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Petition · past parliament

Please do not trigger Article 50 because that would lead to Scotxit and NIxit.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Very simply: if the price to pay is to break up the UK, every member of the UK Parliament must think long and hard before acting on the result of the referendum.

Why it was rejected

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

Ask the Government not to invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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