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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 12:05:05 +0000
Subject: Petition for ReReferendum
From: Andrew Bolster <me@andrewbolster.info>
To: ian.paisley.mp@parliament.uk

Mr Paisley.

I've lived and grown up in the Ballymoney and Coleraine area, I worked in
the Republic for a high tech company HQ'd in Sweden, I then undertook my
PhD research as a partnership between two EU nations and NATO's marine
research centre based in a third EU nation.

I do not dispute the results of the Referendum. The people spoke for what
they could say and understand and what they believed. But the margin for
changing the status of the UK was made with less than the population of NI.
This was a campaign built on lies and fears.

For relevant contrast, the GFA referendum had a 71% majority that we could
confidently build the Belfast Agreement on top of. Part of that, like the
Scottish Referendum result, was based on the idea of common trade and
travel between EU nations.

I understand and respect that you have your views with respect to CAP and
the impact of the single market on our agricultural heritage, but for a
question this big, a 1.2% margin isn't enough for us as a country to unite
behind the decision in the way we did under GFA (even if SF didn't bother
showing their faces for a while).

As such, I've signed this parliment.gov.uk petition on a rejuniated
refferendum. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215

It's already well past the "Needs Parliamentary Response"number, but I
guess I just wanted to let you know that as someone from a protestant
background in your constituency, if we're being dragged out of the EU by
England under margins this small, I want a border poll, and as a lifelong
unionist, that realisation pains my soul.

Anyway, may as well scream at the wind on the record. Have a good week. I'm
sure it's bedlam.

Andrew Bolster

Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 23:59:38 +0000
From: "PAISLEY, Ian" <ian.paisley.mp@parliament.uk>
To: Andrew Bolster <me@andrewbolster.info>
Subject: Re: Petition for ReReferendum


Andrew thank you for your email it is very considered and I respect the points you made. I don't believe it will be as you fear. In fact this is a positive revolution for change
I agree it was a narrow margin but I doubt if the margin was the other way I would be hearing from you!
My view is that we must now all pull together and make this happen for the entire benefit of the entire country.
Best wishes for the future and please do keep in touch.
Regards
Ian Paisley

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