Petition · past parliament

Allow the country to vote on Brexit now that its cost is clear

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We now know that the Leave campaign over-promised the benefits of Brexit. We know Leave.EU broke the law and Cambridge Analytica manipulated the vote. We realise the social, environmental and financial cost to the country will be catastrophic. Over a million young people now eligible want their say
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie has said the UK lacks a “democratic mandate” for leaving Europe in the wake of revelations about the Brexit campaign’s alleged links to data harvesting - Huffpost 08/04/18
BoE Governor Mark Carney has said Brexit explains the weak growth in investment in Britain - Reuters 27/02/18
A coalition of leading environmental groups says there is a “significant risk” that British environmental protections will be reduced after Brexit - Observer 21/1/18

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

12 May 2018 Petition opened for signatures
18 May 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 May 2018

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