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Recognise that public opinion has shifted on Brexit.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Since the EU referendum people have come together again and again to give government and parliament a simple message: "We don't want to leave." Every time they are ignored, and recent local elections have even been spun as message to "get on" with Brexit, despite a clear shift to remain parties.
Local elections were used by the public to send a message, which could not be clearer: a shift away from pro-Brexit parties and a profound shift towards remainers.

The response from the PM? That the people have told the main parties to "get on" with Brexit!

This absurd analysis has left many people disillusioned. After a record breaking petition to stay, a march of a million people and now this, what can we possibly do to make government recognise that the "will of the people" has changed?

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

4 May 2019 Petition opened for signatures
21 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 May 2019

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