Its been an exhausting few days of reviewing social media posts, shares and comments but not by any means without reward.
Yesterday saw the signature numbers climb from 101 to around 190 this morning, with today taking us beyond the 200 mark, and so all in all a decent response from most people engaged.
Discussions have been interesting and its great to get perspectives from everyone as that allows us to consider things otherwise missed and to understand better the hugely varying opinions over the whole Brexit issue.
The overwhelming feeling is one of a mixture of Disappointment in and Anger with Government and its pretty fast become clear that the chasm that has ripped the country into two very definite groups is something that has happened by design.
Its the age old tactic/philosophy of "Divide and Conquer" and although these sentiments of disappointment and anger with Govt. are common on both sides of the fence, the UK is dangerously close to eruption as a result. The worst thing about this though isnt that the British people are in passionate disagreement in terms of Leave vs Remain, (I actually believe that in itself that is healthy as it affords us the means by, and opportunity through, which we are weeding the misinformation out of the whole debate and in some areas are actually finding common ground), the Worst of it is that whilst the EU is the Big Bad Wolf in all of this is that its actually our own Govt/Parliament that sits squarely behind the implementation of that design.
As long as we are arguing amongst ourselves we arent properly focussed upon what those in power are actually doing, so they are taking huge advantage of that and continue collaborating with the EU in the betrayal of the Democratically expressed wishes of the Electorate, Leavers and Remainers alike.
Dont get me wrong, I am by NO means suggesting that I agree with the Remain Camp's goals, opinions and methods because I most certainly DON'T, but I do understand that they have concerns just as we do and some of those are undeniably warranted.
Its with this in mind that I ask that we all consider both sides and try to find the truth behind what we read, from each other, from the news stories being churned out, and yes, even the Remainers that we encounter during discussions.
My Dad was very fond of quoting:
"There are always three sides to any story - Ours, Theirs, and the Truth"
In the case of Brexit I believe, from the Brexiteer's perspective, that Leavers represent "Ours", Remainers "Theirs", and somewhere buried in the messy entanglement of our Govt/Parliament with The EU, lies "the Truth".
We need to focus on that rather than our disagreements between "Leave and Remain" because ultimately this is all about saving the UK, for all its Legitimate Citizens and their future's sake.
Im so deeply grateful to everyone who has signed and its encouraging seeing the numbers grow, albeit slowly, but we need to push on, stepping up our efforts to share as widely as possible in order to gain support enough to tackle the real problem - GOVT/PARLIAMENT!
Please therefore, if you haven't already, do share this petition via all forms social networking you have access to so as to facilitate increased pace to bring us closer to our Ultimate Goal:
No Deal/WTO Brexit, Reclaming Sovereignty and Getting the UK Back into the hands within which She belongs : The ELECTORATE!