Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 5th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Do not commence withdrawal from the European Union without a second referendum.
The purpose of the referendum on 23rd June 2016 was to allow government to gauge the opinion of the people on membership of the European Union.
This petition asserts that the referendum campaign has failed to educate the British people sufficiently for them to offer a learned opinion.
The result of the referendum was not a reflection of the facts surrounding EU membership. The people have spoken on something based on emotive misinterpretation, exaggeration and understatement on both sides of the argument.
It would be irresponsible of government to invoke article 50 and hence commence withdrawal from the European Union until a more considered education is complete.
That could only come through a second, measured and educational campaign, followed by a second referendum.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/137279
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