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Catherine Wylie

Brexit: Revoke Article 50 petition hits SIX MILLION signatures and will be debated by MPs tomorrow

A petition calling on the Government to halt the Brexit process has passed six million signatures.

The Revoke Brexit nightmare may yet get darker as far right seeks to reap dividend from broken politics 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", it calls for the revocation of the Article 50 letter informing the European Council of the UK's intention to leave.

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Pro-Brexit protesters hold signs and wave British flags outside the Houses of Parliament (Getty Images)
Anti-Brexit supporters campaign outside of the Houses of Parliament (Getty Images)

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The Article 50 letter can be withdrawn by the UK unilaterally, without the need for EU agreement, leaving Britain free to continue as a member on its current terms.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 SNP's Brexit abstention fudge sees Nicola Sturgeon lose moral high ground should the winning vote and turnout not reach a certain threshold had been the most signed petition, at almost 4.2 million.

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Theresa May and the Government are under pressure (Getty Images)

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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