Allow England and Wales to leave the UK, with the rump UK remaining in the EU.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

In the referendum held on 23 June 2016, two of the countries comprising the UK voted to leave the EU and the other two countries voted to remain. In consequence, the majority votes in Scotland and Northern Ireland have been overridden by the majority votes in England and Wales.

Scotland and Northern Ireland now have to leave the EU against the wishes of their electorates. This is unjust.

The petition proposes a solution which corrects the injustice and avoids the need to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, by dealing with the issue as a matter internal to the UK.

England and Wales leave the EU by seceding from the UK, and Scotland and Northern Ireland, being the rump UK, stay in the EU.

Precedent for secession from the UK: the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921

Why it was rejected

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

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England (w/o London) and Wales become independent and get only them out of EU

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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