From: ce11son@yahoo.ca
On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:48:35 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
>In message , Graeme Wall
> writes:
>>On 23/03/2019 00:03, MB wrote:
>>> On 22/03/2019 14:14, Graeme Wall wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now you really are spouting racist crap.
>>>>
>>> How is it "racist" to criticise attempted manipulation of a vote or
>>>petition? I seem to remember that the first line on the UK Parliament
>>>petition website asks if you are a UK citizen and resident, is that
>>>"racist".
>>>
>>
>>You were making allegations about the the people who set up the
>>petition. You didn't even notice that it was only one person.
>>
>(I haven't seen the alleged racist comments so can't comment, but:)
>It's _always_ one person; that's how the e-petition website works. You
>need to get a small number to support you before they'll publish it, but
>a petition (on the government site, anyway) is always instigated by one
>person.
>
>This particular petition, like all petitions, is lessened in impact by
>the fact that it only collects signatures on one side; I've been waiting
>for someone to start a counter-petition, and been surprised they
>haven't. Part of the reason _may_ be that the petitions committee are
>blocking any such attempt, on the (spurious IMO) grounds that "it is not
>clear what result you wish this petition to achieve".
>
There are more than two sides involved in the Brexit farce. Those who
wish to oppose this petition have differing motives for doing so and
could even include some versions of those wishing to remain but who do
not want it under the current arrangements. It cannot be insignificant
that this petition has around 10 times the signatories that the "Leave
the EU without a deal in March 2019" has and that most other relevant
petitions on the waiting list call for a second vote about leaving the
EU.
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