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Establish a cross-party Constitutional Convention on European membership.

Closed 158 signatures

What the petition asks

The BREXIT referendum was a crude method of gauging political opinion. The outcome has been highly divisive. We now need a more sophisticated mechanism for determining what our relationship with Europe should be. We cannot leave this in the hands of a single political faction.
Scotland successfully used a Constitutional Convention to determine 'the settled will of the people' on the matter of devolution. This should have been the UK's approach to BREXIT, but wasn't. Now, we must build consensus, taking account of the concerns of citizens from all four nations, young and old, living here and abroad. And we urgently need to agree which principles and values, which individual and collective rights will be safeguarded in any forthcoming negotiations with Europe.

Timeline

10 Apr 2017 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 158
Status Closed
Opened 10 Apr 2017
Closed 2 May 2017

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