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Invoke clause 61 of the Magna Carta, the right to lawful rebellion.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government failed to deliver Brexit on March 29th, it failed to deliver on the vote of 17.4 million people, it has failed democracy, we should invoke clause 61 of the Magna Carta our bill of rights, which states when parliament fails to deliver, the people can lawfully storm parliament.
Because the Magna Carta was not created by Parliament, no government can lawfully repeal any of the articles within it without public consent.
In 1297 Article 61 and anything that related to lawful rebellion was removed and establishment propagandists have since attempted to make it function as a replacement for the Magna Carta, but according to UK contract law, when new acts or charters conflict with existing ones and their existing articles, these new acts and charters then become unlawful.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

7 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
30 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Apr 2019

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