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Petition · past parliament

Start the article 50 process to leave the EU immediately

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Since the democratic will of the people of the UK was overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the EU the government should action the article 50 process immediately to ensure that a cabal of undemocratic MP's and EU hangers on cannot subvert the democratic will of the British people
The UK voted by a margin of 1¼ million people to leave the EU. That process must be honoured.

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.