Revoke article 50 –

The petition centres on revoking article 50 and is another method of showing the government that public opinion may have shifted towards remaining in the EU. Stirred up by the potential extension of leaving the EU by a further 3 months, public support is at an all-time low.

The petition reads:

“The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is ‘the will of the people’. “

“We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People’s Vote may not happen – so vote now “

Theresa May blamed MPs for failing to implement the result of the previous EU referendum.

She told frustrated voters:

“I am on your side…. of this, I am absolutely sure: You the public have had enough,”

Impact?

All petitions that are placed on the government website and receive over 100,000 signatures force a debate in parliament. At current standing the petition has received just under 1 million signatures and is continuing to rise at a remarkable rate.

There have been a number of petitions circling the internet in recent days following further delays and disruption in parliament. This one appears to be snowballing due to its official nature on the government website itself.

Servers crashing

The petition gathered so much support in the first few hour that the servers crashed leaving many unable to register their support. Simply they were greeted with a 502 Bad Gateway warning or the following image:

After around an hour it seems that tech bods were able to allow for the increased traffic to the site. Although initially extremely frustrating the servers are now back up and signatures are continuing to gather.

For those who wish to lend their support they can do so by using the following link:

If you get a 504 bad gateway message that means they are still getting overloaded, so you can check back later.