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Originally Posted by Hom3r
The main reason Brexit is the way it is, is because too much airtime is given to remainers who refuse to accept the referedum result.
Which never said call for a second referendum if the largly remaining MPs refuse to back brexit at every turn.
For me voting is now a waste of time as all we have to do is cry and throw our dummies out of the prams.
If only I could truly say what I want to say here, but the sware filter would melt and I'd more than likely be banned.
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Main issue is that 75% of MPs are against Brexit and Theresa May has pandered to the hardliners. Theresa May should have consulted before devising her red lines which have tripped her up.
Censoring people because they don't agree with your views is not a British approach.
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Originally Posted by Carth
Quotes taken from the second link (by Andrew)
With protection like that in place, it looks like Russia couldn't have had any part in skewing previous votes . . . best let the USA know too  |
Especially relevant quotes from that article are:
"It's a petition, it's not a vote - it's not meant to be as secure as an e-voting system."
However, bot activity could still be used to slow down or crash the platform, meaning that people wanting to leave genuine signatures could be prevented from doing so. This is known as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
While Russia is notorious for seeking to meddle in the politics of the west, on this occasion there is a question mark over what its intentions would be, added Prof Woodward."All the evidence is that Russia was supporting the Leave campaign," he said. "So why would they suddenly be supporting Remain?"