Petition - please sign for the MPs to debate/decide on next steps before article 50 is triggered

[Lordship 516]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133540

[muffins78]

This petition is for the MPs to debate/decide on next steps before article 50 is triggered. It's worth signing in the likely even they won't hold a second referendum

[muffins78]

Lordship - should you amend the subject line so people know that it's for?

[Lordship 516]

muffins78 Wrote:

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> Lordship - should you amend the subject line so

> people know that it's for?

Thanks - done

[muffins78]

No thank you and we've had 7 signatures since finding the link :)

[Robert Poste's Child]

Signed. Now at 470 signatures.

[Lordship 516]

Sometimes in life it is not enough to just accept the status quo - it is necessary to consider the greater good and reject the greater damage even if it means going against the grain. Could it be at all possible that the MPs might have the moral courage to see beyond Brexit and vote to stay in the EU ?

There is easily a good case to be made based on the naked deceit employed by the Leave campaigners, now openly admitted by them - Farage, IDS, Gove & others almost laughing at the electorate for being such mugs.

I think it is time for these representatives to step up to the plate & make the hard mature decision for once in their existence, realize what their responsibility really lies - in parliamentary democracy which is how the UK has been governed for centuries. Parliamentary sovereignty is paramount & was hard fought for & defended with great loss of lives and Parliament is a good place to make these type of decisions.

This is an extraordinary situation that we find ourselves in and it demands extraordinary action.

Reject Brexit & history will applaud you along with all right thinking people across the world.

If an MP might lose their seat they will have the greater value of being able to look themselves in the mirror for the rest of their lives and be proud & comfortable that they put their country before themselves unlike BJ who walked out of that room casually as if he hadn't a care in the world.

[Lordship 516]

476 signatures with 449 from the UK; the rest are from abroad

[muffins78]

It's 507 now - which is great!! If people are signing and can share a link on their social media, that would really help!! :).

[Lordship 516]

544 with 514 from UK - hopefully it will start to grow. Spread the word

[Lordship 516]

If everyone could get 10 other people it could reach 100,000 in a very short time - hopefully in time for the appointment of the next PM

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[muffins78]

To get a 100 overnight is very good! But sharing will be the only way to do this :)

[Jenny1]

Well done to Lordship 516, muffins78 and pebs.

Signed and shared.

[Lordship 516]

579 with 548 from UK - now running at approx 30 per hour

with sharing this can go to 300 per hour by tomorrow

[Jenny1]

Hi Lordship. Good thinking. I've PM'ed you (and pebs and muffins if they're about).

[Lordship 516]

PM replied to

[Minitoots]

er... sorry but it says this petition proposes that we hand the question over to those qualified, and paid by taxpayers, to answer it.

You mean people like Cameron, Boris, Gove???? I'd prefer to hand the question over to my cat.

[Lordship 516]

TOTAL 683 WITH 648 FROM UK - now running at 33 per hour

if this can keep up it will be at 45 per hour at the end of the day.

More sharing & links needed to ramp it up

Minitoots - appears too many people left it to their cats already !

Now we have a dogs dinner of a mess to clear up.

[Mick Mac]

The petition is for:

Let Parliament decide whether or not we remain a member of the European Union

That's very different from the title of this thread.

"Next steps" will of course be debated before Article 50 is triggered - that goes without saying.

I'll sign it - but we are wasting our time I would have thought. But let's see.

[ed_pete]

Would this petition have been raised if the UK had voted to Remain or would the majority have been OK if that had happened ?

[Lordship 516]

ed_pete Wrote:

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> Would this petition have been raised if the UK had

> voted to Remain or would the majority have been OK

> if that had happened ?

This is democracy in action. Up to others to do what they might propose

[Jenny1]

It would not have been relevant ed_pete as I do not think MPs are usually required to debate/vote on maintaining the status quo.

[Lordship 516]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> The petition is for:

>

> Let Parliament decide whether or not we remain a

> member of the European Union

>

> That's very different from the title of this

> thread.

>

> "Next steps" will of course be debated before

> Article 50 is triggered - that goes without

> saying.

>

> I'll sign it - but we are wasting our time I would

> have thought. But let's see.

" A journey of 1,000 li [360 miles] starts with a single step" [LaoZi "Old Master" - c.2,600 years ago]

[Mick Mac]

I have signed - It shows 694 of 10000

I reckon you will need 17.4m signatories for this to be taken seriously.

Either that or the Leave campaign to officially announce that it misled voters and itself to ask for a revote.

[Loz]

ed_pete Wrote:

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> Would this petition have been raised if the UK had

> voted to Remain or would the majority have been OK

> if that had happened ?

If the UK had voted to remain, then I would have welcomed a petition for parliament to ratify the decision.