Revoke Article 50 petition calling on the Government to cancel Brexit hits six million signatures

• The Revoke Article 50 petition is the best supported Government petition ever 
• At one point 2,000 people were signing the petition every minute 
• The petition hopes to revoke Article 50 and allow Britain to remain in the EU 

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A petition calling on the Government to halt the Brexit process has passed six million signatures, with 2,000 people signing every minute.

The Revoke Article 50 petition, due to be debated by MPs on Monday, is the best-supported proposal in the history of the House of Commons and Government’s e-petitions website.

Rejecting the often-repeated claim that EU withdrawal is the ‘will of the people’, the petition calls for the revocation of the Article 50 letter informing the European Council of the UK’s intention to leave.

A petition calling on the Government to halt the Brexit process has passed six million signatures, with 2,000 people signing every minute at one point

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The Revoke Article 50 petition, due to be debated by MPs on Monday, is the best-supported proposal in the history of the House of Commons and Government’s e-petitions website 

The petition quickly passed the 100,000-signature threshold needed for it to be debated in Parliament. Pictured is a Remainer at an anit-Brexit march

The Article 50 letter can be withdrawn by the UK without the need for EU agreement, leaving Britain free to continue as a member on its current terms.

The petition quickly passed the 100,000-signature threshold needed for it to be debated in Parliament, with the official committee revealing nearly 2,000 signatures were being completed every minute at one point.

A 2016 petition calling for a second EU referendum should the winning vote and turnout not reach a certain threshold had been the most signed petition before, at almost 4.2 million.

The Revoke Article 50 petition also passed another proposal which sought to prevent Donald Trump from making a state visit to the UK, which had 1.9 million sign-ups.

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