Petition · past parliament

Override EU referendum "Brexit" – England to rejoin the EU with immediate effect

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

1m reasons, incl: PEACE IN OUR TIME; Brexit causing financial & constitutional meltdown; UK going from successful, multicultural, multinational, tolerant financial & legal hub to racist, isolationist backwater; losing the ECHR – WHICH WE WROTE; massive job losses; no free movement of labour.
Sheila Hancock, the war https://leftfootforward.org/2016/06/watch-sheila-hancocks-speech-on-the-eu-and-world-war-ii/ Euromyths http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/ The Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/06/daily-chart-15 Sir Patrick Stewart, human rights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfmAY6M6aA John Oliver analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgKHSNqxa8 Brexit hurts UK and Europe https://next.ft.com/content/d90db55a-3933-11e6-a780-b48ed7b6126f

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

24 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
4 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.