EU referendum aftermath
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EU referendum aftermath
A new thread on the aftermath of the EU referendum.
For starters:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215
The petition about the turnout/threshold for the referendum. This petition was started before the vote (it was started on 24 May) and has since become a proxy way for people to protest about the result. Nearly 2 million signatures at the time of writing. Hopefully someone will actually start a new petition that, if properly presented, may have more legitimacy (i.e. not trying to move the goalposts after this referendum was held).
For starters:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215
The petition about the turnout/threshold for the referendum. This petition was started before the vote (it was started on 24 May) and has since become a proxy way for people to protest about the result. Nearly 2 million signatures at the time of writing. Hopefully someone will actually start a new petition that, if properly presented, may have more legitimacy (i.e. not trying to move the goalposts after this referendum was held).
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Re: EU referendum aftermath
Not as bad as London should declare independence comments?
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Re: EU referendum aftermath
Imagine if they actually took this seriously, what an absurd precident it would set. Next general election labor party wins.... 1 million+ conservatives petition for a second try, win, then it is labour supporters turn again and nothing gets done while we act like petulant children.
It's done, majority won, that's the way a democracy works people - if you take out Scotland and northern Ireland votes it was actually a landslide
It's done, majority won, that's the way a democracy works people - if you take out Scotland and northern Ireland votes it was actually a landslide
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.
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Um, you can't complain about 'moving the goalposts' (second referendum) and then start moving the goalposts yourself (taking out Scotland and Northern Ireland votes). The sane argument is one that focuses on the need for a clear majority threshold to be reached in votes of such import, not a narrow result.Joey Stewart wrote:Imagine if they actually took this seriously, what an absurd precident it would set. Next general election labor party wins.... 1 million+ conservatives petition for a second try, win, then it is labour supporters turn again and nothing gets done while we act like petulant children.
It's done, majority won, that's the way a democracy works people - if you take out Scotland and northern Ireland votes it was actually a landslide
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I took out Ireland and Scotland on the basis that they are keen to leave the uk so their 'stay' votes would be leaving along with them and we would be left with England and Wales where there was a clear majority based on a very large turnout.
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.
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How did Northern Ireland become Ireland? And since when was Northern Ireland keen to leave the UK?Joey Stewart wrote:I took out Ireland and Scotland on the basis that they are keen to leave the uk so their 'stay' votes would be leaving along with them and we would be left with England and Wales where there was a clear majority based on a very large turnout.
I accept that in England and Wales there was a majority in favour of leaving the EU. It was 53.4% Leave overall in England and 52.5% Leave in Wales. Though, if you are going to dissect things like this, where do you stop? Why not take out Cardiff and London as well?
Anyway, this thread should be on the aftermath. I probably started it off on the wrong track with the petition link...
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Re: EU referendum aftermath
They aren't.Joey Stewart wrote:I took out Ireland and Scotland on the basis that they are keen to leave the uk so their 'stay' votes would be leaving along with them.
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Petition has reached 2.2 million signatures. I wonder how high that could go (it should in theory stay up for another 5 months). Around 17 million signatures would be the target, but I would say unlikely to go above 5 million (though that would still be a massive number). As Nick would say, it is all a conspiracy, though...
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Re: EU referendum aftermath
It is still possible that parliament could refuse to act on the results of this referendum. I'm not sure it's very likely, but it's possible.
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Alastair Campbell in the International Business Times:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/boris-johnson- ... us-1567413
"Many are now saying we all need to pull together and make this work. I am not sure I agree. The country has voted on a totally false prospectus for a decision that has dramatic and damaging consequences, many as yet unseen. As the reality of that sinks in, the anger will grow. I believe the recognition of the sheer scale of the error that has been made will grow. The demands for a second referendum will grow. Or for a general election where an unequivocally pro-EU case can be put by an unequivocally progressive party. Right now it is hard to see where that party is or who are the people who could lead it. But without it, this country is in trouble and staring at rapid decline."
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/boris-johnson- ... us-1567413
"Many are now saying we all need to pull together and make this work. I am not sure I agree. The country has voted on a totally false prospectus for a decision that has dramatic and damaging consequences, many as yet unseen. As the reality of that sinks in, the anger will grow. I believe the recognition of the sheer scale of the error that has been made will grow. The demands for a second referendum will grow. Or for a general election where an unequivocally pro-EU case can be put by an unequivocally progressive party. Right now it is hard to see where that party is or who are the people who could lead it. But without it, this country is in trouble and staring at rapid decline."
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The timing of Britain's exit may not be under the control of the UK Government. The other 27 member states may take matters into their own hands and trigger article 50 themselves. The UK Commissioner, Lord Hill, has already announced his resignation[1].IM Jack Rudd wrote:It is still possible that parliament could refuse to act on the results of this referendum. I'm not sure it's very likely, but it's possible.
[1] EU referendum: UK's EU commissioner Lord Hill to resign: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-e ... m-36629646
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They cannot trigger Article 50. The legal argument so far goes that Cameron or the appropriate UK representative turning up and/or requesting negotiations to start in any way, may be seen as a 'notification' and hence an Article 50 starting process. This article talked about the irony that a new pro-Leave Conservative administration may end up appealing a premature EU-'triggered' Article 50 attempt to some European legal body... The irony.
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Good article here, on the way London elites contributed to the result:
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/br ... on-problem
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/br ... on-problem
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They weren't - Scotland I think may well go this time, and honestly good luck to them. They've started preparing the ground.PeterFarr wrote:They aren't.Joey Stewart wrote:I took out Ireland and Scotland on the basis that they are keen to leave the uk so their 'stay' votes would be leaving along with them.
I've no idea about the talk of NI joining up with Ireland instead of us, but its there. Might be a chance now I imagine.
London is of course insane, if rather amusing
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Tony Blair's spin doctor? You've got be be joking.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Alastair Campbell
edit : the Dissent one you linked to was good, so I suppose you're being fair.
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