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RE: Petition: second referendum for leaving the EU
June 25, 2016 at 7:54 am
The press release made it sound very much like they had no plan whatsoever and are now making it up as they go along.
I wonder if anyone expected it to go through.
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RE: Petition: second referendum for leaving the EU
June 25, 2016 at 8:50 am
Assuming a confirmation vote of some kind, would the EU sweeten the deal, so to speak, to sway repealing the brexit ??
Might have been a good negotiating ploy if Britain ultimately stays, but the EU implements some practical reforms, like laying off 2/3 of the bureaucrats . . .
Why not a 'low overhead' version of the EU ??
I also note quite a few Brits apparently were lying to the pollsters, couldn't happen here right ?
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RE: Petition: second referendum for leaving the EU
June 25, 2016 at 9:09 am
If only we could export the US Congress over there.
They'd be sure to do absolutely jack shit, there'd be no exiting or entering going on anywhere.
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RE: Petition: second referendum for leaving the EU
June 25, 2016 at 9:10 am
I'm trying to work out the probability that none of this is happening.
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RE: Petition: second referendum for leaving the EU
June 25, 2016 at 9:42 am
I don't understand how 1,269,501 people (2% of the uk population and 3.78% of the total voters) is considered close??
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RE: Petition: second referendum for leaving the EU
June 25, 2016 at 9:44 am
No I don't think you can ask for a do over, wise though that would be. At this point I think you must go to rock/paper/scissors. Best of luck, Rob.
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RE: Petition: second referendum for leaving the EU
June 25, 2016 at 10:13 am
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Well, we can certainly ask.
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