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AN ONLINE PETITION that calls for Brexit to be cancelled by revoking Article 50 has gathered 3.7 million signatures.
The petition, which was launched on Wednesday, says a “second Brexit referendum may not happen – so vote now”.
“The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is ‘the will of the people’. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People’s Vote may not happen – so vote now,” it reads.
At the time of updating this article, the petition had over 3,786,000 signatures.
The British Parliament’s petitions committee tweeted that the rate of signings is the “highest the site has ever had to deal with”, after the website briefly crashed earlier. A House of Commons spokesman said the technical difficulties on parliament’s e-petition website were caused by “a large and sustained load on the system”.
Since then, the committee has also attempted to tackle claims that the huge interest in the petition is not fraud, and has claimed that 96% of the signatures to the petition are from the UK.
A few people have been talking about fraud and overseas signatures. As of this afternoon, approximately 96% of signatures on the petition were from the UK. That’s broadly what we’d expect for a petition like this.
“We don’t comment in detail about security measures. We use different techniques – automated and manual – to identify and block signatures from bots, disposable email addresses and other sources that show signs of fraudulent activity. We also monitor signing patterns.
The House of Commons pledges to consider all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate in the chamber.
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They realised they were in Roscommon
@Brian Buckley: yeah. Seems the idea of being on Roscommon is so unappealing that they’re not even having the talk about it anywhere near Roscommon. They’re going to Kilkenny instead.
What about water charges. USC and property taxes !
Roscommon is a beautiful county with plenty to see and do. People should visit and see for themselves before judging.
@Roisin Carty: what is to see and do?
@Roisin Carty:yea, theres the field, the holy stone of clonrichert, the very dark caves….
@Roisin Carty: I love lough key forest park, there’s a zip wire network set up there that’s so much fun, spend the day on the ‘assault’ courses and I tried the Boda Borg thing before too (think Chrystal Maze puzzle rooms) and the grounds themselves are beautiful. Looks like visiting rindoon is now on my list of places to visit
@Roisin Carty: I was in Westport last week and headed for Donegal. Missed a turn and ended up in Roscommon. It was grim to say the least.
Tulsk reminded me of the village in the League of Gentlemen, Royston Vasey.
“the local land owner is supportive of the extensive conservation work”
Nice to see.
Must go for a look.
Was it because of poor broadband coverage ?
This would make an excellent Time Team episode
@Daniel Wilson: Nah, they would have to discuss the English policy here that lasted for centuries were the homeless Irish were killed because they were homeless, ethnic cleansing for travellers and the homeless.
Probably abandoned due to delays in the Shannon drainage scheme.
Because they all headed to Galway
@David Cloherty: on a stag. Shop street has them now.
@David Cloherty: To Hell or to Galway lol.
High unemployment?
St John’s Primeval Natural Oak Woodland( the only one in the country ) is beside it so there ! So get down there before it all goes belly up from Leo’s “republic of opportunity ” the race to the bottom etc
Must have been lost first day,wouldnt visit there at gunpoint
what is so unusual about a deserted Irish village,most of them are.!!!!
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