Petition · past parliament

TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP BREXIT NOW AS THE REFERENDUM WAS NEVER BINDING

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

David Cameron & others were motivated by party politics to make false campaign assertions that the result must be implemented no matter the cost.

All versions of Brexit are worse for the UK than the status quo of remaining in the EU.

The Government must act now to protect the UK from harm.
Such assertions were baseless in law and, without due diligence, irresponsible.

The House of Commons Briefing Paper 07212 (03/06/15): "European Union Referendum Bill 2015-16" states in section 5 that "[the referendum bill] does not contain any requirement for the UK Government to implement the results of the referendum" and "this is a type of referendum known as pre-legislative or consultative" (meaning not instructive).

Now that so much more is known, this agenda is NOT INEVITABLE.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

21 Nov 2018 Petition opened for signatures
26 Nov 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Nov 2018

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