Government to acknowledge that the referendum result was only advisory

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The referendum result of 2016 was a relatively close result. The referendum was, in any case, always an advisory one in which public opinion would form only part of the information considered in making decisions.

The referendum result was a close result. There have been a number of judgments about irregularities by Leave campaigns. The close result in 2016 should be reconsidered in this context. Additionally the government has spent two years trying to reach accommodations with the EU and it seems that the range of possible outcomes is now quite different to that thought in 2016.

The government should make acting in the best interests of the UK, rather than on outdated public opinion, a priority.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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Timeline

26 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
5 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Apr 2019

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