B B C Late To The Party And Of Course Wrong!

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2r4g98gjo

100,000? It's 2.3m you eejits!

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

 

[davebro3]

posted on t'other thread

[Old_Geezer]

Well that's more than the required 100,000.

[THECORBYLOON]

"A petition on Parliament's website accusing Labour of breaking promises and calling for a new general election has gathered more than two million signatures - the third highest since 2010."

Is 2.3 million not more than two million??????

[Peter Pedant]

oh that is a good idea - why dont we have a Brexit re-run ?

I bet no one has thought of that before!

[Peter Pedant]

there was a white house petition to deport Piers Moron

the WH news secretary sniffed that these things are not to be joked about

[davebro3]

//why dont we have a Brexit re-run ?//

Yes why don't we? Rejoin would lose of course!😂

[perseverer]

TTT, you would think someone of your intelligence would actually read the link you post, and maybe understand it. 
The 100000 is referring to what is needed for a debate to be considered.

[davebro3]

yes but BBC makes it seem that only 10,000  (and some) have signed - ignoring the true scale of it.

[davebro3]

100,000

[THECORBYLOON]

DAVEBRO, the BBC report states,"more than two million signatures" in the second sentence and the figure of 100,000 is mentioned later.

[perseverer]

This is what the article says

"A petition on Parliament's website accusing Labour of breaking promises and calling for a new general election has gathered more than two million signatures - the third highest since 2010. 

The petition has got more than 100,000 signatures, so the subject is likely to be debated in Parliament, but would not trigger a new election."

 

[theshedman]

Starmer's answer to this is that not everyone voted Labour and so would like another election.  Is he stupid enough to think that no Labour voters took part in this petition.

[youngmafbog]

Yes, he is a sociopath.

[Electrochem]

It is quite clear to anyone with a reasonable grasp of the English language that the article says that it is 2.3 million.