Submitted on Saturday 4th February 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 8th February 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
For the government to stop saying that Britain overwhelmingly voted for Brexit
52% of those that voted in the referendum voted to leave. 48% voted to remain and thus lost. However only 72% of the voting public voted at all, meaning that only 37% of those eligible to vote, voted leave.
Government language when discussing the referendum result must reflect this statistic.
Those eligible to vote in the referendum were about 46 million.
In the recently published white paper on Brexit May says: "The strength and support of 65 million people willing us to make it happen"
The government has continually been using phrasing and terminology that implies that all of the UK wishes to leave the EU.
37% of the voting public, or 27% of 65 million people supported Brexit. This statistic that must always be used when describing the number of people who voted to leave.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/182278
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