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It's 2.26M now.
Which, assuming it's all valid UK citizens signing, is approaching 5% of the adults registered to vote (48M), and not far off 8% of those that voted last year (29M). It's all people who are politically active enough to sign a petition after all.
How can they think it's a winning move?
Didn't the brexit one get something like 5 million votes?
Brexit.... Winning...
Do you see my problem with your observation?
Yes, but that was part of the Tory election manifesto, so no petition was going to outweigh that one.
This was not mentioned at all in the Labour manifesto, or really before this week.