To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: A plea to veto any act to repeal the European Communities Act 1972
The United Europe Forum addresses the below petition to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Yesterday (23 June 2016) the Leave campaign narrowly won the referendum on the UK's membership in the European Union. This came at the end of a bitter and divisive campaign in which pro-Brexit forces consistently and (arguably) deliberately mislead the voting public with statements which often stretched the facts or were in complete contradiction of them. Furthermore, leaving the European Union is a decision the consequences of which can be described, without hyperbole, as monumental. This was immediately evidenced this morning by the crash of the Pound, which reflects investor uncertainty in the UK's economic future. Leaving the European Union will certainly have a severe impact on the UK in economic, political, social and cultural terms. In fact, it is also highly likely that it will lead to the dissolution of the UK, due to a renewed impetus for Scottish Independence and a potential move for Irish reunification.
Given this context, it is stretching credulity to label imposing such consequences on 48% of the UK public as democratic. This is not, in general, something which could properly be imposed on a country with such a narrow majority. It is regrettable that the threshold was not set at around 75%, which would have been more appropriate. That opportunity missed, we appeal to Your Majesty to exercise your constitutional right to refuse Royal Assent to Acts of Parliament and to apply this veto to any legislation laid before Your Majesty which aims to repeal the European Communities Act 1972, which enshrines European Union law into the UK legal system and facilitates UK membership of the European Union. We acknowledge that there is a constitutional convention which mitigates against such an action. However, in the view of the undersigned, the current situation is so unprecedented and the potential damage to the realm so grave, that in our view there is a strong argument that the monarch has both the right and the duty to intervene on behalf of Her subjects in this matter and at the very least, force a repeat referendum with a more appropriate threshold which reflects the seriousness of this decision.
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I believe that referendum was not really understand by most of the people! Also because of stormy weather in London and south of UK,saddly a lot of people didn't manage to vote. Personally I think if UK really leave EU will be go back economically and will meet a great danger of recession!
Let us stay together, both in the UK and Europe, to work for a better world.
I support Britain staying in EU
Let's make a difference!
I support the petition.
Dear Natasha, 48% is not a minority and your reasoning is typical for someone who supports the "leave" campaign. If you have read our petition, you would have seen that our target is to start a discussion, which could possible lead to a second, more representative referendum. Petitioning the Queen is not outrageous by any measure; everyone in this country could use this right. This is all the more appropriate, considering that the Queen herself has indicated that she believes that the UK is better in than out of the EU; please, see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/11697233/Queen-wades-into-Europe-debate-as-she-says-division-is-dangerous.html The people who signed this petition are British or expats, despite their names. As for the number, I would not worry too much as this is the third hour of the existence of this petition.
I just wanted to say that there is no surprise that you have only gathered 12 signatures, and a quarter of them are from foreign people - not even residents of the UK! If you do not want to live in a democracy where when a million more people believe in something that you don't think that it is a good idea, then maybe you should go live in a country without a parliament and without a democracy, ruled not by what the MAJORITY of people think is a good idea but what one, or maybe just a couple of people think is a good idea (like this petition!). An appeal to the queen is outrageous, and even if she bothered to look at a petition with only 12 signatures, I doubt she would side with the MINORITY of Her subjects.
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To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: A plea to veto any act to repeal the European Communities Act 1972
The United Europe Forum addresses the below petition to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Yesterday (23 June 2016) the Leave campaign narrowly won the referendum on the UK's membership in the European Union. This came at the end of a bitter and divisive campaign in which pro-Brexit forces consistently and (arguably) deliberately mislead the voting public with statements which often stretched the facts or were in complete contradiction of them. Furthermore, leaving the European Union is a decision the consequences of which can be described, without hyperbole, as monumental. This was immediately evidenced this morning by the crash of the Pound, which reflects investor uncertainty in the UK's economic future. Leaving the European Union will certainly have a severe impact on the UK in economic, political, social and cultural terms. In fact, it is also highly likely that it will lead to the dissolution of the UK, due to a renewed impetus for Scottish Independence and a potential move for Irish reunification.
Given this context, it is stretching credulity to label imposing such consequences on 48% of the UK public as democratic. This is not, in general, something which could properly be imposed on a country with such a narrow majority. It is regrettable that the threshold was not set at around 75%, which would have been more appropriate. That opportunity missed, we appeal to Your Majesty to exercise your constitutional right to refuse Royal Assent to Acts of Parliament and to apply this veto to any legislation laid before Your Majesty which aims to repeal the European Communities Act 1972, which enshrines European Union law into the UK legal system and facilitates UK membership of the European Union. We acknowledge that there is a constitutional convention which mitigates against such an action. However, in the view of the undersigned, the current situation is so unprecedented and the potential damage to the realm so grave, that in our view there is a strong argument that the monarch has both the right and the duty to intervene on behalf of Her subjects in this matter and at the very least, force a repeat referendum with a more appropriate threshold which reflects the seriousness of this decision.
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It appears that in many cases people voted from a position of 'uninformed' consent or crowd influence, without fully understanding the consequences for this and future generations. Also, it seems that the referendum should have been organized more fairly in terms of setting the minimum percentage margin for majority vote - to go through. It all feels too drastic a decision and the people are clearly not ready and confused. Therefore under the circumstances it would be right thing to do and only fair to call for a second referendum.
I believe that referendum was not really understand by most of the people! Also because of stormy weather in London and south of UK,saddly a lot of people didn't manage to vote. Personally I think if UK really leave EU will be go back economically and will meet a great danger of recession!
Let us stay together, both in the UK and Europe, to work for a better world.
I support Britain staying in EU
Let's make a difference!
I support the petition.
Dear Natasha, 48% is not a minority and your reasoning is typical for someone who supports the "leave" campaign. If you have read our petition, you would have seen that our target is to start a discussion, which could possible lead to a second, more representative referendum. Petitioning the Queen is not outrageous by any measure; everyone in this country could use this right. This is all the more appropriate, considering that the Queen herself has indicated that she believes that the UK is better in than out of the EU; please, see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/11697233/Queen-wades-into-Europe-debate-as-she-says-division-is-dangerous.html The people who signed this petition are British or expats, despite their names. As for the number, I would not worry too much as this is the third hour of the existence of this petition.
I just wanted to say that there is no surprise that you have only gathered 12 signatures, and a quarter of them are from foreign people - not even residents of the UK! If you do not want to live in a democracy where when a million more people believe in something that you don't think that it is a good idea, then maybe you should go live in a country without a parliament and without a democracy, ruled not by what the MAJORITY of people think is a good idea but what one, or maybe just a couple of people think is a good idea (like this petition!). An appeal to the queen is outrageous, and even if she bothered to look at a petition with only 12 signatures, I doubt she would side with the MINORITY of Her subjects.
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It appears that in many cases people voted from a position of 'uninformed' consent or crowd influence, without fully understanding the consequences for this and future generations. Also, it seems that the referendum should have been organized more fairly in terms of setting the minimum percentage margin for majority vote - to go through. It all feels too drastic a decision and the people are clearly not ready and confused. Therefore under the circumstances it would be right thing to do and only fair to call for a second referendum.