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06-27-2016, 02:50 AM
Petition calling for reconsideration of Brexit referendum has an ironic origin
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Much has been written about a petition calling (http://mashable.com/2016/06/25/brexit-petition-2nd-eu-referendum/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial) for the UK to hold a second referendum on membership in the European Union in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the 28-member bloc.
SEE ALSO: Acceptance, regret and cheers: World leaders conflicted over Brexit (http://mashable.com/2016/06/24/world-leaders-react-to-brexit/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial)
But the petition, which has amassed 3.5 million signatures, comes with a pretty big ironic twist: It was originally created a month ago by a pro-leave supporter who was anticipating the remain vote to win.*
As CNN **ted (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/26/europe/uk-second-referendum-petition/index.html), the man behind the original petition is*William Oliver Healey, a member of the pro-leave*English Democrats (http://englishdemocrats.party/). Healey posted a statement on his Facebook page in which he said, "This petition was created at a time (over a month ago) when it was looking unlikely that 'leave' were going to win, with the intention of making it harder for 'remain' to further shackle us to the EU. Due to the result, the petition has been hijacked by the remain campaign." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/26/brexit-petition-irony/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about William Oliver Healey (http://mashable.com/category/william-oliver-healey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Petition (http://mashable.com/category/petition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Brexit (http://mashable.com/category/brexit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Politics (http://mashable.com/category/politics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/YLEjt4-9ZSs
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Much has been written about a petition calling (http://mashable.com/2016/06/25/brexit-petition-2nd-eu-referendum/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial) for the UK to hold a second referendum on membership in the European Union in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the 28-member bloc.
SEE ALSO: Acceptance, regret and cheers: World leaders conflicted over Brexit (http://mashable.com/2016/06/24/world-leaders-react-to-brexit/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial)
But the petition, which has amassed 3.5 million signatures, comes with a pretty big ironic twist: It was originally created a month ago by a pro-leave supporter who was anticipating the remain vote to win.*
As CNN **ted (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/26/europe/uk-second-referendum-petition/index.html), the man behind the original petition is*William Oliver Healey, a member of the pro-leave*English Democrats (http://englishdemocrats.party/). Healey posted a statement on his Facebook page in which he said, "This petition was created at a time (over a month ago) when it was looking unlikely that 'leave' were going to win, with the intention of making it harder for 'remain' to further shackle us to the EU. Due to the result, the petition has been hijacked by the remain campaign." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/26/brexit-petition-irony/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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