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Wossname wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:34 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:52 pm
Horse wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 5:00 pm How many signatures now?

According to the BBC:

In 2019, a petition calling for Brexit to be cancelled received 6.1 million signatures. Four years later a call for a second Brexit referendum garnered 4.2 million names.
I think that says more about remoaners than disgruntled (Labour)voters!
Remoaners or beleavers?
Is there any way of telling whether:
- the Brexit petition was predominantly signed by remainers
- the current petition is predominantly being signed by disgruntled Labour voters
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Felix wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:31 pm
Yorick wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:58 pm
gremlin wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:27 pm

Intentionally? ;)
Yeah. To see what's going on. I only lasted a week before I bailed. So many stupid folk full of hatred.

Hundreds of false racist stories to whip up hatred.
You joined a racist facebook page to see what's going on. What did you think was going on???
Dunno, I can sort of see the point. It's easy to believe that things are all hunky dory and that racism is no longer an issue, but just look a little harder and there it is festering away.
Shine a light on it and they scurry away into the darker corners like shithouse rats claiming theyre just trying to uphold British Values (whatever they are).
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demographic wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:58 pm
Dunno, I can sort of see the point. It's easy to believe that things are all hunky dory and that racism is no longer an issue, but just look a little harder and there it is festering away.
Shine a light on it and they scurry away into the darker corners like shithouse rats claiming theyre just trying to uphold British Values (whatever they are).
Yep. With that in mind it’s a little surprising that the tories elected a black woman as their leader. As sad as it is, they must know that it will split the vote with the reform party.
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Horse wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:55 pm
Is there any way of telling whether:
...
- the current petition is predominantly being signed by disgruntled Labour voters
You can look at the map. As far as I can see, Brentford and Ongar are in the lead with 6.96% of its constituents signing, closely followed by Castle Point, Rayleigh and Wickford, Maldon and Clacton. (Makes me proud of my adopted county. :D ) The lightest areas on the map are the dyed in the wool Labour areas: Greater London, Central Manchester, Central Birmingham, etc.