Revoke Article 50 petition to stop Brexit hits 6,000,000 signatures – but it’s still rejected.
has been signed by 6,000,000 people in little over a week – but the Government is still not taking any notice.with thousands signing every minute.
It is due to be debated by MPs on Monday after smashing the 100,000 threshold for consideration and becoming the best-supported proposal on the Government’s e-petitions website.Advertisement‘We will honour the result of the 2016 referendum and work with Parliament to deliver a deal that ensures we leave the European Union.’target of death threats as it increased in popularity.
But in its official response to the petition, the Department for Exiting the EU said: ‘It remains the Government’s firm policy not to revoke Article 50’ Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom previously stated the petition was ineffective unless on the scale of the original vote almost three years ago.
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