvillethird on Jul 5, 2016 3:27:54 GMT
Unfortunately so, though I don't imagine the number of legitimate signatures is significantly lower than the one shown - it's certainly in the millions. True. I do think this has a huge upside in that Britons are now more into politics.
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 5, 2016 14:14:46 GMT
Unfortunately so, though I don't imagine the number of legitimate signatures is significantly lower than the one shown - it's certainly in the millions. True. I do think this has a huge upside in that Britons are now more into politics. Perhaps that is a general benefit of crises. Obama was elected in the wake of the 2008 crash, and he had comparatively high turnout.
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Post by orvillethird on Jul 5, 2016 15:43:50 GMT
True. I do think this has a huge upside in that Britons are now more into politics. Perhaps that is a general benefit of crises. Obama was elected in the wake of the 2008 crash, and he had comparatively high turnout. And as people have grown sour on him (and as they don't mention the third party alternatives), turnout has decreased.
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 5, 2016 23:58:46 GMT
Perhaps that is a general benefit of crises. Obama was elected in the wake of the 2008 crash, and he had comparatively high turnout. And as people have grown sour on him (and as they don't mention the third party alternatives), turnout has decreased. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case - 2014 had a lower midterm turnout than previous midterms.
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