The Un-united Kingdom is fucked now

[Ben Davis]

Or so they thought. Both the control part as well as the important part.

I don't judge them based on their concerns, but they are the ones having bought a ticket to worse land. They are still the first demographics to be fucked over, only with even less legal security in the future than they already had.

At fault are mainstream politicians not being able or willing to communicate with their electorate. Even more at fault are irresponsible fear mongers cashing in on legitimate concerns.

Indeed, hence the amount of Bregret. That's why I'm please to announce that a group (including myself) have come together to sponsor a petition to trigger a Free vote (a vote of free conscience where MPs are not obligated to cast votes on Party lines) in Parliament, the subject of which will be whether or not to enact Article 50. It's very simple:

1. Representatives of the official and unofficial Remain and Leave sides made certain claims and pledges during the campaign which influenced significant numbers of voters however in the time since the referendum, during interviews with the media, Leave has reneged on many of those pledges including ones that are likely to have been most influencial.

2. Further to 1., there's good evidence that some of these claims were made cynically and dishonestly with the deliberate intention of misinforming the public about the ramifications of their vote and this behaviour has materially affected the outcome of the referendum.

3. The PM has resigned and the Labour Party organised a vote of no-confidence in their leader. The Scottish First Leader is considering whether or not to ask the Scottish people to take part in a second referendum on independence for Scotland, with a stated purpose of renewing EU membership. It's becoming more apparent that the emerging situation is damaging the UK's current and future prosperity and that our MPs should agree a common course of action that will unify our country.

4. With the country having voted to Leave, it's apparent that no-one knows what comes next, including those who would be candidates to lead the country when the party leadership contests are held. Consequently to reach a concensus and achieve the unity the country needs, MPs should enact their Parliamentary responsibilities by debating the refrendum result and agreeing a unified (non-Partisan) approach to what comes next.


To be clear, this will not be a petition for a second referendum neither a petition for the referendum results to be ignored; votes were cast in accordance with our laws & democratic rights and respect must be given that individuals have voted for whichever outcome they believed was right. Instead this will be a petition that the next step in the process be a Parliamentary debate on the referendum result followed by a Free vote by our democratically elected, representative MPs on whether or not Article 50 should be invoked.

This petition should not be construed as an attempt to sway the decision in either direction rather for the public to hold their MPs to account for the clear lack of foresight regarding the potential for the British public to vote Leave by forcing debate and clear decision-making.

It's currently under review and should be published before the end of the week.