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Petition · past parliament

Delay indefinitely triggering Article 50 leading to Britain leaving the EU

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

It is unachievable without causing unacceptable amounts of suffering for the citizens of the UK the eventual break up of the UK and possibly even the EU itself.
It will further result in an increase in anti immigrant, racist actions by the far right across Europe.
We have already seen evidence of this in the murder of an MP.

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 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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