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Petition · past parliament

Invoke Article 50 immediately.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The referendum decision was unanimous by over 17 million voters and there is no real reason to delay invoking article 50 other than a repeat of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland in 2008 when the vote was to reject and then held again in 2009 when the result was accept.
Why was the decision on the Lisbon Treaty of 2008 referendum not accepted and why was it repeated in 2009 (16 months later) to get a different decision?

Why it was rejected

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

Invoke Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty immediately.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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