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The 2016 advisory deemed unlawful referendum is not a mandate for UK to leave EU

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

It can't be a mandate if unlawful, with the close result, interference by thrird parties in campaigns, overspending on leave eu and Aaron Banks. Ongoing police and legal investigations, must deem the result totally unsafe and void.
On the 21st February 2019, the Court of Appeal sat down to hear the case of [Sue] Wilson and others versus the Prime Minister.
Lord Justices Hickinbottom and Haddon-Cave presided over a tortuous series of opening statements before suddenly being presented with a surprise from James Eadie QC, representing Theresa May.
Without challenge, Eadie CONCEDED that the referendum had met the threshold for ILLEGALITY. Furthermore, had the referendum been binding, which it was not, on both the government and parliament, it would have a statutory, legal mechanism by which it would be ANNULLED.

Why it was rejected

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Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 May 2019

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